Grade 5 Art Curriculum: Key Concepts

• Clay: Pinch, review techniques for joining (Score, Slip, Smoosh, Smooth)

• Depth: Foreground/middle ground/background, Literal and figurative landscape

• Portraiture: Review of realistic human proportions

• Color Theory: Color wheel review (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Complement, Neutrals, Tints and shades)

• Printmaking: Collograph

• Sculpture: Plaster

• Art as Communication: Visual narratives

• Art History, Curricular Connections: Poetry, Tessellations, Literature (Roald Dahl, Holes, etc.)

• Other Art Skills: Drawing animals, Sequential art

• Other Concepts: Abstraction, Global environmental awareness

Grade 6 Art Curriculum: Key Concepts

• Clay: Coil construction, Additive and subtractive techniques

• Depth: One point perspective (at ground level)

• Portraiture: Family/group portraits

• Color Theory: Warm and cool colors, Review of tints and shades

• Printmaking: Styrofoam printing

• Sculpture: Papier mâché, Recyclable materials, Mask-making, Weaving

• Art as Communication: Creating visual culture, Community

• Art History & Curricular Connections: Architectural plans, Myths and legends, Heroes, Ancient civilizations, Scientific drawing and observations.

• Other Art Skills: Observational drawing, Composition (crop and zoom)

• Other Concepts: Nonobjective art vs. abstract art