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Tell a Story with Emphasis

Principles of Design: Emphasis and Focal Point

Day 50of 180
Week 10of 36
40Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how to create emphasis in artwork through size, color, and placement

2

Create a visual story with a clear focal point

3

Develop creative storytelling skills through visual art

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 22:29

“Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; he won't stand before obscure men.”

— Proverbs 22:29 (WEB)

Just as this verse highlights the importance of skill and focus, today's art lesson emphasizes creating a clear and compelling visual story

📦 Materials Needed

  • Drawing paper
  • Colored pencils or markers
  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade 3 Art
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

In today's BibleMouse art lesson, we'll learn how to tell a story through art by creating a powerful focal point!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember how we used leading lines in yesterday's lesson to guide the viewer's eye?
2Teaching (10 min)

Emphasis is like telling a story where one character or idea is the star of the show!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Focal point is the most important part of your artwork
  • You can create emphasis through size (make it bigger)
  • Use brighter colors to draw attention
  • Place your main subject in a special location
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes something stand out in a picture?
  • How can we make one part of our drawing more important than the others?
3Activity: Story Art: My Hero Moment (20 min)
hands-on

Create an artwork that tells a story with a clear hero or main idea

📝 Instructions:
  1. Think of a story you know - from the Bible or your imagination
  2. Sketch a scene that shows the most important moment
  3. Make your main character or idea the biggest and brightest part
  4. Use color and size to show what's most important
  5. Add details around your focal point to tell the story
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Draw a scene from a favorite Bible story with one main character

Challenge: Create a multi-scene artwork showing a story's progression

4Closing (5 min)

Share your artwork and explain how you created emphasis

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did you do to make your main character stand out?
  • How does emphasis help tell a story in art?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore how artists guide the viewer's eye through a painting

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Emphasis helps viewers understand the most important part of an artwork

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage creativity and storytelling
  • Focus on the process, not perfect drawing
  • Ask open-ended questions about their artwork
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might struggle with making one element stand out

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Clear intention in size, color, and placement of main subject

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a comic strip using emphasis techniques
  • Explore emphasis in famous artworks using BibleMouse Resource Guide

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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