Sequence of Art Instruction Grades K-5
Art K-3
Art 4-5
Introduce line, color, shape, form, texture, value,
and movement
Continue to examine all of the elements
Variety of line painting, Shape puppet, cool color
snowflake painting, paper bag tree sculpture,
Name design, Color wheel names, texture
rubbings
Contour line drawing, Tint and Tone painting,
Monochromatic painting, Texture animal Cray-pas drawing
Introduce balance, emphasis, rhythm, gradation,
harmony, movement, proportion, variety, and
space
Continue to examine all of the principals
Projects
Snowman portraits, Positive/negative space
collage, symbol self-portraits
Positive/negative space watercolor, Five pattern in Nature
drawing, 3D paper snowflake
Tools, Media,
Techniques
Process
Age appropriate explorations, for example:
drawing line/textures-pencil, crayon;
painting:
color mixing/ brushstrokes-tempera
Continued age appropriate explorations, for example:
drawing: colored pencils/ink; painting: watercolor
Elements of
Art
Projects
Principles of
Design
History and
Culture
Projects
Abstract instruction, silhouette paintings,
Styrofoam printing, leaf printing, water color
resist
Charcoal pumpkins, Soft Kutz animal prints, Plaster animal
masks, Rosette tissue paper windows, Birch tree resist
Recognize art/artists from other cultures
Continue to identify an recognize art/artists and art
movements of the past and present example: Dali and
surrealism
Mondrian collages, Kandinsky’s circles, Koru,
Georgia O’Keefe Cray-pas flowers, Picasso Selfportraits.
Op Art, Monet’s Gardens, Van Gogh sunflowers, India:
Batiks, Chinese symbol drawings, Origami,
Critical
Thinking
Awareness of personal decision making related to Build on decision making and interpreting skills
their art work
Criticism
Start to examine works of art (try to point out
basic elements seen in an artwork)
Continue to examine works of art; begin to analyze,
interpret, compare/contrast
Career
Exploration
Identify jobs involving art
Continue to learn and explore careers involving art
Creative
Expression
Encourage personal expression through varied
projects
Encourage personal expression through varied projects
Integration of
Math
Measurement, number fact painting, symmetry
Origami, Two point perspective, rotational symmetry
Integration of
Literacy
Connection to storybooks,
Oral and Written reflection on student and masters
artwork.
Sequence of Art Instruction for Middle School Students
Art
Elements
of Art
Reintroduce the Elements of Art:
line, color, shape, form, texture,
value, and space
Elements of Art posters and
Project examples presentations, color name design,
texture masks, portrait styles,
weavings, warm/cool weave
Principles
of Design
Introduce balance, emphasis,
rhythm, contrast, movement,
pattern, and unity
Positive/negative space projects,
Project examples mask design, proportion face
drawing
Tools,
Media,
Techniques,
Process
Explorations of material examples:
colored pencils, markers,
watercolor pencils, Tempera and
watercolor paint, pastels, paper and
yarn weaving
Copper tooling
Art 7
Art 8
Recognize and utilize the Elements of Art
Recognize and utilize the Elements of Art
Art trading cards, radial name design,
recycled material sculptures, line designs,
value still life, stylized portraits
Op Art, hand built ceramics and glazing,
graffiti name designs and symbols,
Continue to examine all of the principles
Continue to examine all of the principles
Landscape paintings and drawings,
observational drawing, collage, silhouettes,
self-portraits
Form and patterned clay vessels, Op art
box, famous portrait remakes,
Continued explorations examples:
colored/metallic pencils, sharpie, charcoal
watercolor and acrylic paints, glue resist,
scratchboard
Continued exploration examples: clay and
glaze techniques, collage, Op art
techniques, acrylic gel medium, digital art,
sculpt, paper sculpture and wire
Recycled materials
History
and
Culture
Realism vs. abstract, 2D to 3D
drawing, color mixing,
observational drawing, drawing
techniques
Overlapped/pattern scratch design,
Pinch, slab and coil clay construction, 3D
abstract/cubism design, drawing techniques, forms, textures,
color mixing, grid drawing
Surrealism, cartooning, color mixing
Continue identifying and
recognizing artists and art
movements related to the
curriculum such as: Peter Max,
Monet, Mondrian, Picasso
Continue to identify and recognize artists and Continue to identify and recognize artists
art movements related to the curriculum such and art movements related to the
curriculum such as: Grant Wood, Haring,
as: Modigliani, Matisse, Monet
Escher
Develop critical thinking skills in
Develop critical thinking skills in planning the
planning the design and creation of design and creation of artwork. Use critical
artwork. Use critical thinking when thinking when interpreting work viewed
interpreting work viewed.
Develop critical thinking skills in planning
the design and creation of artwork. Use
critical thinking when interpreting work
viewed
Criticism
Apply knowledge of basic art
concepts to describe and interpret
art through art criticism and rubrics.
