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Art Secular Homeschool Curriculum Skills List | Fifth Grade

Art activities are designed to encourage the creative abilities of the child and to promote the development of fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination.

  • Continue to develop a basic art vocabulary.
  • Follow instructions, and complete a drawing.
  • Draw objects from different perspectives.
  • Understand the concept of symmetry and create symmetrical designs.
  • Continue to develop small motor skills through cutting, gluing, painting, and folding.
  • Use the color wheel to identify and use primary, secondary, and complementary colors.
  • Identify and use color contrast.
  • Identify and use warm and cool colors.
  • Draw a fictional character based on a written description.
  • Identify and use texture.
  • Paint in the style of Pointillism.
  • Look at and appreciate various works of art.
  • Interpret art.
  • Compare art from various cultures.
  • Use various techniques and mediums to create original art.
    • mosaic
    • origami
    • suminagashi
    • tangle drawing
    • op art
    • abstract drawing
    • ink and wash
  • Make a diorama.
  • Learn about a famous artist and create art in his style.
  • Make pottery.
  • Make a three-dimensional model.
  • Demonstrate the drawing technique of foreshortening.
  • Make a snow globe.
  • Create a mobile.