Introduce students to an expanded range of possibilities for art-making. Students should have the opportunity to work on a variety of surfaces and materials in different sizes and shapes. Students could work on an image or object that is the size of the parking lot or as small as a thimble. Total environments can be constructed, small clay animals can be filmed so they look like huge threatening monsters, and long thin drawings can circle a room. There are many possibilities, and teachers should be encouraged to experiment with many different formats.
Ideas can come from artists' works, research or brainstorming sessions.
Introduce students to a variety of procedures and techniques. There are many books listed in the bibliography and available in school and community libraries which will aid teachers and students in working through particular procedures and techniques. Students as well as teachers should be encouraged to research new methods of art-making. Learning procedures and techniques, however, should not be the focus of the activities in the curriculum. Teachers should always teach procedures and techniques within meaningful contexts that follow in a sequential order.