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These are handouts that I created for my practicum in visual arts this fall. I had the chance to teach the elements & principles unit for grade 9 and 10 and faced the challenge of trying to make these terms easily accessible for a range of students. I found that by going though each element and principle with examples from art history, and then applying this in a studio session, the students got the concepts. The problem was then being able to remember them all. I tried these handouts and…

Elements of Art Definition Cards - Printable Sheets -

We refer to this vocabulary often in all my classes - especially as we try to support our opinions and interpretations with objective evidence while analyzing our own work, and the work of others. This is an excellent poster illustrating some of the main elements and principles of art:

12" x 18" (aka Tabloid extra) poster defining the 7 elements of art. This poster can also be printed as 'tiled' onto two pieces of letter paper, or can be scaled to 'fit printable area' onto one piece of letter paper all with in Acrobat. ...

Introducing kids to the elements of art definitions gives a solid foundation of art vocabulary. Use these free element of art worksheets to get started!

We tend to think of art as mainly something to look at. However, many artists spend a lot of time and effort trying to stimulate other senses. In this fourth...

This PDF file contains 7 pages that allow you to work through the Elements of Art with your students. The pages can be used as part of your introduction to the Art Element or as a wrap-up or review following a project. The pages are formatted so that they can be easily placed inside a folded 12x18 p...

Continue gaining fluency in the language of the Arts with the second installment in our Elements of Art series. Still life paintings of fruit provide the win...

Ask your students to pick a principle from the poster and explain how the word illustrates its meaning, or use this poster to help your students during an art critique; ask them to pick a Principle of Design and explain how a select work of art uses that Principle of Design.

How to teach the Elements and Principles of Art continues to be a hot discussion topic among art teachers. Some of us feel they are the building blocks of solid lesson planning and should be featured

Study up on the different ways visual artists create Form in the third installment of our Elements of Art series. Through the eye-fooling genre of Trompe L'o...

I taught glass fusing for several years, and was often asked how to turn little bits of glass (frit) into an image. Students were often at a lose how anyone could do images with just little bits of glass. I believe this to be true in any medium if (as mentioned in a prior post) the student is only allowed to work with one or two of the elements of design. For example, to create an image using only point, it is as though you told them to speak but only use verbs, no nouns, but yet the whole…

Artists are able to create the illusion of light by being able to produce a wide variety of values. In our fifth episode on the Elements of Art, we explore h...

Brush up on your knowledge of color in the sixth installment of our Elements of Art series. By considering the vital and vibrant work of the Color Field pain...