EXPECTATIONS

• General Expectations

Respect, Safety, Technology, Creativity and Collaboration!, Misc.

• Course Content – The Portrait !

History, Sketchbooks, Research Project, 3 Portrait Portfolio, Artist Statements

• General Housekeeping

Bathroom breaks, Questions, Start and End of Class, Clean-up

• Availability

Lunch, After School – Art Club?

Suggestions???

ABOUT ME – ABOUT YOU!

PORTRAITURE

ELEMENTS OF ART – PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

ELEMENTS

• Line

• Shape

• Forms

• Space

• Colour

• Texture

• Value

PRINCIPLES

• Balance

• Emphasis

• Movement

• Pattern

• Repetition

• Proportion

• Rhythm

• Variety

• Unity

MC ESCHERbalance, positive and negative space, line, unity, transformation

MC ESCHERshape, value, texture, emphasis, unity

KEITH HARING line, colour, shape, rhythm, movement, pattern

ACTIVITY #1 – VISUAL READING

• In groups of 4, review your assigned piece of artwork.

• As a team, try to identify as many of the ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES as

you can.

*Note – not ALL of the elements or principles may be present in

the piece you have been assigned!

• Use your handout as a guide to help you.

• On your piece of flip chart paper, write down what you have found. Use

big and bold lettering and try to fill up the paper.

ACTIVITY #2 – SCAVENGER HUNT

The Elements of Art

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jO4PljlODA

ACTIVITY #2 – SCAVENGER HUNT

The Elements of Art

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jO4PljlODA

• In your groups, investigate your surroundings and try to locate at least 2 ELEMENTS and 2 PRINCIPLES within the space around you.

• Record what you have found using your phone or iPod, being sure to write down what the image represents.

• Email – v.budgell@uleth.ca

CLOSURE + EXIT SLIPS

• Exit Slip:

Why are the elements and principles of art important?

**** Don’t forget to include your NAME on your post-it note!

NEXT CLASS – Poster Project, Introduction to Portraiture