Lesson 1 Objectives:   Students will gain an understanding of the elements of art and investigate examples of these elements in their environments. Students will be introduced to using digital cameras and the computer as tools for expression. Students will:

• learn basic art vocabulary describing the elements of art⎯line, form, shape, color (hue), value, texture, and space (positive and negative);

• describe the elements of art and be able to identify them in artworks and their environments;

• understand basic color theory including color wheel, primary, secondary, and tertiary colors;

• understand the difference between value and color, positive and negative space, and shape and form;

• sharpen their perceptual skills through observing and investigating their surroundings;

• use digital cameras to capture and document what they see in their environment;

• create a slideshow to communicate their findings;

• describe the images they captured through presentation; and  

• justify their creative decisions.

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Resources:Suggested Artists

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Meret Oppenheim

http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4416

A Surrealist sculptor famous for her fur‐lined tea cup⎯a great example of altering a texture or surface of an ordinary object in order to create an expressive artwork.

Danny Gregory http://dannygregory.com/ A contemporary sketchbook artist who merges art making with everyday experiences.

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Cy Twombly http://www.cytwombly.info/ A contemporary artist who utilizes line and texture to create expressive surfaces in paintings and drawings.