Day 2 Bell stART ELEMENTS of DESIGN Write in your sketch book: The seven Elements are the things that the artist or designer works with: Line, Line Direction,

Day 2 Bell stART ELEMENTS of DESIGN

Write in your sketch book:• The seven Elements are the “things” that the artist

or designer works with: Line, Line Direction, Shape, Size, Texture, Value, and Color. The system also considers the concept of Composition, which is defined as the total effect of the use of the Elements.

*Please print a copy of the Elements and Principles of Design, you will find it on the website. Keep the copy in your sketch book.

VINCENT VAN GOGH, Starry Night, 1889. Oil on canvas, 2’ 5” x 3’ 1/4”. Museum of Modern Art, New York (acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest).

Goals for Students:• To develop an understanding of Vincent van

Gogh’s style. Demonstrate skills in creating a balanced composition. Gain an understanding of what artistic interpretation is and apply that knowledge to create a work of art that has the following elements:

• Expressive line• Texture• Movement• Personal interests and elements.

Master Study- Starry Night Interpretation

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Write in your sketch book: Pattern is the repeating of an object or symbol all

over the artwork. Repetition works with pattern to make the artwork

seem active. The repetition of elements of design creates unity within the artwork.

Discuss with your tablemates: Did Vincent Van Gogh use pattern in his painting

Starry Night?

The natural world abounds in eye-catching patterns.

Our relationship with nature's patterns yields both an infinitely rich display of beautiful things and a manifestation of the underlying order in our world.

For Example:

Virus, mold and bacterial aggregate colonies spontaneously assume Fractal Shapes

Identify and write in your sketch book three patterns you see in nature, then add three

man-made patterns to your list.

Yes, you may talk and share.

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Andy GoldsworthyPebbles Broken & Scraped

Andy GoldsworthyIcicle Star, joined with saliva

Andy GoldsworthyIncredible serpentine tree roots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPDH8yCnlk0&feature=em-share_video_user

Andy Goldsworthy - Land Art by zczfilms

SYMMETRICAL, REGULAR, BALANCED

ASSYMMETRICAL, IRREGULAR

Day 3 Bell stART ELEMENTS of DESIGN

Today’s goals:

1. Use a sharpie marker to write your name on the front cover of your sketch book

2. Use the paper provided to tape a “pocket” to hold loose papers in your sketch book.

3. Use crayon to render the “Work of a Master”.

Jasper Johns’s “Between the Clock and the Bed” (1982-83), encaustic on canvas,

was partly inspired by a late self-portrait by Munch.

Day 4 Bell StART Elements of Design

• Write in your sketch book the terms and their definitions then draw the three motifs that will be used in your pattern composition

• Emphasis is the part of the design that catches the viewer’s attention. Usually the artist will make one area stand out by contrasting it with other areas. The area will be different in size, color, texture, shape, etc.

• Motif a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.

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Today’s goals:1.As a class analyze the work of Jasper Johns.2.Use pencil or crayon in your sketch book to

create/develop three motifs. Use nature or man-made objects to inspire your image.

3.After you have created the three motifs, incorporate them into a patterned design that has one area emphasized with change in size, value or texture.

Day 5 Bell StART Elements of Design

Criteria for linear pattern composition (write the criteria in your sketch book with a pencil)

Due Friday 8/16•Create a border 1/2” from the paper edge with your black crayon•Use the crayon as your medium to develop a pattern with a variety of different lines that has a strong focal point•Choose two colors to enhance the design, watercolor will be the medium

*Hand-in your sketch book at the end of class today for evaluation.Stack it on the assigned cart.