Mrs. Dickens - ECUSD #7 Art Educator

Art & Design: 

Prerequisite: None     Grades: 9-12     Credit: 0.5

 

     This course focuses on the elements and principles of the visual arts, art criticism, aesthetics, and art appreciation.  Students study these elements and principles through a variety of media.  This course is the prerequisite for all art studio courses.

 

Elements of Art:

 

     - Line

     - Shape

     - Form

     - Value

     - Color

     - Texture

     - Space

 

Principles of Design:

 

     - Balance

     - Contrast

     - Emphasis

     - Movement

     - Repetition/ Pattern

     - Rhythm

     - Unity

 

Media for the course includes:

 

     - Pencil/ Graphite/ Charcoal

     - Ink/ Marker

     - Color Pencil

     - Oil & Chalk Pastel

     - Paint - Watercolor/ Acrylic/ Tempera

     - Mixed Media Collage

     - Yarn/ Mixed Media Fibers

 

 

Project instructions including handouts 

and project sample photos are attached in 

Tigerview.  To access the documents, click on

the title of the assignment.

 

 

Project Examples:   Scroll down for more photos!!!

 

Project Folders-

Elements Sketches-

Sketchbook Covers-

Radial Designs-

Color Wheels-

Positive/ Negative Space Design-

Mixed Media Tissue Collage- 

Tessellations- 

Still- Life Drawings-

Monochromatic Perspective Drawings-

Final Exam Project-

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