Overlapping Letters


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

  • Drawing Skills
  • Color Theory

    • A lesson in how to draw block letters is given in class. Students follow as the teacher shows how to draw all the letters from A-Z.

    Next students are shown how to draw letters over eachother and how the intersections can be colored in different ways. No touching shapes can be the same color. Colored pencils or markers are used.