Visual Art I

What are we doing?

Last project:

Project 1: Hallway Drawing Using Line to Make Space

Current project:

Project 2: Still Life: Ball and Bag and Chair - Using line and value to make Form

Next project:

Project 3: Colored Pencil Color Pops - Using form and color to create Emphasis

Semester 1

Focus on drawing skills related to the Elements of Art.

Possible lessons include:

Creative drawings, linear perspective, shading techniques, pen and graphite drawings, texture shading, colored pencils, oil pastel techniques, design stylizing techniques, non-traditional art media, mixed-media, watercolor techniques, etc. Covid-19 restrictions could alter some of these plans.

Semester 2

Focus on drawing, painting, mixed media, and sculpture by applying elements of art to the Principles of Design.

Possible lessons include:

Unusual painting media, creative designs - practice eye-hand coordination, pen and ink drawings, pattern values and creative application, optical illusions and OpArt - review perspective, collages and acrylic paintings, composition and colors in art, hand-building clay, etc. Covid-19 restrictions could alter some of these plans.

Elements of Art

Artists manipulate these elements, mix them in with principles of design and compose a piece of art. Not every work has every last one of these elements contained within it, but there are always at least two present.Elements of Art are the visual "tools" that artists use to create an art work

For example, a sculptor, by default, has to have both form and space in a sculpture, because these elements are three-dimensional. They can also be made to appear in two-dimensional works through the use of perspective and shading.

line		shape		form		value
	color		space		texture

Principles of Design

Principles of Design are the ways artists use and arrange the Elements of Art in a composition.

The Principles of design is what we do to the elements of art. How we apply the Principles of design determines how successful we are in creating a work of art.