Principle of arts drawing

principles of art handout. if i ever want to start teaching art again... or just my kids, maybe

For the Principles of Design I did balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, and rhythm. The hardest I thought was rhythm because you had to combine movement and pattern together.

After finishing up our graffiti unit, the next unit of focus in my Art 7 classes was the elements of art. I created a note packet with snipets of worksheets and information that I "borrowed" from Pinterest. Each page in the note packet concentrated on a single element and had some sort of drawing exercise, as well as vocabulary and definitions. These pages took us about two class periods to complete. Then, we were on to the first project. The requirements were that students had to write the…

Elements of Art, examples

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I've said it before, I'll say it again: Don't teach the elements and principles of art. Do not make up exercises specifically to teach line, or texture, or space...etc. Use the elements and principles in your lessons, not as your lesson. Regardless, my elements of design and principles of design packets remain my most popular downloads. So, here is another one! I copied this from Ande Cook's Art Starters. A mini colorful one page handout quizzing your class on what they know about the…

Art principles

Using only lines to display certain emotions

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These are well over due. I meant to post these in Sept, some how forgot to. These are 9x9 inch squares. Students divided the square into 8 pie pieces, 7 of which represent an element of design. This was meant as review to start off the year. I found this lesson off of Pinterest, unfortunately the link to the lesson is no longer accessible for some reason. As much as it displays each element quite nicely I didn't feel it was as effective as I would have liked. Next year I would like to create…

Examples of the elements of art! Line, Shape, Value, Form, Space, Color, and Texture! Done with several different mediums.

The Dream Saver: Elements of Art and Principles of Design

An "Elements of Art Wheel" worksheet is a visual tool that helps students or artists understand and explore the fundamental elements of art. These elements are the building blocks of visual art.