UNIT 8: Value and Form

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(s) and MATERIALS:

Essential Questions:

FORM:

What is form?
What is the function of form?
What are the different types of form?

VALUE:

What is value?
What is the function of value?
How is value used to make a 2D object/item appear 3D or realistic on a flat surface?

Materials:

IPad
Pencil
Eraser
Form and Value Practice Activities

STANDARDS

STANDARDS:

7th GRADE

Creating:

1.1 Apply methods to overcome creative blocks.

2.1 Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design.

2.3 Apply visual organizational strategies to design and produce a work of art, design, or media that clearly communicates information or ideas.

8th GRADE

Creating:

1.1 Document early stages of the creative process visually and/or verbally in traditional or contemporary media.

2.1 Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art-making or designing.

2.3 Select, organize and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.

OBJECTIVE(S)

PROJECT OBJECTIVE:

To understand better the function of form and value, you will practicing your 3D form building and shading techniques in a variety of activities.

KEY TERMS

KEY TERMS:

Form:
- Form is a 3D figure or object and encloses volume.
Geometric Forms:
- Geometric forms are forms with hard, defined lines and angles that do not vary too much.
Organic Forms:
- Organic forms are forms that are free-flowing (created by nature).
Open Forms:
- Open forms are forms that have spaces that can be looked into.
Closed Forms:
- Closed forms are self-contained with no open spaces.
Value:
- The relative lightness and darkness of an object.
Value Scale:
- It is a system of organizing values; these shades of grey make up the "meat" of the drawing and helps to create the illusion of depth (3D)
Light Source:
- The most luminous element affecting any given environment.
Highlight:
- A reflection, focused or diffused, of the light source.
Midtone (Halftone):
- It is the value intermediate between light and value.
Cast Shadow:
- A shadow cast by an object or figure in a painting or other picture.
Core Shadow:
- Is the fuzzy band between the midtone and the area of reflected light on a rounded form such as a sphere.

PROJECT DIRECTIONS

DIRECTIONS:

For this project, you will be practicing creating 3D forms using value. Pay close attention to each set of directions for each set of activities.

Value and Form Practice Activities DUE MONDAY (12/16) on Google Classroom @ 11:59 PM!

EXAMPLES and RESOURCES

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