Elements of Art

1. 7
Elements
of
Visual
Arts
Journal
Student
from
Stephanie
Galik’s
class
Fremont
Elementary
2nd
Grade
–
Fall
2013

4. 7
Elements
of
Visual
Arts
Journal
Space
Positive/Negative
Landscape
Line
Color
Shape
Geometric
Organic
Texture
Actual
Implied
Value
Form

6. 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

7. Space
(activity)
Create
Sculptures
using
Positive/Negative
Space

9. 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

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

12. Line
Line
Horizontal
Vertical
Diagonal
Curved
Wavy
Zig-­‐zag

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

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

18. 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.

20. Texture
Implied

22. Texture
Actual

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

25. Value
Mnemonic
For
a
shade
Add
black
To
make
it
dark
For
a
tint
Add
white
To
make
it
light

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

28. Elements of
Visual Art
Form Activity

29. FORM
Height
Length
Width

30. FORM 1. Draw a cube

31. FORM 1. Draw a cube
2. Shade a cube

32. FORM 1. Draw a cylinder
2. Shade a cylinder

33. FORM 1. Draw a cone
2. Shade a cone

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

35. Light Source

36. Light Source

37. Practice Drawing

38. Elements ofVisual Art
Form Activity
Powerpoint by Jennifer Coull
jcoull@fcoe.org
June 2012
Lesson by Susan Hansen

39. Practice videos - FORM
 Graphite or pencil
drawing
techniques for
shading
http://youtu.be/GXeIf-fpawo
 Shape into form
http://youtu.be/
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