Produce an animated art gallery. Through guided exploration and experimentation, students discover how to use digital art tools using Google Drawings. Apply graphic skills to make a series of creative masterpieces that convey an emotion, tell a story, send a message, and express an idea. Integrate visual arts with computer lessons for elementary grades.
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Digital Art Activities for Elementary Students
Engage student interest with fun and creative computer lessons. Students paint original artwork and frame each piece in an animated gallery.
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Step-By-Step Lessons for Busy Teachers
Teacher Guide and illustrated Student Workbook make teaching digital art skills easy. Everything you need is included: resources, flashcards, worksheets, extension activities, samples, and assessment tools.
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Integrate Technology With Visual Arts
Blend learning objectives from multiple subject areas. Teach computer fundamentals, graphic design, and creative arts in one project.
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Unique Digital Art Curriculum
Experiment with digital drawing tools. Encourage students to express their inner artist.
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Assignment 1 Become an Art Critic
Examine a sample animated art gallery to spark creativity.
Assignment 2 Discover Lines
Gain fine motor skills. Experiment with drawing straight, curvy, and jagged lines.
Assignment 3 Design a Pattern using Lines
Study patterns in common objects. Repeat stylized lines to draw unique artwork.
Assignment 4 Express Yourself as a Cartoon
Create an original character that reveals emotion using lines.
Assignment 5 Explore Shapes
Experiment with drawing and formatting shapes. Customize color and object order.
Assignment 6 Construct Animals using Shapes
Combine shapes to build cartoon animals such as a cat, tiger, or bear.
Assignment 7 Tell a Story
Paint a picture that illustrates a story using shapes and lines.
Assignment 8 Have Fun with Text
Experiment with text and word art. Format font, size, style, color, and alignment.
Assignment 9 Make a Picture from Text
Communicate a message by transforming text into artwork using WordArt.
Assignment 10 Try Recolor and Crop Options
Take risks. Explore recolor and cropping options to format an image.
Assignment 11 Create Colorful Artwork
Convey a personal interest by duplicating images to produce a repetitive design.
Assignment 12 Save Pictures to use in Art Gallery
Convert artwork made in Google Drawings to picture files.
Assignment 13 Exhibit Artwork in a Gallery
Frame pictures to showcase artwork in an animated art gallery. Apply transitions between slides.
Assignment 14 Host a Digital Art Show
Exhibit artwork displayed in a slideshow. Explain artistic choices to an audience.
Optional Digital Art Activities for Elementary Students:
- Edit Points: Adjust points in a Google Drawing,
- Trace a Photo: Trace outline of an object using drawing tools.
- Print as a Handout: Reduce a presentation to 1 printed page.
Digital Art Curriculum: Lessons for Google Drawings and Slides
Integrate digital drawing into visual arts curriculum. The activities in TechnoGallery gradually introduce paint techniques. Primary and elementary students explore the creative process for making artwork using technology.
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Experiment with digital drawing tools
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Create digital art that expresses an idea
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Make creative decisions to solve problems
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Explore elements and principles of design
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Reflect to explain artistic choices
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Format lines, shapes, text, and images
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Exhibit artwork in an animated gallery
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Apply a slide background
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Add transitions between slides to add interest
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