Please be aware of the following due dates. The dates are final. The work may be turned in early but will not be accepted late.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 Assignments 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26. Assignments 20-24 are well past due and should have been submitted for grading already. FRIDAY, MAY 24 FINAL day to submit Assignment #27 In a 2500 px (width) x 3300 px (height) Pixlr image, design a funny/attention-getting campaign poster for the political position of your choice. That position could be anything from Class President to President of the United States.
The candidate may be you or someone else. If you yourself are the candidate, you can use a picture of yourself (if you can get one) or a picture of someone else (a pretend you) or use no picture at all. Your choice. But just be creative and have fun with it. This may be our last project for the year. The Elements of Design (a.k.a. “The Elements of Art”)
The Basic “Building Blocks” of the Visual Arts (Don't worry about the different colors of the fonts. It doesn't mean anything. It's just for my own organizational purposes. Oh, and don't write this part in parentheses) I. Line: A continuous, moving mark made upon a surface. Line Types:
Line Directions:
II. Shape/Form: A shape is any flat, two-dimensional object. A form is any “round” three- dimensional object. Techniques for making a two-dimensional shape appear three-dimensional:
III. Space: Positive Space is the area occupied by an object in a composition. Negative Space is the empty or unused area in a composition. It is a very common mistake among students to leave too much Negative Space in their compositions. Note: Another type of space is the “illusion” of space that can be created in a composition when an artist creates a sense of depth by using different perspective methods. These methods include Linear Perspective, Atmospheric Perspective, Diminishing Scale, Overlapping and Placement in the Composition (Usually the higher an object is, the farther away it is.) IV. Value: Value describes how light or dark an object is.
V. Texture: “Actual” or “Real” Texture is an object’s touchable surface quality or “how it feels in real life”. “Simulated” or “Implied” Texture is an illusion created when an object’s apparent or observed texture is different from its Actual Texture. VI. Color: The visible light from an object. A. Color Families:
B. Non-Colors
C. Qualities of Color
VII. The Principles of Design (a.k.a "The Principles of Art") These are "The Rules" for creating a good composition using the Elements of Design 1. Harmony: Combining the Elements in a composition skillfully so that the different parts of the composition all work well together. 2. Variety: Creating changes in the way an Element is used in a composition. 3. Proportion: The way the size of an object relates to the sizes of other objects in a composition. 4. Gradation: Creating "soft" or gradual changes in the way an Element is used in a composition. 5. Movement: Creating a sense of action in a composition. 6. Balance: Creating a skillful distribution of objects in a composition, a skillful arrangement of "visual weight". 7. Emphasis: Drawing attention to a particular object or piece of a composition. |
AuthorDaniel P. Loughran is an artist and art educator who lives in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Archives
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