1. Day 2 Bell stART ELEMENTS of DESIGN
Write in your sketch book:
The seven Elements are the “things” that the artist or designer works with: Line, Line Direction, Shape, Size, Texture, Value, and Color. The system also considers the concept of Composition, which is defined as the total effect of the use of the Elements.
*Please print a copy of the Elements and Principles of Design, you will find it on the website. Keep the copy in your sketch book.

2. VINCENT VAN GOGH, Starry Night, 1889. Oil on canvas, 2’ 5” x 3’ 1/4”
VINCENT VAN GOGH, Starry Night, Oil on canvas, 2’ 5” x 3’ 1/4”. Museum of Modern Art, New York (acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest).

3. Master Study- Starry Night Interpretation
Goals for Students:
To develop an understanding of Vincent van Gogh’s style. Demonstrate skills in creating a balanced composition. Gain an understanding of what artistic interpretation is and apply that knowledge to create a work of art that has the following elements:
Expressive line
Texture
Movement
Personal interests and elements.

5. Continue Day 2 Bell stART ELEMENTS of DESIGN
Write in your sketch book: Pattern is the repeating of an object or symbol all over the artwork. Repetition works with pattern to make the artwork seem active. The repetition of elements of design creates unity within the artwork. Discuss with your tablemates: Did Vincent Van Gogh use pattern in his painting Starry Night?

6. The natural world abounds in eye-catching patterns
The natural world abounds in eye-catching patterns. Our relationship with nature's patterns yields both an infinitely rich display of beautiful things and a manifestation of the underlying order in our world. For Example:

7. spontaneously assume Fractal Shapes
Virus, mold and bacterial aggregate colonies
spontaneously assume Fractal Shapes

10. Continue Day 2 Bell stART ELEMENTS of DESIGN
Identify and write in your sketch book three patterns you see in nature, then add three man-made patterns to your list. Yes, you may talk and share.

11. Pebbles Broken & Scraped
Andy Goldsworthy
Pebbles Broken & Scraped

12. Icicle Star, joined with saliva
Andy Goldsworthy
Icicle Star, joined with saliva

13. Incredible serpentine tree roots
Andy Goldsworthy
Incredible serpentine tree roots

14. Andy Goldsworthy - Land Art by zczfilms

15. SYMMETRICAL, REGULAR, BALANCED

16. ASSYMMETRICAL, IRREGULAR

17. Day 3 Bell stART ELEMENTS of DESIGN
Today’s goals:
Use a sharpie marker to write your name on the front cover of your sketch book
Use the paper provided to tape a “pocket” to hold loose papers in your sketch book.
Use crayon to render the “Work of a Master”.

18. Jasper Johns’s “Between the Clock and the Bed” (1982-83),
encaustic on canvas,
was partly inspired by a late self-portrait by Munch.

19. Day 4 Bell StART Elements of Design
Write in your sketch book the terms and their definitions then draw the three motifs that will be used in your pattern composition
Emphasis is the part of the design that catches the viewer’s attention. Usually the artist will make one area stand out by contrasting it with other areas. The area will be different in size, color, texture, shape, etc. 
Motif a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.

20. Continue: Day 4 Bell StART Elements of Design
Today’s goals:
As a class analyze the work of Jasper Johns.
Use pencil or crayon in your sketch book to create/develop three motifs. Use nature or man-made objects to inspire your image.
After you have created the three motifs, incorporate them into a patterned design that has one area emphasized with change in size, value or texture.

21. Day Bell StART Elements of Design Criteria for linear pattern composition (write the criteria in your sketch book with a pencil)
Due Friday 8/16
Create a border 1/2” from the paper edge with your black crayon
Use the crayon as your medium to develop a pattern with a variety of different lines that has a strong focal point
Choose two colors to enhance the design,
watercolor will be the medium
*Hand-in your sketch book at the end of class today for evaluation.
Stack it on the assigned cart.