The document provides instructions for a three-page art journal assignment on the principles of art. Students are asked to create a border and title for the journal, lay it out in columns with one principle per column, and include definitions and illustrations for each principle, such as examples of different types of balance, emphasizing a letter, including a variety of elements, creating a sense of rhythm, demonstrating unity through color, using shapes to create movement, and exaggerating the proportion of an object. Students should use provided materials like markers, glue, and paper to complete the assignment.

1. Intro to Art – Principles of Art Journal Assignment
Due:
Create a three-page fold-out journal
entry for the Principles of Art.
Create a border around all three pages
and include the title: Principles of Art.
Use Columns to layout your pages. (One
column for each of the 7 principles)
Supplies: ArtTalk book, Journal;
markers; tissue paper; glue; pencil & erasers; sharpies; and whatever other material you can think
of.
What to do?
In addition to a definition for each principle, make sure to include the following:
1. Balance
Illustrate Radial, Symmetrical, and Asymmetrical Balance. Draw, use cut paper, or
examples of each from magazines.
2. Emphasis
Draw the word Emphasis in a graphic way to fill the column. Emphasize one letter using
both size and color/contrast.
3. Variety
Illustrate a variety of shapes, lines, colors and sizes.
4. Rhythm
Create a sense of music visually. Choose one type of rhythm to organize your column
and label it.
5. Unity
Choose 1 object and draw it in your column in three different
ways. Create unity in the
column through the use of color.
6. Movement
Create visual movement using shape and line in the column.
7. Proportion
Draw a contour line drawing of an everyday object and
exaggerate the proportion of one part of the object. Outline in sharpie
and add color with watercolor, tissue paper, or markers.