Elements of Art Lesson Plans

After identifying the elements of art in their community, students review the elements of art and begin to photograph local artwork in their town. They dicuss artwork they have seen displayed and write a paragraph describing the elements of art in a specific photo

Fifth graders photograph examples of the five elements of art: line, shape, color, pattern, and composition.

Learn and practice the elements of art by making a picture book. Also containing short memoirs of their own lives, this would be a perect project and also a gift to take home. In doing this project, they also gain an understanding of the career of book illustration.

Your advanced class will paint a picture of a particular weather condition. For this painting lesson learners describe elements of art in pieces of artwork. They analyze the weather and seasons in the artwork. The students use paper, watercolors, and salt to create a piece of art depicting a specific type of weather or season.

You will lead your class to look at the art and artifacts of others and discover how line is used to make meaning. In this line detectives lesson, students investigate, explore and discover line as a basic element of art through five art lessons.  In the first 3 lessons students apply their knowledge of line to a drawing. In the fourth and fifth lessons, students create artworks using their line knowledge and experience.  A beginning and experienced version is provided. 

Second graders are introduced to the basics of art weaving. Using these elements, they discover that all the elements are connected when making different types of art. They create their own art weaving design combining all of the elements of art together.

Students learn the basic building blocks of art making and the elements of art and then use those elements to create, and elements of art paper weaving to illustrate, that all the elements are intermixed when making art.

Fifth graders identify and explore elements of art, illustrate visual understanding of what elements of art look like, and create art paper weaving to show how elements of arts are intermixed.

First graders explore the elements of art by participating in a "Description Game." After they examine line, texture, shape, primary and secondary colors, 1st graders read stories to reinforce the idea of textures. They play a word color game and then use a digital camera to create an illustrated book exploring the elements of art.

Students reflect on the art they viewed at the museum. For this art history lesson, students draw six elements of art. They discuss original art versus reproduction artwork and write about their thoughts of the museum.