Art Lesson Summary for Fifth Grade Students

Base Line Self Portrait
Objective:
The student will draw a self portrait, date it and put it away to use as a comparison for improvement at the end of the year.

Observation verses Memory
Objective:
The students will compare work created from memory to work created by observation. Students will find that looking at the object while they draw it will yield better results.

Tree Line Drawing with Ink
Objective:
The students will observe an actual tree and draw it using line variation.

Value Studies / Making Organic Shapes into Forms
Objective:
The students will learn that value reveals form. The students will indicate their understanding of value by making shapes into forms using value.

Working with Texture / Changing the Way Everyday Objects Appear
Objective:
The student will know what texture is and practice applying texture to a variety of everyday objects.

Completing Our Texture Drawing
Objective:
The student will contrast the texture in their drawing with patterns in the background.

Tissue Paper Collage / Still Life Pumpkins
Objective:
The student will use tissue paper to build up a collage of a still life arrangement.

Completing Our Tissue Paper Collages / Drawing Off the Lines
Objective:
The student will complete their still life tissue paper collage by delineating the details of the still life.

Indian Teepee Decorations / Making the Loom
Objective:
The students will build a loom for creating an Indian teepee decoration.

Weaving on Our Loom / A Lesson on Radial Balance
Objective:
The students will complete their weaving and understand radial balance.

Beginning Our Silhouette Studies
Objective:
The student will make a list of things that are important to them and design symbols to arrange or compose inside their silhouette.

Working with Color / Coloring in Our Silhouette Symbols
Objective:
The student will begin coloring in the symbols inside their silhouette.

Working Out a Background to Complete Our Silhouette Drawings
Objective:
The students will complete the background of their silhouette using pattern and color to unify their work.

Paper Designs / Cutting Out Snowflakes
Objective:
The student will learn to cut paper so as to create intricate designs.

Using Our Hands to Create Design
Objective:
The students will trace their hands to fill a large sheet of white paper, creating a unique design

Completing Our Hands Design
Objective:
The students will complete the colorful display of their hand designs.

Working with Warm and Cool Colors / Larger Than Life Shoe Drawings
Objective:
The student will draw off their own shoe larger than life and use warm or cool colors to color it in.

Completing Our Giant Shoe Drawing
Objective:
The students will complete their giant shoe drawing by filling in the background with either warm or cool colors, the opposite of what they used on their shoes.

Presidential Drawings / A Study in Symmetry
Objective:
The student will complete one half of a presidential portrait using value.

Completing Our Presidential Portraits
Objective:
The student will complete their presidential portraits by planning and executing a unique background design.

Look at Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night
Objective:
The student will become familiar with Van Gogh's painting Starry Night and will copy the painting with acrylic paint.

Completing Our Starry Night painting
Objective:
The student will be familiar with the characteristic style of Vincent Van Gogh's painting.

Landscape Painting Van Gogh-Style
Objective:
The student will complete their own landscape painting using the style of Vincent Van Gough.

Value Study / Drawing Our Hand
Objective:
The student will complete a drawing of their hand using the art element value.

Completing Our Hand Studies
Objective:
The student will complete their hand drawing by designing a colorful background.

Flower Studies / Examining for Detail / Designing Your Own Flower
Objective:
The student will do studies of a variety of flowers and then design their own flower.

Using Your Flower Design to Create a Batik
Objective:
The student will use their flower design to complete the first step of creating a batik style image.

Completing Our Flower Batik
Objective:
The students will crumple, paint, and wash their drawings to gain an understanding of the basic batiking process.

Value Study / Our Final Portrait
Objective:
The student will begin a final self portrait using value.

Completing Your Final Self Portrait
Objective:
The student will complete their final self portrait by designing a background to accentuate their drawing.