Grade 10 - Visual Elements and Principles of Art and Design (Creating/Communicating)

PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES

The visual elements are: line, colour, form, space, shape, texture, value, and tone.

The principles include: pattern/repetition/rhythm, balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, and unity/harmony.

It is expected that students will:

• demonstrate a range of possibilities in utilizing the visual elements and principles of art and design
• create a 3-D image from a 2-D image
• demonstrate an awareness of the qualities of particular elements and principles of art and design
• create images that alter the meaning or impact of other images through manipulation of the visual elements and principles of art and design
• use a combination of elements and principles to create a particular mood in personally meaningful images

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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Students create 3-D images from journal drawings, translating elements of the 2-D images into effective 3-D "equivalents" (e.g., pattern becomes texture, shape becomes form, line becomes rhythm). Have them explain how the elements of their translations work together to create new renderings of the original.
• Provide students with a selection of logos or symbols and alter them by applying various elements and principles. For each altered logo or symbol, students should be able to explain which element or principle has been applied. The object of the manipulation is to change the meaning while maintaining sufficient resemblance to the original for recognition. The activity could be carried out using computer-drawing software, if the original is scanned or available in other digital form.
• Students identify a particular mood (e.g., peacefulness, sadness) they wish to convey. Randomly assign a combination of two elements (e.g., texture, tone) and a principle (e.g., contrast) to each student to illustrate the mood.

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

• Have students choose a 2-D image and alter their use of elements and principles of art and design to create several new works (including at least one 3-D work) that explore a range of possibilities and moods. Collect the resulting works in a portfolio, noting how effectively they:
  • use a variety of elements and principles of art in each work
  • illustrate ways to use the elements and principles of art to convey mood
  • alter the meaning or impact of the original image
  • translate the 2-D image into a 3-D form
• An optional peer evaluation could ask students to present their work as collections or displays, accompanied by analyses by at least two classmates, addressing aspects such as:
  • use of visual elements
  • principles of design
  • meaning or impact
  • evidence of risk taking
• Students and teachers co-operatively develop guidelines for assessment of logos or symbols that would include evidence of how students have:
  • developed, practised, and refined the elements and principles of art and design
  • used feedback to help them continue to improve and refine their work
  • set goals and objectives and recorded progress toward them

RECOMMENDED LEARNING RESOURCES

• Art and Design in Context
• Art From Many Hands: Multicultural Art Projects
• Art Images and Ideas
• Claywork - Form and Idea in Ceramic Design (Third Edition)
• Creating & Understanding Drawings
• Down Town
• Drawing Figures
• Exploring Art
• How to Plan Your Drawings
• An Introduction to Acrylics
• An Introduction to Drawing
• An Introduction to Oil Painting
• An Introduction to Pastels
• An Introduction to Watercolour
• Oil Painting Portraits
• Photographing the World Around You
• Portraits
• The Step-by-Step Guide to Photography
• The Visual Experience
• Watercolour Colour
• Watercolour Landscape
• Watercolour Still Life A World of Images

• Henry Moore: The Sculptor
• The Iconoclast
• Learning to Paint with Carolyn Berry
• Rodin
• Seurat: The Realm of Light

• The Art Pack
• Themes and Foundations of Art

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Maintained by: Fine Arts Coordinator - Visual Arts

Revised: March 13, 1996

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