This is what we are learning in our Third Grade Art Class.

Foundational Skills: Grade 3

LINE Portray the following features and functions of line:

*direction

*expression/emotion

*movement

*shape

*textures

*patterns

*imaginative drawing

*observational drawing

*detail

*contours

*design

SHAPE AND FORM Produce shapes and forms in a variety of styles, artworks, and media, including digital media, to demonstrate the following:

*geometric shapes and forms

*free-form shapes and forms

*organic shapes and forms

*positive and negative shapes and forms

VALUE Produce a range of three values in various environments and works of art in a variety of media; for example:

*a black-to-white value scale

*a one-color value scale

*two- and three-dimensional artworks that incorporate three levels of value

TEXTURE 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. Differentiate between visual/implied 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

*over/under

*above/below

*beside

*behind/in front

*foreground

*middle ground

*background

*overlap

*size

*placement on a page

COLOR Produce and use—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)

*intermediate (tertiary) colors; created by mixing selected primary and secondary colors (yellow + green = yellow-green)

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

Create patterns, movement, and rhythm by using the repetition of lines, shapes, and colors. Use patterns to enhance the surfaces of shapes and forms in a variety of two- and three-dimensional works of art. Use patterns to enhance the surfaces of shapes and forms in a variety of two- and three-dimensional works of art. Classify and use the patterns and types of balance found in natural organisms (such as butterflies and insects) and in human-made environments to create works of art. Create works of art in a variety of two- and three-dimensional media by using the following:

*repetition/pattern

*contrast

*variety

*balance (symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial)

*movement and rhythm