In your opinion why is it important to teach the elements and principles of design? Include an extension activity or project that you could create to help teach the concept.
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Robert Stahl
ReplyDeleteAs I read through chapter 2, I began to realize how little I know about the elements and principles of design. It occurred to me that I will never be much of an art teacher if I myself don’t learn those basics elements and principles of design. In elementary school, I never had the opportunity to learn much about the principles and elements of design, and that is probably the main reason I am not very artistic today. In my opinion, students should be taught these basic principles just like grammar is taught in Language classes. Students would not know how to write in Standard American English if they were not taught— the same is true for art. In order for anybody to be good at art, they must be taught the elements and principles that deal with this topic. Although students with a dominant visual/spatial intelligence will learn many of these concepts through trial and error, most other students will need to be taught in an explicit and systematic manner.
To teach this concept, I would ask my students to create an artwork of their bedroom. A bedroom setting would give me the option of teaching all or most of the elements and principles of design.
• Students will outline the bedroom objects by using lines and shapes.
• They will be required to use the three components of color so their artwork looks real.
• They will be asked to create a two-dimensional view with a foreground, middle ground, and background.
• They will use the elements of texture and pattern that adds variety to the surface of objects.
• And finally, they will use other principles such as repetition (wall or floor patterns), emphasis (one object such as a bed, writing desk, or bookshelf will stand out above others), and balance and symmetry (room layout should be balanced, with almost equal amount of objects on both sides.
Brittany Kranz
ReplyDeletePrior to reading this chapter, I did not know a lot about the elements of art. After reading it, however, I have realized that art is a very complex subject. The various elements are more than just terms given to students to memorize. By learning the elements of art, students not only learn how to make their art better through incorporating the various elements, but they also learn about their world. A prime example of this would be the principle of variety. We all know each human is unique, but how many people actually take the time to notice the different wing patterns on a butterfly, or the stripes on a zebra? Not many people. By studying and learning the elements and principles of art, students become more aware of themselves and their surroundings while making their art more appealing. I believe the elements of art should be incorporated in not only the art classroom, but the general education classroom as well.
To teach the concept of variety and repetition, I would have students do a digital collage of various objects in and outside of school. Students would be able to use one of the school's digital cameras to take photographs of ordinary objects or animals with variety. Examples would include the various lines in wood grain, patterns in bird's feathers, floor tiles, etc. The students would then compile their images. As a class, we would discuss whether the object in the photograph had variety or if it was repetitious. To conclude, students would be asked to create a project (poster, painting, collage, etc.) of objects with variety or repetition. Students would have the choice of materials they would like to use based on variety or repetition.
Rose Long 9/11/2011
ReplyDeleteIt is important to teach the elements of art composition because with out them, the students will not understand the indivdual components of the project that they are working on. It is also important becuase if they do not know the indivual components, they may not be able to discover what is wrong with an art work if it does not look right. They may also not be able to appreciate art work without some what of an understanding of the elements. Both in the classroom and outside of the classroom, these ideas are important to have a basic understanding out.
An extended activity that I would have the students do would include doing an oil pastel drawing using dimension and complimentary colors. The students would need to show depth and different shades of two complimentary colors. They would also need to have part of their shapes cross in different ways using the colors to offset the design. There would have to be a pattern behind their project.
Bailey Swenson
ReplyDelete9-12-11
In my opinion, it is important to teach the elements and principles of design because they are the basics that make up all of art. They are the form by which anyone who creates art will follow and use to express what they are trying to say. I also believe that the elements and principles of design are things that we use every day as both students and teachers. Students must learn things including lines, shapes and color to understand symbols in our world. We see and use art everyday to express things that we must say without verbal language. I believe that students will understand their surroundings better if they know the elements and principles of art as well as become better artists. Better artists, not in a sense that they make incredible masterpieces, but in the way that they can understand how to express themselves through art.
An extension activity that I would use to teach students the element of color would be to let the students experiment with mixing colors. Each student would have a paint set with the hues red, yellow and blue because these are the primary colors and any hue can be made out of them and also white. The students will be given a brush that they can use and rinse after each color is used. They will mix the colors on their large sheet of white paper and see what colors they can make. Next, after they experiment, I will give them different hues (like green or orange) which they must try to mix. They will show me that they are able to mix colors. Next, we will talk about how adding white to a color will change the value of the color. They will be allowed to experiment with these mixtures as well. The students will learn about the different colors and how to make a hue or value that isn’t specifically in front of you.
Jonathan Stahl 9/13/11
ReplyDeleteThe elements and principles of design are undoubtedly the basis of creating a work of art. As I read chapter two and learned about the elements and principles of design, I experienced a new and growing appreciation for art. With each description of the elements and principles along with its corresponding photo, I realized that creating an artwork is not a simple replicate of a landscape or portrait. It is an intricate mixture of shapes, colors, spaces, textures, and patterns that convey the ideas and feelings of an artist. Therefore, I believe, it is crucial that children learn these elements and principles to reach their fullest potential as young artists. Teaching art to children without the elements and principles of design would be similar to an assembled puzzle with missing pieces. Of course, we could see what kind of picture is on the puzzle with the missing pieces but the picture would be incomplete. Similarly, art is not complete without teaching these important elements and principles.
To teach children the concept of shape, color, variety, and repetition. I would have them draw an outline of a butterfly. For their wing design, students would draw lines and shapes in symmetrical form to create a pattern of the butterfly’s wings. Once they have the lines and shapes completed, students would use color to fill in the shapes of their design. In order to experiment with color’s three components, the students would use variety in hue, value, and intensity by mixing colors to create beautiful and varying artwork of a butterfly. When finished, we would discuss the elements and principles they applied and how it enhanced their art.
Brittany Huback 9/15/11
ReplyDeleteI believe it is important to teach the elements and principles of design because these are the building blocks to create any form of art. After reading chapter 2, I become more familiar with the elements and principles and realized how much of a difference these made during my education to make my art work look more presentable and how it was supposed to look; especially since I was not a very artistic student. Understanding the elements and principles of design is an essential part of an art class, much like grammar is a key part in our language classes. We as students and educators can not be successful when we do not have the basic knowledge.
TO teach students the concepts of line, color, variety, emphasis, and symmetry. I will have them use water colors and pastels to create a colorful fall theme project. On one half of the page the students will create several fall trees with vibrant, colorful leaves to emphasis that it is fall. Each leaf must show different veins and patterns to show each leaf takes its own shape and has different lines. They may add a bit of grass beneath the trees and possibly a sun in the background. Once they are finished using the watercolors and oil pastels to make the trees and leaves the centerpoint of their project, I will have them fold the paper in half and firmly rub the back of the drawing so it shows up on the blank side of the paper. This will allow the students to see the symmetrical balance of the drawing and the reflection of the fall trees on water. After the students are all finished we will discuss the elements and principles in their projects by having them identify the things they know and I will correct and add on to the discussion.
Tonya McComsey
ReplyDelete9-15-11
After reading chapter 2 I realized how complex art really is. I didn't know how important the different parts of a line, shape, color, space and texture and patterns are. I now understand the importance of teaching the elements and principles of art are. These are what makes are unique.
To teach my students the different concepts of art I would have younger students draw a portrait of another student. Students would practice lines and shapes. For older students I would have them use a paint brush to practice color, texture and pattern.
Kelsey Stadtler
ReplyDelete9-15-11
I believe that teaching the elements and principles of art is essential part in learning art because the basic elements (line, shape, color, space, and texture/pattern) are in everything we see or draw. They are the starting blocks of art. Anyone can use the basic elements and put together a masterpiece of their own. Everyone should know and be able to describe the elements of art because the elements are everywhere we look around us; all objects are made up of one or more of the elements, and people should be able to describe the world they live in.
Teaching the elements to students could be taught many different ways, but a project that comes to mind is having the students draw a scene, like a desert or holiday scene, and have the students create texture by putting the picture on a rough surface, such as a piece of cardboard, and use crayons to color certain parts of the picture. Drawing a picture also lets students practice using lines, shapes, and space. If they did a desert picture, the students would figure out how far up the sand should go as well as where to put cactuses or anything else they would like to include. By judging where to position objects, the students are also working with space. Also, instead of using crayons to color, the students could use watercolor paint and create different hues of color for the objects.
Stephanie Horkey 9-15-11
ReplyDeleteI believe that it's important to teach the elements of art because no matter what you make it's based off the main elements like line and shape and with out knowing how to make some of the main elements you could really miss out on making something amazing and to me its like pitching in softball, my pitching coach always says if you can't throw accurately with your fastball what makes you think you can with the rest of your pitches? I believe this can also be applied to the art elements. Knowing the main elements helps you construct a piece of art that can amaze others. it is the basics of art. The principles of art are important because knowing if something is balanced or any of the principles creates interesting works and knowing all of these things helps a beginner work on main concepts to create something in their head without asking someone how to make it or have someone make it for them. It helps the beginner learn what art really is and how it can be made.
To teach how to use the elements and principles is by doing a project that uses creativity. I would hand out a picture that would have a line that could go every which way and they would have to make something out of this line. And when they design the picture we would go over what kind of shapes you can make and see if its symmetrical or asymmetrical and see if some way you can do a repetitive pattern. They would use a lot of color and I would teach what are compliments and and secondary colors to show what can balance out your picture. And lastly I would talk about how to use the space in your work of art and tell how if you don't use space well it could be off or there could be too much going on in the work of art. Along with that would come emphasis and domination-subordination and in teaching that is whether you want something to stick out or not. And all of which your work of art would come balance and see if everything is well put together.
I believe it is important to teach the elements and principles of design because they are the basic fundamentals of art. They are the equivalent in art to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in math. A person engaging in art should know what these are, what their purpose is, and what they do. Knowing these concepts allows a person to use them purposefully. For example, if someone were using line to create emotion, he or she might then know that a jagged line could express angst or fear.
ReplyDeleteIf a person making an artwork didn’t know the elements and principles of design, he or she would be relying on intuition to tell them if they are reaching his or her objectives. A person with a natural spatial intelligence could possibly just rely on intuition and make a good piece of artwork; however, it would be much easier and less frustrating if he or she knew the fundamentals of art because then he or she would know which elements and principles to use and how to use them to create the desired effect in his or her artwork. Relying on intuition to create art is like attempting to figure out how to solve a quadrilateral equation without having learned the tools and processes used to solve it.
Also, by knowing the meaning of these terms, students may have a better idea of what is going right and wrong in their work. In addition, it may open their eyes to concepts that they haven't thought of including before in their art. For example, many students probably don't think of adding texture to their work.
To teach the various elements and principles of design, I would create a project that focuses on each one. Then, when all these mini-projects are done, I would ask the students to create a project that uses all of the elements and principles of design. So, for the mini-projects, I would give them one concept to depict, like “make an image describing happiness”, and they would have to depict this concept in all of the mini-projects using one different element or principle of design. So, there would be a mini-project describing happiness using line, and another mini-project describing happiness using shape, etc. Then, I would have them describe the same concept using all the elements and principles of design in the main project.
Jeanna Jerde 9/16/11
Elissa Reppe
ReplyDeleteI think it is crucial to teach the elements and principles of design. This is the foundation to which students can start out on and tremendously grow from there. Just like grammar is a key start in our language classes, the elements and principles of design are key in the art classroom. When students know and understand the basic elements, they can then blossom into their own creative selves. I believe because I learned the basic elements in elementary art, I could succeed and learn to love art.
To teach students the concepts of elements and principles of design, I will have them start with a blank sheet of paper. They will also start with either a black marker or crayon. I will then have them make a series of lines.
-vertical strait line
-horizontal wavy line
-a single diagonal line
-a single curved line
-a roving enclosed line or a multiple looped line
-a single circle
-a single dotted line
-vertical zig-zag line
(all of these lines should cover a minimum of half of your page)
(the single diagonal line should go from the top of the page to the bottom)
Next, they will pick 3 lines to make into a thicker line. Then they will pick 3 lines to make another line identical to it and parallel to it.
Finally, they will choose between crayons, colored pencils and markers to color their paper. They are to color the left side of the paper in warm colors and the right side of the paper in cool colors.
They may be as creative as they want with coloring in the white spots on their paper, as long as they have warm and cool colors separate.
Max Desai
ReplyDeleteI think that it is important to teach the elemenet of design to younger people beacause there is no other time in a persons life where they will give up the time to learn the fundamentals of drawing. If kids did not learn these fundamentals, chances are they will not have the basic understanding of how to draw. Kids will not understand the basics and will not be able to grow and develop as artists.
To teach students these funadamentals of lines and drawing techniques i would hand out paper to the class. I will tell the class to draw different types of lines one at a time. First without and example just to see what the kids first instinct is then on the board in front of the class I will show the correct way to draw lines such as horizontal wavy lines, single diagonal lines, single curved lines, roving enclosed line or a multiple looped lines, single circles single dotted lines, vertical zig-zag lines