First Grade Art
First grade artists explore the following artistic skills, techniques, and habits :
- Practice drawing, cutting, and painting various lines and shapes
- Explore color mixing
- Experience painting techniques such as watercolor and crayon resist
- Draw a simple tree
- Practice using shape transformation in drawing
- Practice paper folding techniques
- Use overlapping in art to show depth
- Identify and use symmetry
- Create a pinch pot using clay
- Create landscape art by identifying a horizon line, foreground, middle ground, and background.
- Create a collage using found objects, paper, or yarn
- Explore facial expressions
- Create a simple human figure using basic shapes
- Explore art from other cultures and time periods
- Create art inspired by literature
- Present their art and verbalize successful qualities
- Connect art with other subjects