This is what we are learning this year in our Kindergarten Art Class.

Foundational Skills: Kindergarten

LINE Portray the following features and functions of line:

*direction

*expression/emotion

SHAPE AND FORM Produce shapes and forms in a variety of artworks and media to discover the following:

*geometric shapes and forms

*organic shapes and forms

VALUE Identify a range of three values in various environments and works of art in a variety of media, including:

*black-and-white/gray scale artwork

*black-and-white photography

*monochromatic color schemes (one color plus black and/or white)

TEXTURE Discover and produce a variety of textures in various environments, in works of two- and three- dimensional art, and in a variety of media to demonstrate and portray visual/implied texture and actual texture.

SPACE Use the element space and spatial devices in various environments, in works of two- and three- dimensional art, and in a variety of media to demonstrate/portray the following:

* baseline

* beside

*over/under

* behind/in front

* above/below

COLOR Identify and produce—in various artworks and using a variety of media—the following:

*primary colors (yellow, red, blue)

* secondary colors (orange, green, purple/violet); created by mixing primary colors (yellow + red = orange)

*warm colors (yellow, orange, red) and cool colors (blue, green, violet)

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

Explore and create patterns by using the repetition of lines, shapes, and/or colors.