7  Elements  of  Visual  Arts  Journal  Student  from  Stephanie  Galik’s  class  Fremont  Elementary  2nd  Grade  –  Fall  2013  

7  Elements  of  Visual  Arts  Journal  

Space  Positive/Negative  Landscape  

Line  Color  Shape  

Geometric  Organic  

Texture  Actual  Implied  

Value  Form  

 

Space  

Space      Positive/Negative  

Take  a  black  paper  Trace  a  shape  in  the  middle  Cut  out  the  shape  Glue  the  paper  in  Label  negative/positive  space  

Space  (activity)  Create  Sculptures  using  Positive/Negative  Space  

Space  Space      Landscape  

Take  dark  blue,  light  blue,  &  brown  papers  Tear  edges  Glue  Label  the  different  landscape  parts  0 Background  0 Middle  ground  0 Fore  ground  

Space  (activity)  Identify  foreground,  middle  ground,  background,  horizon  line  in  the  environment  around  us.  

Line  Line      Horizontal  Vertical  Diagonal  Curved  Wavy  Zig-­‐zag  

Line  (activity)  Play  Line  Kung  Fu  –  create  lines  with  your  body  and  a  hi-­‐ya!  

Shape  (activity)  Play  Shape  Race    Small  groups  are  given  one  minute  to  create  geometric  shapes  with  their  bodies,  and  one  minute  for  organic  shapes.    

Color  (activity)  Sing  a  Song  –    The  primary  colors  are    red,  yellow,  blue  Red,  yellow,  blue  Red,  yellow,  blue  The  primary  colors  are    red,  yellow,  blue  You  named  the  hue.      

Texture  

Implied  

Texture  

Actual  

Texture  (activity)  TPS-­‐  Look  around  the  environment  or  your  clothing  to  discover  real  and  implied  textures.  What  words  would  you  use  to  describe  them?  

Value  Mnemonic  

For  a  shade  Add  black  To  make  it  dark  

For  a  tint  Add  white  To  make  it  light  

 

Value  (activity)  Sorting  Sort  a  box  of  crayons  into  tints,  shades,  and  hues.  

Elements of Visual Art

Form Activity

FORM

Height

Length

Width

FORM 1. Draw a cube

FORM 1. Draw a cube

2. Shade a cube

FORM 1. Draw a cylinder 2. Shade a cylinder

FORM 1. Draw a cone 2. Shade a cone

FORM 1. Draw a sphere 2. How do you shade a circle to make a sphere?

Light Source

Light Source

Practice Drawing

Elements of Visual Art Form Activity

Powerpoint by Jennifer Coull jcoull@fcoe.org

June 2012

Lesson by Susan Hansen

Practice videos - FORM

  Graphite or pencil drawing techniques for shading

http://youtu.be/GXeIf-fpawo

  Shape into form http://youtu.be/ExRRHY9wT6Q