Visual Arts: Grade 4

Creating Works of Visual Art

Using Structures and Functions

Exploring Content

History and Culture

Interpreting Works of Visual Art

Making Connections

The student will demonstrate competence in the use of ideas, materials, techniques, and processes in the creation of works of visual art.

The student will use composition and the elements and principles of design to communicate ideas.

The student will examine the content of works of visual art and use elements from them in creating his or her own works.

The student will understand the visual arts in relation to history and world cultures and the technologies, tools, and materials used by artists.

The student will analyze and assess the characteristics and qualities of his or her own works of visual art and those of others.

The students will make connections between the visual arts and other arts disciplines, other content areas, and the world.

Identify the materials, techniques, and processes used in a variety of artworks.

Explain the reasons that different elements and principles of design each cause their own distinct response in one who is creating or viewing artworks.

Use a variety of media, techniques, and processes to create works of visual art.

Select and use the most effective materials, techniques, and processes to communicate his or her ideas, experiences, and stories through works of visual art.

Use all art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner.

Explain the differences in the composition and design of various works of visual art and the ideas they convey.

Explain the reasons that different elements and principles of design each cause their own distinct response in one who is creating or viewing artworks.

Use visual structures and functions of art to create artworks that communicate ideas.

Describe the ways that his or her use of organizational principles and expressive features evoke the ideas he or she intended to convey in a work of visual art.

Identify and describe the content in a work of visual art.

Select and use subject matter, symbols, ideas, and the elements and principles of design to communicate meaning through his or her art-making.

Discuss the ways that choices of subject matter, symbols, and ideas combine to communicate meaning in his or her works of visual art.

Identify and discuss specific works of visual art as belonging to a particular time, culture, and place.

Discuss the qualities of specific works by artists who have had a diverse access to various technologies, tools, and materials.

Identify and discuss some of the purposes for the creation of works of visual art.

Describe, discuss, and evaluate, both orally and in writing, the different qualities and characteristics of his or her artworks and those of others, including works by South Carolina artists.

Identify similarities and connections between the visual arts and other subjects in the school curriculum.

Discuss and compare the similarities and differences between the visual arts and other arts disciplines.

Discuss and write about the ways that skills from another area of the curriculum are used in the visual arts.

Determine career opportunities in the visual arts.