Art Making Students use observations of people, places, objects, and events as sources of ideas for their art making. Students consider purposes of art such as communicating, persuading, recording, celebrating, embellishing, and designing in developing ideas for their art making. Sample Assignments Students draw upon personal and cultural values and concerns as subjects and themes for their art making. Students critically examine trends in their choices of ideas for art making as a basis for future work. F Organization of Visual Elements in Art Making Students manipulate and explore the expressive potential of different combinations and arrangements of visual elements.
Students develop a plan to organize visual elements for expressive purposes as they make art.
Students develop alternative plans for organizing visual elements for expressive purposes and refine their ideas as they make art. Students select and apply combinations of visual elements and organizing principles to achieve their expressive purposes in art making. Students use both spontaneous and deliberate approaches in their art making. Students demonstrate flexibility when faced with unexpected changes in their art making and make adjustments when appropriate. Students readily apply combinations of spontaneous and deliberate approaches to achieve expressive aims in their art making.