Art - Elements Of Design

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Introduction

"You are a professional artist who will produce an artwork for an art exhibition which will take place at your school. Your job, Year 7RH, is to research and critique other art works and how they express emotion through the use of elements of design. We have asked our friend Amelia, who is an artist, to help you understand the elements of design.

Read through the Key question and task in order to understand the assessment requirements."

Miss Riggio

Miss Hood

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Key Question & Task

"Using elements of design; how is emotion expressed throughout various art works?

You will be working individually to produce an exhibit which makes use of elements of design to express an emotion of your choice. In addition, you will be investigating elements of design in various art works and how they communicate emotion. As an art critic you will be visiting the University of the Sunshine Coast Art Museum to critique an art piece of your choice which displays emotion. Your art work will be presented in front of your year level, other students, teachers and family at the end of the term. Following the art exhibit you will write an artist statement to reflect on how you made use of the elements of design in your art work to express emotion."

Integrating Knowledge

“Hello my name is Amelia, I am an artist and I have been asked to help you understand the elements of design. Please click on the following link and complete the activities. After completing these activities you will gain an understanding of the elements of design and how they are used to critique an art piece. Have fun!”

ONLY CONSIDER: LINE, SHAPE, COLOUR AND TEXTURE!

http://www.canleyvale.hs.education.nsw.gov.au/Winning%20websites/art/eod.htm

Task 1:

“Artists express emotion (happiness, sadness, anger) through their art piece. Individually answer how Colours, Line, Texture and Shape can express emotion through an art piece. (Example: Red expresses danger and anger). Write each heading in your art book and give 2 examples of how each element can illustrate emotion."

Task 2:

“Excellent work year 7! Now that you have a fair understanding of the elements of design, your next task is to critique 4 pieces of art work by identifying the emotion in each art work using the elements of design (colours, line, texture and shape). In your art book write the heading of each piece of art and critique each art work by writing a short paragraph. The 4 pictures are displayed below.”

Task 3:
"Your teachers Miss Riggio & Miss Hood will be taking you to the University of the Sunshine Coast Museum where your task is to critique ONE art piece that inspires you the most and successfully uses the elements of design to portray an emotion. Attending this excursion allows you to further understand the elements of design which will effectively help you when creating your own art piece. You will need to hand your permission slip given to you by your teacher to your parents for this school trip will take place next week. Within your resources print out in your own time the 'Critiquing an Art Piece' sheet that will need to be taken with you to the excursion."

Creating

"For the end of term assessment you will be creating an art piece based around a specific emotion of your choice. Watch the following YouTube clip and examine each famous artist for inspiration. Make sure you are aware of the elements of design in each painting you find inspiring."
This YouTube clip views great artists such as:
-Monet
-Leonardo Da Vinci
-Pierrie-Aguste Renoir
-Van Gogh

"To view other art work click on the following links to research other famous historical and modern artists."

http://www.modernartistsgallery.com/artists.php

Historical Artists

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/famart.htm

Modern Artists

"Art can be portrayed in various forms; consider the following links before creating your art piece":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boR0QUX_L7E&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdl2hF95Je4&feature=&p=9E416EECC1077ADC&index=0&playnext=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-tOe80gn3c&feature=related

"After viewing various examples on famous historical and modern artists and gripping an understanding of the elements of design you should be able to begin your art piece. Consider what you have learnt so far when critiquing art at a museum and viewing various famous paintings. Here is a check list to make sure you understand the assessment criteria":

-Choose an emotion

-Choose an inspiration

-Name your art piece

-Considered elements of design (shape, colour, line, texture)

-Story behind the emotion
-100-200 word artist statement

"Your art piece MUST be original and individual work."

Presenting

“On Friday you will be presenting your art exhibition; you have the morning period to set up your art work in the undercover area near the playground. Be creative with your space you might like to bring coloured fabric/sheets, pictures you used as inspiration and dress yourself up creatively. You are welcome to move tables and chairs down to the undercover area as long as you return them back to the classroom when the exhibit is finished.

Be aware that your grade 7 year level, other students, teachers and parents will be attending this exhibition so the more creative you are the better! Good luck students you will have one lesson each day until Friday to continue creating your masterpiece.”