Pixel Drawing


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

  • Computer
  • Display Technology
  • Resolution

    • After experiencing the original Pixel Grid assignment, students are given a chance to advance their grid drawing skills by using a grid with diagonal lines which allow them to make cubical, 3-D images.

    Students review how images on a computer screen are drawn with pixels. A photoshop file is shown at 100 percent so the image is understandable. Then the image is enlarged more and more until individual pixels can be seen.

    Students are shown how to draw 3-D images using the given grid paper similar to the video here. Students are given Advanced Grid sheets that they use to make their own pixel drawings.