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8/27/2019: Elements of Art- Scavenger Hunt

Elements of Art: Scavenger Hunt

IN CLASS

Elements of Art Scavenger Hunt

Create a Google Doc OR a Pinterest board that includes the following. Use different artworks than your classmates– do not copy people at your table.

Artworks can be paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, stained glass, ceramics, or any other medium.

LINE

Remember that LINE doesn’t just mean actual lines, but the direction that things are moving or appear to be moving, or the direction in which your eyes move when looking at the artwork. LINE can be real or implied, where it is not actually there but is perceived to be there (two people looking at each other, someone pointing at something

  1. An artwork where most of the LINES are horizontal

  2. An artwork in which most of the LINES are vertical

  3. An artwork in which most of the LINES are diagonal

  4. An artwork in which most of the LINES are spiral

  5. An artwork in which most of the LINES are zigzag

  6. An artwork in which most of the LINES are curved

  7. An artwork that uses implied line

VALUE

Value does not have be black in white. Value shows up in the tones of an image. Colors have tones ranging from dark to light. When looking for artwork that shows value, think of the range of tones that you see and how much light there is an in image. An image with dark tones will be an image with less light.

  1. An artwork where the values are very dark

  2. An artwork where the values are very light

  3. An artwork where the values have a wide range

  4. An artwork where the values are mostly midtones (the artwork will appear flat, it won’t have many highlights or shadows). It will look a bit monotonous or sad.

  5. An artwork that uses one color to create a variety of values.

HOMEWORK

  1. Finish egg or re-do egg drawing

SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENTS

  1. Line & Emotion drawings: 8

  2. Notes on Line

  3. Notes on Value with Sphere

  4. Drawing of orange or other object

  5. Finish blended value scale

  6. Finish hatching value scale

  7. Finish cross-hatching value scale

  8. Practice drawing a round object

  9. Practice drawing an egg with value

  10. Stippling Scale

Examples of Value Scales

Elements of a sphere when using value to create a sense of 3D


Tutorial on how to draw an egg using value


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