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Introducing: (Assembly)	“LEARNING FROM”: (Learning Packet)	“WORKING WITH”: (Classroom Activity)
Portfolio No Assembly (See Implementation Guide, Section 7)	Learning to Look Carefully Introduction to Learning Packets Visual exercises Line analysis	Portfolio Making All Levels: Introduction to classroom activities; portfolio is made to hold student artwork for the year (lamination is recommended)
Rosa Bonheur French Line, Texture, Color	Realism Beg. Level: Animal realism, texture Int. Level: Realism, texture, symmetry Adv. Level: Realism, texture, symmetry	Bonheur’s Realism Oil Pastels and Crayon Beg. Level: Cats Int. Level: Dogs Adv. Level: Big Cats
Alexander Calder American Shape, Balance	Calder’s Abstract Shapes All Levels: Abstract shapes; shapes for mobiles; the expressive quality of shape	Calder’s Sculpture Beg. Level: Stabile, black paper base, colored paper, wire top Int./Adv. Levels: Mobiles, Calder style; wire, colored paper
Mary Cassatt American Impressionism Color, Line	Portraits and Hats All Levels: Drawing hats, portraits, contrast	Cassatt’s Portraits All Levels – Pastel strokes Beg. Level: Hats (cut and mounted pastel) Int./Adv. Levels: Portrait with hat (cut and mounted pastel)
Paul Cezanne French Shape	Shape All Levels: Using shape instead of pictures to show meaning Int./Adv. Levels: Cezanne’s use of shape	Cezanne’s Shapes All Levels: Still life tissue collage (cut shapes) using Cezanne’s basic shapes
Marc Chagall Russian Line, Color, Pattern	Patterns All Levels: Sketches for art activity; color value, pattern feeling	Chagall’s Enchanted Village All Levels: Village outline on colored paper with oil pastel (Chagall style), shapes filled with pattern
Leonardo da Vinci Italian Line, Value	Drawing Exercises: All Levels: Outline aided drawing, simple line copying, looking closely Adv. Level: Mirror image drawing	Da Vinci’s Drawing All Levels: Botanical string print Int./Adv. Levels: Cut, fold, staple to add dimension
Edgar Degas French Line	Drawing Secrets Beg. Level: Drawing practice Int./Adv. Levels: Showing depth using perspective, overlapping, location, line	Degas’ Drawing Secrets Right Brain Drawing Beg. Level: Bow with colored chalk/pencil Int./Adv. Levels: Ballerina or horseman with colored chalk and pencil
M. C. Escher Dutch Pattern, tessellation	Escher’s Tessellations All Levels: Patterns and coloring shapes that become tessellations	Escher’s Tessellations All Levels: Drawing a tessellation with abstract shapes, staining with dry tempera paint
Paul Gauguin French Color	Color Moods All Levels: Colors, South Sea subject matter	Gauguin’s Colors All Levels: Oil pastel on black background Beg./Int. Levels: Palm trees Adv. Level: Tahitian landscape
Katsushika Hokusai & the Asian Brush Japanese Line, composition	Asian Composition All levels: Chinese writing, bamboo drawing, simple composition	The Asian Brush All Levels: Bamboo brush strokes (black tempera “ink”), bamboo composition on white paper
Winslow Homer American Value	Value Beg. Level: Value scale, color value Int. Level: Line value, crosshatching Adv. Level: Inventing value with line	Homer’s Values Beg./Int. Levels: Cut paper and crayon seascapes using black and white values Adv. Level: Value with drawing pencils from Homer small prints
Edward Hopper American Line	Line Beg./Int. Levels: Directional Lines Adv. Level: Lines in composition, drawing boats	Hopper’s Seascapes Paint and Paper Collage Beg./Int. Levels: Seascape with beach umbrellas Adv. Level: Seascape with sailboat
Frida Kahlo Mexican Color, Texture	Composition All Levels: Drawing parrots, leaves and fruit with texture. Emphasis on composition.	Kahlo’s Compositions Oil Pastel on Colored Papers Beg. Level: Parrot and leaves Int./Adv. Levels: Parrot, fruit, leaves
Paul Klee Swiss Line, Color, Texture	Abstraction All Levels: Movement of the eye through shape, line, color, texture, and pattern	Klee’s Abstraction Black Crayon Resist with Tempera Wash Beg. Level: Fish Int. Level: Neighborhoods Adv. Level: Tree houses
Gustav Klimt Austrian Pattern	Abstract Design All Levels: Abstract patterns Beg. Level: Dot-to-dot	Klimt’s Designs All Levels: Embossing foil paper with pencil Beg. Level: Kimono Int. Level: Tree of Life Adv. Level: Abstract
Jacob Lawrence American Shape	Shapes Beg./Int. Levels: Tool shapes; flat and shaded shapes, overlapping, and depth Adv. Level: Composition; overlapping, color balance, and depth	Lawrence’s Shapes Beg./Int. Levels: Tool shape paper collage with marker Adv. Level: Cityscape collage using tissue and starch
Maria Martinez Native American 3-Dimensional Shape	Symbols All Levels: Native American symbols and patterns and their meanings	Martinez’s Pots All levels: Working with clay and paint Beg. Level: Plate Int. Level: Pinch pot Adv. Level: Coiled pot
Henri Matisse French Shape, Color	Shapes Beg. Level: Abstract sea shapes Int./Adv. Levels: Positive and negative shapes, abstract shapes, creating sea shapes for art activity	Matisse’s Abstract Shapes All Levels: Paper cutouts with sea life motif; drawing with scissors Int./Adv. Levels: Emphasizes positive and negative shapes
Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian Form	Architecture All Levels: Renaissance detail, architectural form and elements	Michelangelo’s Architecture Chalk and Paper All Levels: Marbleizing paper, composition of architectural model
Joan Miro Spanish Shape, Line	Abstract Shapes & Drawings All Levels: Simplifying details, combining abstract shapes, drawing, and imagination	Miro’s Surrealist Shapes All Levels: Abstract drawing (marker) with paper cutouts Int./Adv. Levels: Tempera powder background with abstract shapes
Piet Mondrian Dutch Balance	Balance All Levels: Shape, color, and line combine to balance designs Adv. Level: Repeated texture added to create rhythm and movement	Mondrian’s Balance Paper Collage All Levels: Primary colors and cut shapes combine with lines to form abstract compositions
Claude Monet French Color	Color Beg. Level: Primary and secondary colors Int. Level: Color wheel, color feelings Adv. Level: Color wheel, color schemes, color vocabulary	Monet’s Colors Tempera, paper plate palette, and Q-tips All Levels: Impressionistic color wheels and trees
Georgia O’Keeffe American Color, Value	Color Value Beg. Level: Color value, hill drawing (practice for art activity) Int./Adv. Levels: Color value, scaling technique, shading	O’Keeffe’s Color Values Beg. Level: New Mexico hills; black crayon, and paint crayons Int./Adv. Levels: Enlarged flower drawing in black crayon, paint crayon values
Pablo Picasso Spanish Composition	Cubism All Levels: Use line, shape, color, and texture to create musical, cubist compositions	Picasso’s Cubism Black Marker and Chalk Stain All Levels: Cubist composition of musical instrument right-brain drawing
Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch Value, Space	Value and Basic Forms Beg. Level: Light and dark, shadows Int./Adv. Levels: Highlights, shading, and shadows on the basic forms	Rembrandt’s Light All Levels: 17th Century Holland Landscape White chalk on black paper with oil pastel details
Frederic Remington American Detail	Realism – Western Landscapes Beg. Level: Drawing desert plants Int./Adv. Levels: Backgrounds, foregrounds, drawing desert plants (preparatory for activity)	Remington’s Realism Colored chalk and paper Beg. Level: Desert sky background with torn mountain silhouette, black crayon details Int./Adv. Levels: Desert plant from Learning Packet on chalk desert; black pencil details
Pierre Auguste Renoir French Color	Color Beg./Int. Levels: Color contrast, landscape drawing, reflections Adv. Level: Color contrast, reflections Impressionist shading technique	Renoir’s Colors All Levels: Impressionistic landscape with reflections in rainbow colors using paint crayons
Faith Ringgold African-American Patterns	Design & Balance All Levels: Quilt designs inspire a geometrical look at symmetry and balance using color and shape.	Ringgold’s Quilt Designs Oil Pastel with Cut Paper Shapes All Levels: Visual story telling combined with cut-paper quilt design, and patterning
Norman Rockwell American Detail	Illustration All Levels: Drawing on a grid, seasonal symbols, lettering, fonts, layouts	Rockwell’s Magazine Covers Oil Pastel All Levels: Illustrations, lettering, layout
Henri Rousseau French Shape, Value	Shapes All Levels: Drawing jungle foliage and animals	Rousseau’s Shapes All Levels: Paint crayons on colored backgrounds Beg. Level: Snakes Int. Level: Lions Adv. Level: Tropical Birds
Georges Seurat French Color	Color Beg. Level: Light and dark, warm and cool colors Int./Adv. Levels: Preparatory boat sketching for classroom activity	Seurat’s Pointillism All Levels: Sandpaper & paper Beg. Level: Boat Int. Level: Boat/reflection Adv. Level: Landscape/seascape
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French Line	Line Beg./Int. Levels: Horizontal and vertical line design; using line instead of pictures to show meaning Adv. Level: Lautrec character sketch	Lautrec’s Lines All Levels: Lautrec-type character using water-color wash and crayon resist technique
Vincent van Gogh Dutch Texture	Texture Beg. Level: Drawing with texture Int. Level: Drawing, inventing, and using texture Adv. Level: Drawing and creating movement with texture	Van Gogh’s Textures Oil Pastels Beg. Level: Textured spirals & foreground Int./Adv. Levels: Textured spirals, foreground, middle and background Adv. Level: Adds a village
Andy Warhol American Color	Contrasting Colors All Levels: Explore “pop” art with repeating shapes and contrasting colors Int./Adv. Levels: Practice graphic art lettering	Warhol’s Colors Beg. Level: Tissue collage Int./Adv. Levels: Campbell’s Soup Portrait with paper and pens
Grant Wood American Perspective	Perspective All Levels: Agricultural patterns, texturing Int./Adv. Levels: Showing perspective with size, placement, and clarity.	Wood’s Perspective All Levels: Agricultural landscapes, texture rubbings, patterning with crayon, tempera paint with round sponge brushes

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