Evaluate completed work through
group critiques or reflections
Apply knowledge of basic art concepts to
describe and interpret art through art
criticism and rubrics. Evaluate completed
work through group critiques or reflections
Career
Exploration
Identify careers/jobs involving art, Continue to explore careers/jobs involving
Participation in school wide
art, Doodle4Google
Doodle4Google
Critical
Thinking
Apply knowledge of basic art concepts to
describe and interpret art through art
criticism and rubrics. Evaluate completed
work through group critiques or reflections
Identify and discuss career
opportunities/continued HS Art
possibilities, Doodle4Google
Creative
Expression
Encourage personal expression
through varied projects
incorporating material studied
NH Scholastic Art
Projects
Integration
of Math
Integration
of Literacy
Encourage personal expression through
Encourage personal expression through
varied projects incorporating material studied varied projects incorporating material
studied
Math vocabulary used in art,
Measurement, symmetry,
perspective, fraction art/quilt
design, Mosaics
NH Scholastic Art
Math vocabulary used in Art, Two and three Math vocabulary used in Art, Tessellations,
point perspective, radial designs, asymmetry, grid drawing, Mandalay, 3D forms, box
proportions, making cubes
design, room/house design, kite design
Oral and written reflection on
Oral and Written reflection on student and
student and master’s artwork.
masters artwork. Scholastic Art magazine,
Connection to storybooks, poetry
storyboards, art text
and Scholastic Art readings, art text
Oral and Written reflection on student and
masters artwork,
Scholastic Art magazine and illustration of
own stories or poems, art text
Sequence of Art Instruction for High School Students
Art I
Art II
Drawing and
Painting
Advanced Art
Ceramics
Jewelry
Standard 1
Apply
appropriate
media,
techniques and
processes
Watercolor
Charcoal
Pencil, pen and
ink
Shading/pastels
Perspective
Conte crayon
Fiber arts
Acrylics
Plaster
Stone
Wire/metals
Glass
Soldering
Stencils/silk
screen
Oils
Acrylics
Palette knife
Photo Shop
Portrait
Landscape
Wax and dyes
Under painting
ink
Portfolio
construction
Sculpture
Painting oils and
acrylics
Mixed media
Photo shop
Pointillism
Gallery setup
Stained glass
Fused glass
Beading
Fibers
Beading loom
Plastic resins
Polymer clay
Sea glass tumbling
Standard 2
Identify and
apply the
elements of
visual art and
principles of
design
Line, shape, form
Repetition
Texture
composition
Positive and
negative space
Illustration
Content and
composition
Robert Indiana
Variation
Contrast
Balance,
symmetry
Spatial variance
Composition
Organic forms
Theme variation
Split color
compliments
Self portraits
Surrealism
Cubism
Dali
Abstraction of
space
Composition
Content selection
Rhythm
Matting
Framing
mounting
Standard 3
Select and apply
a range of
subject matter,
Balance
Symmetry
Movement
Content and
composition
Principles of
sculpture
Angle
Depth
Color theory
Social
commentary
Photography and
collage
Slab method
Wedging
Throwing
Glazing
Firing
Mosaics
Under glaze
Wax resist
Colorants
patina
Form
Space
Focal point
Texture
Balance
consistency
Organic
Constructions
Additive process
Detractive process
Non-functional
sculpture
Degas
Japanese
Portfolio
development
Helen
Frankenthaler
Pattern, balance
Color, shape
Design
Asymmetrical
design
Harmony, size
Movement
Focal point
Repetition
Decorative
Recycled jewels
Wearable art
History of stained
glass
symbols and
ideas.
Perspective
Text drawing
Jasper Johns
Social realism
Photo shop
Implementing
principles of
design
graphics
Richard Serra
Frank Gharry
Cluck Close
Mark Rothko
Marcel Duchamp
Sculpture
Hands
Figures
Judy Chicago
Rodin
Michelangelo
Miro
Japanese pottery
Standard 4
Analyze the
visual arts in
relation to
history and
culture
Standard 5
Analyze,
interpret and
evaluate their
own and others’
artwork
Standard 6
Students will
make
connections
among the visual
arts, other
disciplines and
daily life.
Standard 7
Understanding
the range of
careers in the
field of visual
arts
Artist Study: Claus
Oldenburg
Shepard Fairey
Jackson Pollack
Technology and
art
Photography
Graffiti artists
George Segal
Barb Krueger
Niagara Dali
Magritte
Jasper Johns
Peter Max
Reflection
Exit ticket
Self-evaluation
Critique
Research artist
Analyze a drawing
Reflection critique
Self-evaluation
Analyze a painting
Critique
Art history
Critique
Art history
Critique
Critique
reflection
Grids/math
Collage
construction
Molas/Spanish
cultures
Graffiti painting
Literacy
Ukrainian eggs
Plaster casting
Day of the Dead
Art history
Frieda Kahlo
Batik
Art history
Portfolio
development
Self-portrait
Franz Kline
Jean Clade
Installation
Art History
Ceramic shoes
Making templates
Functional pottery
Tea pot
Glass and clay tile
Mythology masks
Art History
Beading patterns
Design
Stages of career
development
Virtual museum
Tattoo artist
Careers in
graphics
Careers as a
painter
Museum visit
Careers in
sculpture
Stages of career
development
Gallery visit
Careers as a
painter
Stages of career
development
Museum visit
UNH Art Gallery
Portfolio
development
Careers in pottery
and tile
Pottery studio
Jewelry shop
Glass studio
Careers as a
jeweler
Chihully
Tiffany
David Yurmen
Van Cleefe
construction
Glass
Wire
Weaving
Art History