Grade 4 Young Artist

Grade 4 :
​Our Art + Design World grows!

Our year begins and  the family called The ELEMENTS of ART is expanded.
The ELEMENTS' cousins arrive: the PRINCIPLES of ART!
The 4th Grade Artist must apply their knowledge of the ELEMENTS of ART as they are introduced to the fascinations found in the PRINCIPLES of ART + DESIGN.
REPETITION-MOVEMENT-CONTRAST-EMPHASIS. These become real as we use them to vividly describe the ELEMENTS we have been learning since Kindergarten.
New ideas and concepts are continuously being introduced and celebrated.

​New media / techniques / processes are introduced and explored.

Explore
​Elements and Principles

Wherever you look in your daily life, an ELEMENT or PRINCIPLE of ART is right there in front of you . . .

​Experiment with
​Media and Techniques

There are many tools
in which to create your art.
There are many techniques,
or ways of making.
There are numerous ways to solve design problems
​as you express yourself as an artist. 

Learn about artists
past and present.  
Visit new countries. Learn how different cultures make art.  

From the United States of America to the country of South Africa,
people make art to express ideas and feelings.
From Australia to Asia, people want to communicate.
​People create art
to  live their lives.