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ReplyDeleteArt 1 Lesson Plan: Creating a Radial Design – Principles of Design
ReplyDeleteYou are going to create a radial design, using as a template a circle that you divide into six sections. Use a compass to make as large a circle as a sheet of bond (copy) paper will allow. Then, using the radius of that circle (your compass should already be set at that radius), scribe arcs around your circle to make six equal sections, like a pie. From the center of the pie, draw six lines to the six outer edges where your arcs intersect the edge of the circle. Trace your pie onto a sheet of drawing paper, and set the drawing paper aside for later.
Now you are ready to begin. Find an illustration in a magazine that has a lot of line work. Remember, you’re looking for design lines, not pictures. Place your template under the illustration, and press down with a pencil, tracing out the line work, making indentations into your template. Remove your template and reinforce the lines you’ve created. Make sure that the lines are heavy, so that you will be able to see them through the paper when you turn your paper over to transfer your design.
Next, taking your template, flip it over, and place it on top of the drawing paper circle, lining up the centers and the outer edges of the pie. Trace over the lines you’ve drawn (again, you should be able to see them through the bond paper) and they will transfer to the drawing paper – you’ve created a “carbon”. When the first section, or pie, is complete, turn the template over again and line it up with the next section, continuing like this until the pie on the drawing paper is complete. You should have mirror images around the pie – if you don’t, you haven’t flipped your template.
To complete your work, you will be adding color to your design. You may use acrylic paint, or prismacolor pencils. Choose one of the following color schemes, referring to your color theory information as needed: (prior handout)
Monochromatic – this is based on one color and various shades of that color, along with the addition of black and white.
Analogous colors – these are colors that are adjacent on the cholor wheel
Complementary colors – these are opposites on the color wheel: You may use white and black as accent colors with any of these complementary colors.
red and green
yellow and violet
blue and orange
Split complementary colors – these include one color and the two colors directly on either side of its complement:
red, yellow-green and blue-green
orange, blue-green and blue-violet
yellow, red-violet and blue-violet
green, red-violet and red-orange
blue, yellow-orange and red-orange
violet, yellow-green and yellow-orange
Warm colors: red-violet, red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green
Cool colors: yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, violet, red-violet
(note: I’ve put red-violet and yellow-green in both categories. Makes life a little more interesting)
After the whole radial design is complete, cut out the circle and glue it onto a 9” x 9” piece of colored construction paper. Your choice of a mat color should enhance and relate to the colors in your design.
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THese are really nice! I love what they come up with !!!! MUST HAVE a great teacher! :)
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