Seventh-grade artists learn that strong artwork comes from a process — brainstorming, sketching thumbnails, choosing and planning, creating, and refining. Artists revise; they rarely get it perfect on the first try. They order the steps, then plan a piece.
Students will be able to…
How do artists go from a blank page to a finished piece?
Project this and have students put the design-process steps in order.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
Facing a blank page, where does an artist even begin?
Students learn.
Students create.
Students share.
Students close.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Visual Arts).
Generate and conceptualize ideas.
Plan artistic work.
Make and refine art.
Reflect and revise.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students brainstorm and sketch thumbnails for a piece. A printable planning sheet is in the Arts library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.