1st grade learned about African-American artist William H. Johnson, and examples of his work, paying close attention to the use of foreground, middle ground and background. They noticed that his work wasn’t photographically realistic, thus introducing the word “stylized”.
Their assignment was to draw a picture of how they got to school, making it inclusive of the elements of composition; foreground, middle ground, and background. Something I also stress to my students is when adding color, to color completely and “opaque”. They are starting to do just that! We even have a song, “Noooooo white spacesssssssss!”