Principles of Art: Go to Google and do a search for “Sanford”. Click on the link that says, “Art Education and ArtEdventures from Sanford and A Lifetime of ...”. Click on the flower pot that says, “Study Art”. Click on Principles of Art.
Balance Readabout the three different kinds of balance and look at the masterpieces, which are used as examples. Fill in the missing words by reading the page.
Artists think about how to make their works balanced by using elements such as ______, ______and ______. There are several ways to balance an artwork:
Use only lines and create a picture, which shows each kind of balance.
Symmetrical Balance Asymmetrical Balance Radial Balance
Contrast Read about the contrast and look at the masterpiece, which is used as an example. Fill in the missing words by reading the page.
Contrast is one of the ______, which creates excitement and interest in artworks. Two things that are very ______have a lot of contrast.
White and ______have the greatest contrast. ______colors also have high contrast.
Draw a picture below that has contrast:
Proportion Go to the following URL: http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/gw/el_gw_sub6.htm
Read the following from the web site and fill in the blanks:
George Washington Crossing the Delaware
Proportion usually refers to the way different elements in a painting relate to each other in terms of ______. If the figure of General Washington were ______as large as the other sailors, we would say that he was ______to the scale of figures in the painting.
Draw a face where the eyes are out of proportion.
Pattern/Rhythm Go back to the “Sanford site”. Go to the “Pattern Link”. Read the following from the web site and fill in the blanks:
Pattern is one of the principles of art. Artists create pattern by repeating a ______over and over again. What creates the pattern on the headdress of the Golden Effigy of King Tutenkhaman? ______
Now go to the , “Rhythm” link. Read the following from the web site and fill in the blanks:
Rhythm is one of the principles of art. Visual rhythm makes you think of the rhythms you hear in ______or ______. Artists create visual rhythm by ______art elements and creating ______.
Draw a picture using only lines that has rhythm.
Emphasis Read the following from the web site and fill in the blanks:
Artists use emphasis to make certain parts of their artwork ______and ______. The center of interest or focal point is the place the artist draws your ______to ______. Draw a picture using only lines where emphasis is used.
Unity Read the following from the web site and fill in the blanks:
Unity is the feeling that everything in the work of art works ______and looks like it ______.
Gustave Caillebotte used ______to create unity.
Draw a picture using only lines where “unity” is used.
Variety Read the following from the web site and fill in the blanks: Variety occurs when an artist creates something that looks ______from the rest of the artwork. An artist may use variety to make ______or make the artwork more ______.
Jasper Cropsey painted a ______to create variety in his landscape, "In the Valley."