Artists Explore Line
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS:
•Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
•How do artists determine what resources and criteria are needed to formulate artistic investigations?
Objectives
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Students will understand and be able use vocabulary related to the elements of art and line drawing.
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Students will create a series of drawings that use line to depict objects.
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Students will create a sculpture, interpreting one of their contour line drawings using wire.
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Students will reflect on their process and product in writing using their art vocabulary.
Vocabulary
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line
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shape
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color
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texture
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form
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space
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pattern
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observation
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ellipse
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proportions
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foreshortening
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contour line drawing
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continuous line drawing
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weight (of a line)