The question of what do you teach, and how to teach in art education has been discussed by continuous. This is the basic proposition for dealing with the art in terms of education. It is worth to give support to the educational meaning and value of art education in schools. This study has investigated the meaning of class criticism and class reflection to find out the essence of elementary school art class. And it proposed the essence of elementary school art class pay attention to the artistry of class and through an article the teachers class reflection. It was analyzed the common aspects of experienced teachers in art class phenomenon through three elementary school teachers articles of class reflection the inner practical experience in art class revealed and an in-depth interview about the art class. As a result, examined the essence of elementary Art class as follows: Various reactions of learners and the action of the teacher about it, proactive thinking and expression as the core contents in art class, execution process of the activities and results as art class, assessment and judgment of the work, and implementing of will to art education art teacher were analyzed.