DirectionsforElementsofArtGraphicOrganizer

LostandFound: Lookingonlineorthroughmagazinesfindsmallsamplesthatvisuallydefinetheelementlisted.

Designed:Createanoriginalsmallcompositionthatappliesyourknowledgeoftheelementlisted.Thisshouldappearasasmallworkofartorapatternthatthe

studenthascreated.Focusonstrongdesign.

IndividualTypes:Lookattheelementcategory.Createasmallcomposition thatappliesyourknowledgeofaspecifictypeofthatelement.

SeeingInAction: Findorprovideanartimagethatshowcasestheelementprovided.Doasmallresponsethatdiscusseshowtheelementisseeninthework

ofart.______________________________________________________________MATERIALSAVAILABLE: COLOREDPENCILS,COLOREDMARKERS,ORCRAYONS.

RULER,PENCILS,MAGAZINES,SCISSORS,ANDSHARPIES.

TIMEALLOTED: 2-5PERIODS,DEPENDINGONTHEEXPECTIONOFTHETEACHERANDTHETYPEOFSCHEDULE.2BLOCKPERIODSWEREUSED.

TOCONSIDER:LINE

STUDENTSMUSTUSETHELINETYPEPROVIDEDBUTIDONOTLIMITTHEM

TOONLYTHATTYPEOFLINE.HOWEVERTHELINETYPEMUSTBETHEMOST

EVIDENTINTHEDESIGN.

EACHSPACESHOULDBENEATANDSHOWSTRONGCRAFTSMANSHIP.

COLORISNOTNESSECARYBUTCANBEUSEDONALLORGANIZERS.

TTOCONSIDER:SHAPE

USEANYBOOKORDEFINITIONAVAILABLE.MAKESURETHISMATCHESYOUREXAMORCLASSDESCRIPTION.DEFINITIONSVARYWHENITCOMESTOTHEELEMENTSOF

ART.

STUDENTSAREENCOURAGEDTOCREATECOMPLEXDESIGNS.IDEASCANALSOBEFOUNDWITHINTHE“LOSTANDFOUNDSECTION”IFASTUDENTISHAVINGA

DIFFICULTTIME.THEINSTRUCTORCANALSOASSIGNSPECIFICSTOEACHSPACE.

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TOCONSIDER:FORM

FORMISONEOFTHEMOSTDIFFICULTTOVISUALLYDEFINEONAFLAT

SURFACE.STUDENTSSHOULDLOOKFORIMAGESTHATSHOWCASE3

DIMENSIONALITYBUTALSOFOCUSONSTRONGCOMPOSITIONWITHINTHATSPACE.DONOTJUSTFINDA3DOBJECT

LIKEACHAIR.

INTHEDESIGNEDSPACE,VALUEISNECESSARYTOSHOWTHEILLUSTIONOFFORM,ORTHESTUDENTCANUSE3DSHAPESSUCHASCUBESORPYRAMIDS.

TOCONSIDER:VALUE

THEVALUESCALECANBEDONEINAVARIETYOFMEDIAINCLUDINGCOLORED

PENCIL.CONSIDERDOINGASMALLSECTIONWITHINTHATSCALEINPENANDINKTOALLOWTHESTUDENTTOEXPLOREHOWVALUEISCREATEDINAVARIETYOF

WAYS.

INTHELOSTANDFOUNDSECTIONSTUDENTSSHOULDLOOKFORSTRONGLIGHTINGORSMALLEXAMPLESOFSHADING.ENCOURAGETHEMTOBECREATIVEWITHTHEDESIGNSECTION

WHENACHIEVINGVALUE.SMALLPATTERNWASUSEDHERE.

TOCONSIDER:COLOR

THISISONLYASMALLINTRODUCTIONTOCOLOR.

COLOREDPENCILS,CRAYONS,ORMARKERSCANBEUSED.CHALLENGESTUDENTSTOCREATEVALUEWITHIN

EACHSPACETOSEETHERANGEOFTHATCOLOR.

INTHEDESIGNEDSPACESTUDENTSCOULDUSEASPECIFICCOLORSCHEME,LOOKATAMASTERARTIST,ORJUSTBECREATIVEWITHTHEIRAPPROACHTO

COLOR.

TOCONSIDER:TEXTURE

TEXTUREISANOTHERDIFFICULTELEMENTTODEMONSTRATEONAFLATSURFACE.THEEXAMPLESAREIMPLIED

TEXTURE.IFACTUALTEXTUREISDESIREDSTUDENTSCANADHERE

OTHERMATERIALSORDORUBBINGSONTHESURFACE.

INTHELOSTANDFOUNDSECTIONCONSIDERHAVINGSTUDENTSLABELORDESCRIBETHETEXTURESBELOWTHE

EXAMPLE.

THANKYOUFORUSINGMYGRAPHICORGANIZERONTHEELEMENTSOFART.THESEORGANIZERS

AREAGREATWAYTOAPPROACHNOTES.STUDENTSCANWORKINDIVIDUALLYORINGROUPS.APPLICATIONINLEARNINGISKEY.

KEEPANEYEOUTFOROTHERGRAPHICORGANIZERSONTHEPRINCIPLESOFDESIGNAND

ARTCRITICISM.

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