Stippled Valentines Day Hearts


Minnesota K-3 Visual Art Standards Used in This Lesson:

  • 1. Identify the elements of visual art including Color, line, shape, Form, Value, texture and space.

  • 2. Identify the tools, materials and techniques from a variety of two- and three-dimensional media such as drawing, printmaking, ceramics or sculpture.

  • 3. Identify the characteristics of visual artworks from a variety of cultures including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

  • 4. Create original two- and three- dimensional artworks to express ideas, experiences or stories.

  • 5. Share and describe a personal artwork and reflect on a presentation based on the feedback of others.

  • 6. Compare and contrast the characteristics of a variety of works of visual art.

    • Additional Tie-ins

  • Valentine's Day
  • Stippling
  • Historical Artist
  • Color Blending with dots

    • A quick lesson in pointillism. Close up pictures of Seruatt's paintings are shown along with further away pictures. Chuck Close's more recent images are also shown.

    The teacher then shows students how to stipple with white paint dots on colored paper. They have to hold down the heart cut out with one hand while stippling with the other. "Only one hand is dirty with paint". Then students can stipple with red paint as well.