Mr. London, Art Instructor
Classroom Expectations
- Respect yourself
- Respect others
- Respect the school
Orlo Vista WAVE
- Well Prepared
- Always Safe
- Value Respect
- Eager to Lear
Art Class Points
- Entrance--walk in, find your seat, sit ready
- Directions--listen and learn
- Work Time--try your best, share
- Clean up--put away what you used
- Line up--walk, stand in a quiet, straight line
Classes can earn up to 5 points each for art class. Every 9 weeks near report card time, the class with the most points in each grade level earns a free paint day.
Elements of Art
In order to bake a cake, many different ingredients are needed. Each ingredient is important, and too much or too little of one ingredient will sacrifice the taste of the cake. For all different kinds of desserts, different amounts of different ingredients are needed.
The same concept can be applied to Art. Using different amounts and varieties of the Art Elements creates rich, diverse artwork. The artist decides how to use the Elements in order to create meaning.
Color
Primary: Red, Yellow, Blue
Secondary: Orange, Green, Violet
Tertiary: Red-Orange, Orange-Yellow, Yellow-Green, Green-Blue, Blue-Violet, Violet-Red
Warm: Red, Orange, Yellow
Cool: Blue, Green, Violet
Neutral: Earth tones, Brown, Gray, Tan
Complementary colors: Red & Green, Blue & Orange, Yellow & Violet
Line: Actual lines, implied lines, contour lines, straight, curved, thin, thick, broken, calm, active, vertical, horizontal, diagonal
Shape: 2-dimensional, flat, closed, geometric, organic (free-form)
Texture: Real or implied, how the artwork feels or looks like it would feel
Form: 3-dimensional, sculpture, real or implied
Space: Positive space, negative space, foreground, midground, background, overlapping, height, width, depth, perspective
Principles of Design
Use the Elements of Art to create the Principles of Design!
Movement: gives the feeling of action and to guide the viewer's eyes throughout the artwork
Unity (Harmony): the quality of wholeness, arrangement of elements and principles to create a feeling of completeness
Variety: quality of having different forms or types
Balance: arranging elements so that no part of a work overpowers, or seems heavier than any other part, symmetrical or asymmetrical
Emphasis: points of interest to pull the viewer's eye to important parts of the work
Contrast: difference and diversity in an artwork, something interesting to break repetitions
Proportion: relation of one part to another or to the whole
Rhythm, Repetition, Pattern: showing consistency with colors or lines
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