2. EXPECTATIONS
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General Expectations
Respect, Safety, Technology, Creativity and Collaboration!, Misc.
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Course Content – The Portrait !
History, Sketchbooks, Research Project, 3 Portrait Portfolio, Artist
Statements
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General Housekeeping
Bathroom breaks, Questions, Start and End of Class, Clean-up
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Availability
Lunch, After School – Art Club?
Suggestions???

3. ABOUT ME – ABOUT YOU!

4. PORTRAITURE

5. ELEMENTS OF ART – PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ELEMENTS
PRINCIPLES
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Line
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Balance
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Shape
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Emphasis
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Forms
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Movement
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Space
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Pattern
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Colour
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Repetition
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Texture
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Proportion
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Value
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Rhythm
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Variety
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Unity

6. MC ESCHER
balance, positive and negative space, line, unity, transformation

7. MC ESCHER
shape, value, texture, emphasis, unity

8. KEITH HARING
line, colour, shape, rhythm, movement, pattern

9. ACTIVITY #1 – VISUAL READING
• In groups of 4, review your assigned piece of artwork.
• As a team, try to identify as many of the ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES as
you can.
*Note – not ALL of the elements or principles may be present in
the piece you have been assigned!
• Use your handout as a guide to help you.
• On your piece of flip chart paper, write down what you have found. Use
big and bold lettering and try to fill up the paper.

10. ACTIVITY #2 – SCAVENGER HUNT
The Elements of Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jO4PljlODA

11. ACTIVITY #2 – SCAVENGER HUNT
The Elements of Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jO4PljlODA
• In your groups, investigate your surroundings and try to locate at least
2 ELEMENTS and 2 PRINCIPLES within the space around you.
• Record what you have found using your phone or iPod, being sure to
write down what the image represents.
• Email – v.budgell@uleth.ca

12. CLOSURE + EXIT SLIPS
• Exit Slip:
Why are the elements and principles of art important?
**** Don’t forget to include your NAME on your post-it note!
NEXT CLASS – Poster Project, Introduction to Portraiture