To make your own Love Light you will need, tissue paper, scissors, Elmer’s glue, a plate, and one up-cycled glass jar or cup. After cutting out the red hearts, cut the pink tissue paper into strips that you will use to wrap the jar. When all of your paper is
Line as a Design Element + Upcycled Art Project In math, a line is always solid and straight and a line always goes on and on in both directions. Artistic lines are different — they can be straight, bent, dashed, and have a cool paint brush texture to them. They don’t have to go on and on
The Rule of Thirds is a compositional guideline to use when taking photographs, shooting a video, creating artwork or designing graphics. To apply the rule, you divide the scene into nine equal squares, drawing three evenly spaced horizontal lines and three evenly spaced vertical lines to form a grid. According
In the last post we looked at Color as an Element of Design. We found some other fun stuff relating to color that we think you’ll enjoy. First up, check out these Optical Illusions based on Color: Next, consider these practical applications of complementary colors: 1. Do you know
This post comes from Jenny Knappenberger, an art teacher and very good friend of Gina Wilson from All Things Algebra! Emotion Sensory Bottles: Recently I watched the movie, Inside Out with my daughter (who is 3) – okay, who am I kidding, we’ve watched it MANY times. I truly think
Check out our lessons on Principles of Design for kids. Each of these has a suggested activity. Unity Balance Emphasis Hierarchy Scale and Proportion (also see Rule of Thirds) Similarity & Contrast Lessons on Principles of Design Activities List: Emphasis with Color Kaleidoscope – Symmetry and Balance Pieces of Your Heart –
Similarity and contrast are two tools that a designer uses to attract viewers and shape how they their perceive the design. By using similar colors, shapes and sizes of objects, the artist suggests they are alike. This similarity gives cohesion and a sense of completeness to the design. Elements that
Typography: The Art of Letters If you enjoy experimenting with type styles, you are probably interested in typography. A centuries-old creative art, typography is the arrangement of lettering on a page and includes: Selecting typefaces, fonts or lettering styles Choosing lettering sizes Line spacing Letter spacing Color Typefaces, Fonts