Fourth Grade Art
Curriculum Focus: Art Movements in History
By fourth grade, students have identified their strengths, weaknesses, and interests as an artist. They are familiar with the uses of a variety of mediums, and are exposed to a multitude of techniques and approaches to art making. The fourth grader is able to think of art conceptually, and understand that art is subjective and does not necessarily need to conform to particular guidelines or stereotypes.
The fourth grade curriculum explores art as it has evolved throughout history. Students will learn about some of the primary movements and periods in art history, and the corresponding styles and artists that are associated with each movement.
The fourth grade curriculum explores art as it has evolved throughout history. Students will learn about some of the primary movements and periods in art history, and the corresponding styles and artists that are associated with each movement.
Welcome to Art Class
On the first day of art class, students will listen to the story The Art Lesson by Tommy DePaola about a free-spirited, art-loving boy who becomes frustrated in art class when he is limited to the requirements of the class assignments. The boy learns to balance his creative processes with the expectations of his art class, and develops into a true artist.
Student Activity: The students will receive the same task as that received by the character in The Art Lesson. Students will have the opportunity to create "whatever they want" as long as they use the single requirement of the teacher. In this case, the students will create a piece of art incorporating their names.
Student Activity: The students will receive the same task as that received by the character in The Art Lesson. Students will have the opportunity to create "whatever they want" as long as they use the single requirement of the teacher. In this case, the students will create a piece of art incorporating their names.
Project 1: Pop Art Portraits
Art movement: pop art
Artist Spotlight: Andy Warhol; Roy Lichtenstein
medium: sharpie; tempera
Elements/Principles of design: line; color; pattern
Technique: drawing, coloring, painting, oil resist
Description: students will create a "selfie" portrait in the style of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein who was strongly influenced by comic books and their use of ben-day dots. Students will use a transfer method as Andy Warhol used a printing method to imprint an image onto their art.
Artist Spotlight: Andy Warhol; Roy Lichtenstein
medium: sharpie; tempera
Elements/Principles of design: line; color; pattern
Technique: drawing, coloring, painting, oil resist
Description: students will create a "selfie" portrait in the style of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein who was strongly influenced by comic books and their use of ben-day dots. Students will use a transfer method as Andy Warhol used a printing method to imprint an image onto their art.
Roy Lichtenstein on CBS
Click the link above to watch a short video spotlight on Lichtenstein and his influential artworks of the Pop Art Movement.
Project 2: Stained Glass
Art movement: Medieval and Art Nouveau
Artist Spotlight: Louis Comfort Tiffany
medium: sharpie on transparency; aluminum foil; black glue
Elements/Principles of design: line, shape, color,balance
Technique: drawing, outlining
Description: students will create a stained glass image in either the art nouveau style of Loius Comfort Tiffany or the medieval style that inspired his stained glass creations.
Artist Spotlight: Louis Comfort Tiffany
medium: sharpie on transparency; aluminum foil; black glue
Elements/Principles of design: line, shape, color,balance
Technique: drawing, outlining
Description: students will create a stained glass image in either the art nouveau style of Loius Comfort Tiffany or the medieval style that inspired his stained glass creations.
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Project 3: Mask Extension Project EHB
Art movement: Tromp L'oeil
concept: masks and their significance throughout history medium: plaster; paint Elements/Principles of design: form; 2D vs 3D Technique: molding, drawing, painting Description: students will create and design a mask that is a 3 dimensional extension of the 2D background theme they have designed. |
Project 3: Expressionism Banyan Trees MMS
Art movement: Expressionism
concept: abstract vs abstraction medium: tempera; oil pastel Elements/Principles of design: balance, contrast Technique: drawing; painting; blending Description: students will create an expressionistic banyan tree also known as the "strangler fig." Using black tempera for the positive space, and colorful oil pastels for the negative space, students are creating contrast of dark and light. |
Project 4: Sepia Symbols
Art Time Period: photography and grisaille painting of the 19th and early 20th centuries
concept: sepia color tone medium:coffee; diluted watercolors Elements/Principles of design: emphasis, rhythm, balance Technique: drawing; painting Description: students will learn about the characteristics of sepia ink (retrieved from the ink sac of the cuttlefish) and its initial uses in photography, sketching, and painting. Students will discuss the mood and tone of work presented in sepia color tones and create their own bald eagle paintings using coffee to create a sepia effect. |