Beyond the Border

Medium: Mixed Media, Water Color, Colored Pencil, Ink | Grade: 7

Students are creating a 2D mixed media composition with watercolor, colored pencil, and black ink. Using a border, students will focus on the three principles of design: contrast, emphasis, and unity by using saturated color on the inside of the border and black and white on the outside of the border. The subject matter will be of student choice, but animals, wildlife, and nature will be suggested. My example is of a human hand and a flower with a landscape. Students also have the option of choosing their own border shape.