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Artists Explore Line 

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ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS:

•Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

•How do artists determine what resources and criteria are needed to formulate artistic investigations?

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Objectives

  • Students will understand and be able use vocabulary related to the elements of art and line drawing.

  • Students will create a series of drawings that use line to depict objects.

  • Students will create a sculpture, interpreting one of their contour line drawings using wire.

  • Students will reflect on their process and product in writing using their art vocabulary.

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Vocabulary

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  • line

  • shape

  • color

  • texture

  • form

  • space

  • pattern

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  • observation

  • ellipse

  • proportions

  • foreshortening

  • contour line drawing

  • continuous line drawing

  •  weight (of a line)

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