Project #2 Elements and Principles of Design

     For this project, we were to find or take pictures of the different elements and principles of design. The Elements of design are line, shape, color, value, texture and space. The principles of art are balance, movement, rhythm, contrast, emphasis, pattern and unity. We were able to take any picture that included the elements of disign and principles of art. We put the pictures into a powerpoint and gave a little explanation of each element and principle. The pictures below are a couple from my powerpoint presentation. 

The first picture is of the Falls Park waterfall.  This picture shows movement. Movement is an action shot and shows the blurred motion of a subject.

This second picture shows Texture. Texture is the actual or visual feel of the surface. If you could touch the surface, how would it feel? In this photo, you are able to see the slime on the cow's nose and the hair on her face.

 For an extension activity I would have the students create thier own pictures.  I would like to see how the students express thier ideas of the elements and principles of design. They can draw pictures of lines, shapes, color, texture, and the other elements and principles. With the right tools and help from me, I will show them how to create thier pictures so that they express these elements. After they draw a few of the pictures, I will have them point out and describe what elements they created in the picture. They can explain to me what they do and thier description. If I can get them to talk about the elements and principles, they will be able to understand and remember them more easily, and know what to look for when looking at pictures.  

Footprint

The first project we did in ARTE 310 was creating a footprint. We were to trace our foot and decorate it with different mediums that describe us. For class, we then introduced ourselves using this foot. We described everything on the foot and explained how it is important to us.

This is my Foot!

I created my foot to be a cow! I did this because I grew up on a dairy farm and love the farm life! I also have pink toenails because I love having my toes painted! I rarely ever have them not painted. There is a fishing rod and a fish because I love to go fishing with my family and boyfriend. I have a picture of a cat because my favorite animal is a cat! There is a purple crayon on my foot to represent my love of coloring! Any free time I have, I like to color with my little siblings. This leads me to my family sticker. I love my family with all my heart and they mean the world to me. I don't know where I would be without them and thier support and love. I love my Dad and Mom, my oldest sister Sarah and her husband Bryan; my second oldest sister, Lisa; my younger brother, Jeremy; my younger twin siblings, Brianna and Brian; and my youngest sister Makenzie. I love them all! I have music notes because I love listening to country music whenever I am doing anything. For example, when I am out in the field, I will also have my country music there. When I am cleaning or even doing homework, country music is there as well! I have a Disney sign because I am still a kid at heart and I love to watch Disney movies! I am also starting my collection over of Disney movies on DVD. I have pieces of corn and straw on my foot as well to represent little pieces of home. There are always pieces of corn and straw everywhere you look, whether it be in the barn or in your boot after doing chores! I have the sticker Children because I love children. That is one reason I am going to be a teacher! I also work at a daycare and enjoy being around the children. The two stick figures are the children to go along with the children sticker. Across the top of my foot, I have jelly beans and dot candies. I really like gummy candies to snack on. There were quite a few descriptions on my one little foot, but I hope that you were able to learn a little about me and what is important in my life!

An extension activity that I could do in my classroom would be to incorporate it into a social studies unit. It could be called "Footprints around the world". We could create a footprint for each place we visit on the map. For example, we would learn about Mexico, Europe, Africa, and many more. The students can create a footprint of each place and put things on it that they learned about it. They can share thier footprints and they can learn about thier place they studied.