Themes:

Learning to Look

Explore and compare the basic elements of art—shape, line, color, texture, and material—by focusing on a particular genre. Recommended for students in grades K–3.


Jackson Pollock. One: Number 31. 1950; Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians. 1921

Lesson ideas include:
Shapes and Lines, People, Animals, Nature, Places, Chairs

Vasily Kandinsky. Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 4. 1914

Sample Lesson Activity

Explore lines in works like Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 4 by shaping pipe cleaners into the different lines you see.