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Art
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Art in Central Bucks is
driven by the philosophy of Discipline – Based Art Education (DBAE). The
skills taught through the sequential DBAE Curriculum address the disciplines
of Aesthetics and Philosophy, Art Production, Art History, and Art
Criticism.
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 Kindergarten
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Distinguish between natural and man-made forms.
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Use a variety of materials and equipment safely and
responsibly.
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Use different kinds of lines to create simple compositions
using basic geometric shapes.
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Use primary colors to mix secondary colors.
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Categorize artworks by subject matter (still life, portrait,
landscape) and by form (painting, sculpture, and architecture).
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Talk about his/her observations about art.
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Grade
1
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Identify various expressive qualities of line.
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Listen carefully to what others say about art.
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Construct in paper using additive modeling techniques.
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Use drawing and painting techniques to depict ideas, feelings,
and moods through the use of line and color.
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Explore the use of symbols and signs to communicate feelings
using mixed media.
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Identify portraits as realistic, idealized, or narrative.
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Differentiate between American and Oriental landscape images.
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Discriminate between realism and abstraction using artworks of
similar subject matter.
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Grade
2
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Identify visual and tactile textures; natural and man-made
shapes.
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Have opinions about art.
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Combine the same assortment of lines, shapes, colors, and
textures in several ways to express a variety of ideas.
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Explore basic relief printmaking techniques using the elements
of texture and shape.
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Identify different types of media used to create artwork.
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Differentiate among the functional and decorative arts of
European American and Native American craftspeople.
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Analyze and describe how the elements of line, shape, color
and texture are used in artwork.
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Explore a three-dimensional craft process using the
subtractive method.
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Use puppetry processes to create interesting characters.
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Grade
3
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Identify two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional forms.
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Identify light vs. dark values in artworks.
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Create an object that has a specific purpose.
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Use warm and cool colors, values, and form to express ideas.
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Apply various value producing techniques to achieve desired
results in a drawing.
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Develop refined craftsmanship skills to create a clay object.
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Propose how an artwork or an artifact would have to be altered
in order to look new.
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Differentiate among the artworks of the Ancient Egyptians,
Greeks, and Romans.
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Make objective and subjective statements about a work of art.
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Grade
4
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Identify complex color systems (intermediate, analogous,
complementary, and neutral).
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Identify positive and negative shapes.
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Alter size and positions to make objects look close up or far
away in two-dimensional space (perspective).
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Use various drawing/painting techniques and media to emphasize
emotions.
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Demonstrate various color systems through the use of a variety
of pastel techniques.
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Describe artworks or artifacts from the past.
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Differentiate among the artworks created during Medieval,
Renaissance, and Post-Renaissance eras.
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Describe the elements of form and shape in a work of art.
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Illustrate cinematic progressions through the creation of
comic strips.
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Grade
5
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Identify color values (tints, shades).
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Identify analogous and monochromatic color schemes.
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Use primary sketches and pre-planning to assist in making
choices and improving ideas.
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Construct a non-functional form using additive methods.
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Apply the concepts of one-point perspective to a drawing that
creates the illusion of three-dimensions.
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Apply various aspects of pigment color theory (shades, tints,
values, monochromatic, analogous) to achieve a creative solution to a visual
problem.
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Associate artworks from Paleolithic times to the Renaissance,
with a historical time period based on stylistic characteristics, the use of
materials and techniques, and/or other visual evidence present in the
artworks.
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Write a detailed description about the subject matter of an
artwork.
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Grade
6
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Recognize the type of balance found in a composition.
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Discuss philosophical questions regarding the nature of art.
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Manipulate a composition to create a work of art.
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Use drawing and painting techniques of shading in order to
exhibit realism and to depict ideas and/or emotions.
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Demonstrate abstraction in a relief process print (linoleum).
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Determine the point of completion when creating a work of art.
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Propose a historical interpretation of an artwork, suggesting
what the visual content of that artwork may have meant to the people of the
time in which the work was created.
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Write an analysis of the compositional elements present in a
work of art.
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Doylestown,
PA 18901