EQ: How does a

mandala tell the

story of its creator?

Unit Standards:

• VA.1.1 Subjects/Themes The learner will be able to use imagination and immediate environment, including family, home, and surroundings, as sources for ideas.

• VA.1.3 Creative Expression Through Art The learner will be able to create drawings and paintings emphasizing one or more art elements (e.g., color, line, shape, and form) and the principle of repetition (pattern).

EQ: How can artists create a cool picture of a tree using mixed

media art?

Unit Standards:

• VA.1.8 Line -TSW identify lines as outlines and edges in shapes and forms

• VA.1.3 Creative Expression Through Art TSW create artworks using drawings and mixed media art emphasizing the art elements of color, line, and texture.

• VA.1.1 Subjects/Themes -TSW use their imaginations and the environment including their families and homes as source of ideas

EQ: How can an artist use a

symbol, paint, and texture to create a picture that looks like stained glass?

Unit StandardsVA.1.10 Shape & Form The learner will be able to identify shapes as flat and forms as not flat.

VA.1.12 Texture The learner will be able to differentiate textures by sight and by touch.

EQ: How can an

artist use clay to

create a sculpture?

Unit Standards

VA.1.4 Three-Dimensional Qualities TSW be able to uses a variety of art materials and techniques to model, construct, and compose original artworks.

VA.1.10 Shape & Form TSW be able to identify shapes as flat and forms as not flat.

EQ: How can an artist use glue, oil pastels, and their

imagination to draw a picture of

what they could be in the future?

Unit Standards

VA.1.1 Subjects/Themes TSW be able to use imagination as sources for ideas.

VA.1.8 Line TSW be able to identify lines as outlines or edges of shapes and forms.

VA.1.12 Texture TSW be able to differentiate textures by sight and by touch.

Examples: