Elements and Principles of Design

Link to Project by Chelsea White, Hallee Cronin, and Chelsey Carmichael

 

 

CONTRAST

It adds visual excitement and interest. Here you see a contrast of both colors and shapes on a plain grey wall at The Arc.
 

EMPHASIS

 The pink leaves of the tree on this blue wall in my house provide emphasis.
 

UNITY

 Here the artist achieves unity by using white lines and black shapes to unify the array of colors at the Arc.
 

PATTERN

Here you see a pattern on a brick wall.
 

LINE

This picture shows painted lines on a road.

 

For this project we took pictures of examples of places where we say elements and principles of design around us.  We then created a slideshow to show them and included descriptions of each.  The link is above.  

 

 

 



Foot Print Introductions

For this project, students drew an outline of their foot on construction paper.  Students then used different mediums such as magazines, markers, and found objects to show their individual interests and life in order to introduce themselves to the class. 

On my footprint, I included some of my favorite things such as dogs, flowers, pizza, and fall.  I chose a number 5 because there are five people in my immediate family. There is a music note because I love to sing, even though I am not very good!  "The r-word hurts" represents my Special Education degree.

As an extension to this activity, students could partner up with someone they do not know and exchange footprints.  They could then write a few paragraphs about the person's interests and life based on the pictures and objects from their footprint.  They could then discuss the prints with their partner and introduce them to the class.