4th Grade: Expressive Movement Lines

Fourth Grade discussed different ways of showing movement in art, such as the positioning of the subject, blurred image, repeated image, or lines behind the moving object. We took a look at an old cartoon, "Road Runner" and noticed the moments that the artist used lines behind the characters to show how quickly they were moving. We discussed different types of lines and then created our own expressive movement lines. Students chose whatever subject they wanted to show moving and drew different types of lines from the direction they moved. We then used colorful chalk pastels to draw attention to our different types of lines.