Central

Elementary

Art

The Activities Team will foster student confidence,

proficiency in performance skills, and facilitate the

skills needed to practice life long wellness enabling

them to make a successful transition to middle school.

 

Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans in Word

(best if you type lessons)

Lesson Plan - 5-0

Lesson Plan - 0

Lesson Plan - 1

Lesson Plan - 2

Lesson Plan - 3

Lesson Plan - 4

Lesson Plan - 5

Lesson Plans in Excel

(best if you hand write lessons - to use erase the sample text before printing)

Example on how to use Art Lesson Plan - pre-k

Example on how to use Art Lesson Plan - 0

Example on how to use Art Lesson Plan - 1

Example on how to use Art Lesson Plan - 2

Example on how to use Art Lesson Plan - 3

Example on how to use Art Lesson Plan - 4

Example on how to use Art Lesson Plan - 5

 

Vocabulary

Line:

An identifiable path of a point moving in space. It can vary in shape, width, direction and length. It can imply shape, form, or even movement.

Shape:

The two dimensional (2-D) flat spaces between or around objects. Examples include squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, and ovals.

Form:

The three dimensional (3-D) non-flat spaces taken by object that have many sides and viewpoints. Examples include cubes, spheres, pyramids and living things.

Texture:

Visual Texture looks as like you could feel it while Actual Texture is how it really feels. Examples include soft, smooth, rough, slick, bumpy, etc.

Space:

The empty place or surface in or around a work of art. Space can be two or three dimensional and negative or positive.

Value:

The lightness (highlights) and darkness (shadows) of colors in artwork. This effects how they are seen and can make images look three dimensional.

Color:

When light is reflected off an object, color is what the eye sees. The primary colors are red, yellow and blue. The secondary colors are orange, purple and green. Cool colors are blue, green, and purple. Warm colors are red, yellow, and orange.

Balance:

The arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.

Contrast:

Created by using opposites near or beside one another, such as a light object next to a dark object or a rough texture next to a smooth texture.

Proportion:

The relationship between objects in a work of art. The size, location, or amount of one thing compared to another.

Pattern:

Repetition of a line, shape, or color over and over again.

Rhythm:

When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art, that work is said to have rhythm. It suggests motion.

Emphasis:

One part is made more important than the rest and stand out by contrast, size, placement, etc.

Unity:

 All parts work together to make the art work look complete or correct

Variety:

Something that appears different from the rest of the artwork.

 

FUN ART LINKS

Central Elementary Art Pod Casts

 

How to make a movie - emily.wmv - Word of warning it is very dry.

Movie Maker Emily.wmv - Sample movie

 

Central's Artsonia Page

 

University of North Texas

Kinder Art

School of Visual Arts at UNT

Arts Connected Tool Kit

WebCT at UNT

Arts Connected

ARTiculation

Dallas Museum of Art

museum of kids art

Dallas Children’s Museum

Artcyclopedia

Crow Collection

Children's Museum of the Arts

DFW ART

Student Art Galleries

Kimbell Art Museum

Van Gogh Artworks

Children's Museum of the Arts

Overlapping Shapes FOSS

Two Dimensional Shapes 

Dallas Children’s Museum

Kimbell Art Museum

Dallas Museum of Art

Museum of Kids Art

Student Art Galleries

Chris Van Allsburg

Color and Sequence

Faberge Eggs 

ARTiculation

Crow Collection

DFW ART

Crayola

Artcyclopedia

Arts Connected

Eric Carle

Jan Brett

Kinder Art

Arts Alive

Art Jobs

Find the COLOR 

NGAkids logo

online art activities children anyone young at heart  these will have feeling like picasso no time working internet means theres spilled paint glue mom clean up create one hundred masterpieces with put smock enjoy

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Leonardo's Workshop: An ArtEdventure with Carmine Chameleon

Starfall.com, Where children have fun learning to read!

Pac-Mondrian

Create: Get the paint brushes out and mess around in Create

SMart: Makes, tips and, of course, the gallery in SMart

Grab: Brilliant, shiny new wallpapers in Grab

KID'S ART

Art Junction

Destination MOMA- Pretend to be from outer space.  Look at and make art at the Modern Museum of Art online.

Educational Web Adventures- Tons of educational games in the visual arts, science, history, and more!  This website connects you to many, many, more.

NGA Kids- National Gallery of Art kids website.  Lots of games! 

Art Zone- Same as NGA kids website.  Easier to use interface.

Art Pad- Painter program.

Mr. Picasso Head- Make awesome portraits like the Cubist painters.

Online Coloring Book

Arts Connected - Online art activities.

The Artist's Toolkit - Explore the elements and principles of art.

Keith Haring Kids

Dig The Maya Project- Dallas Museum of Art interactive game.

Arturo's Art Stories- Dallas Museum of Art interactive games- appropriate for kindergarten and first grade.

Art Edventures- Fun games for elementary students.

Art Edventures- Challenging games for fifth grade and older.

Getty Games- Getty Art Museum games.

Museums Around the World- Links to many different museum sites.

Modern Art Collections- Links to many different museum sites.

Investigate Famous Artists and Their Works- National Gallery of Art

Visit online exhibitions featuring art from ancient to modern- Getty Art Museum

Beginner's guide to art styles and subjects- The National Gallery

Dallas Museum of Art

Nasher Sculpture Center

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Kimbell Art Museum

Museum of Modern Art

American Folk Art Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Solomon R. Guggenhein Museum

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

Whitney Museum of American Art

Frick Collection

Chelsea Gallery District

 

 

What is everyone else doing?

C-FB ISD Elementary Art Sites

Fine Arts Website

Riverchase

Rainwater

McCoy

Good

Thompson

Carrollton

McKamy

 

Central Elementary Website  Central Elementary Staff

Activities Team Webpage

Music: Ms. Winchester

C-FB Fine Arts

Visual Arts: Ms. Strickland

C-FB Athletics

Physical Education:
Mrs. Poorman

Mr. Ybarra

Support
Special Thanks to Nestle and
Metrocrest Medical Foundation