This course introduces the elements and principles of design through an exploration of a broad range of media. Activities emphasize skills and techniques in the following areas: drawing, painting, graphics, fibers, ceramics, art history, and three-dimensional design (fibers, ceramics, etc.). 

Daily Agenda

Course Syllabus

Sketchbook Objectives

Pandemic Pieces

Sketchbook Assignment #1

E & P of Design Vocabulary

Copy the vocabulary down word for word. 

E & P of Design Worksheet

Draw visual examples of each of the Elements and Principles of Design. Each box should be 2x2 inches in size. Label each box accordingly. You can use any materials.

Elements and Principles of Design Project

Drawing Unit Vocabulary

Daily Sketchbook Tasks 

(Vocabulary, Thumbnail sketches, etc.)

Art Criticism  

(Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Judge)

Portfolio Tags

Elements and Principles of Design

Drawing Unit

Multiple Views (Composition, Contour Line, Value)

Value Portraits (Proportions, Value)

Color Theory Unit

Color Wheels

Non Objective (Abstract, Non-Representational)

Pop Art Paintings (Color Theory, Design)

Crushed Can Creations

Adinkra Cloths

Printmaking Unit

Monoprints and Block Reduction Prints

Perspective Unit

One Point Perspective/Two Point Perspective

One Inch Box Project

Sketchbook Assignments

 (Miscellaneous)

Found Object Sculptures (Animals)