Line Art Lesson Element of Art Line 4th Grade Types of Lines Lion Art Project
Looking for a Grade 4 line art lesson that teaches the element of art line through a bold lion art project? This Line Lions Art Lesson gives students a creative and meaningful way to explore the element of art: line while creating a bold lion artwork filled with different types of lines, patterns, texture, movement, value, and personality. Students will learn that line is one of the seven elements of art and that artists use lines to build shapes, outline objects, create patterns, add texture, show movement, guide the viewer’s eye, and communicate feelings.
Instead of only practicing lines on a worksheet, students apply their learning to a complete Grade 4 lion art project. They will explore straight, curved, wavy, zigzag, spiral, horizontal, vertical, diagonal, thick, thin, broken, dashed, looping, hatching, and cross-hatching lines while creating a bright, expressive lion with a patterned mane and creative background.
This ready-to-teach Grade 4 art lesson is perfect for elementary art teachers, classroom teachers, substitute teachers, and homeschool families looking for a complete types of lines art project, Elements of Art line lesson, animal art activity, or lion art project that feels engaging, skill-based, and display-worthy.
Because teaching line is way more exciting when students get to make a wildly creative lion. 🦁
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES (Non-Editable)
- Detailed Grade 4 lesson plans
- Suggested visual art standards
- Teacher guide about line in art
- Critical-thinking questions
- Types of Lines anchor chart
- Types of Lines student handout
- Practice Lines fine motor activity
- Cut-and-glue flower and leaf templates
- Lion templates
- Build-a-Lion creative planning page
- Pick-a-Pattern student choice page
- Visual step-by-step tutorial
- Finished artwork example
- Art rubric
- Bulletin-board display sign
- KWL chart
- Read-and-respond passage about line in art
- Reading-comprehension questions
- Reading-comprehension answer key
- Spelling word list
- Spelling test
- Opinion writing activity
- Line writing activities
- Artist statement pages
- Artwork reflection pages
- Peer-feedback activity
- 3 Stars and a Wish reflection
- Compare-and-contrast activity for line and pattern
- Compare-and-contrast answer key
- Goal-setting activity
- Elements of Art and Principles of Design extension pages
- Gray scale exploration activity
- Shapes and forms activity
- Mandala design activity
- Emphasis activity
- Slideshow about line, types of lines, texture, pattern, movement, value, and feelings
- Step-by-step slideshow for creating the Line Lion artwork
- Bonus link/QR code to a video demonstration
