Art Curriculum at Wilkes
The art curriculum at Wilkes Elementary School follows guidelines set in Bainbridge Island School District's Visual Arts Curriculum. At each grade level, students study ideas and create projects related to the Elements of Design (line, shape, texture, color, space, value) and Principles of Composition (balance, emphasis/dominance, movement/rhythm, repetition/pattern). In addition, National Art Education Association Standards are used to develop thematic over-arching curriculum with link art process with discussions of contemporary and historic art and artists. Many lessons are linked with grade-level curriculum to encourage the growth of comprehension in and through art and other disciplinary subjects. Students also learn about basic drawing, painting, sculpture, and print-making techniques. Students are encouraged experiment, play, and improvise as they create.
Currently students study the following concepts in combination with these projects:
Kindergarten:
COLOR: Color collages
SHAPE: Bird paintings with feathers, Koinobori Japanese fish paintings
PORTRAITS: Collage self-portraits with paint and found materials
TEXTURE/PATTERNS: Texture collages, Snowflake resist paintings, Snowflake styrofoam prints, Pinch pots, Textured clay hearts
VALUE: Spaceship paintings
COMPOSITION: Pattern repetition paintings, blue dog drawings, Asymmetrical floral paintings
SPACE/PERSPECTIVE: 3D campgrounds
First Grade:
COLOR: Miro paintings, Hockney landscapes
SHAPE: Colored pen bird drawings, 2D to 3D drawings, animal puppets
PORTRAITS: 18 x 24 painted self-portraits
TEXTURE/PATTERNS: Clay leaves, Clay pinch pot hearts
VALUE: Weather/Cloud paintings
COMPOSITION: Symmetrical arctic animal masks
SPACE/PERSPECTIVE: 3D sculptures
Second Grade:
COLOR: Mondrian magic squares watercolor paintings
LINE: Lines to a point, Drawings from a bag
SHAPE: Clay animals
PORTRAITS: Imagination painted self-portraits
TEXTURE/PATTERNS: Textured fish pen drawings, Textured clay vases
VALUE: Ansel Adams Cloud paintings
COMPOSITION: Symmetrical painted masks, Radial pastel drawings, Asymmetrical floral paintings
SPACE/PERSPECTIVE: Sea life styrofoam prints
Third Grade:
COLOR: Watercolor color-mixing
LINE: Lines to a point, Drawings from a bag
SHAPE: Sunflower pastel drawings
PORTRAITS: Self-portrait transfer prints, 1/2 face drawings
TEXTURE/PATTERNS: Textured clay vases
VALUE: Oil pastel lions
COMPOSITION: Fibonacci Golden Spiral dragon pen drawings
SPACE/PERSPECTIVE: Mt. Rainier styrofoam prints
Fourth Grade:
COLOR: Matisse collages, Animal collages
LINE: Lines to a point, Drawings from a bag
SHAPE: Thiebaud pastel cakes, Compass Roses
PORTRAITS: Self-portrait transfer prints
TEXTURE/PATTERNS: N.W. Coast Marine Life crayon engravings, Clay mirrors
VALUE: Value hearts
COMPOSITION: Animal linocut prints, Jacob Lawrence collages
SPACE/PERSPECTIVE: Washington State watercolor landscapes