2. Welcome to Visual Art Foundations The “gateway” art class

3. What is Art?

4. Composition “Putting Together” The placement and arrangement of things in an interesting manner.

5. Principles of Design Balance Movement Rhythm Contrast Unity Pattern Emphasis

6. Van Gogh

7. Alexander Calder Alexander Calder died on November 11, 1976. Two months after his death, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the United States’ highest civilian honor.

9. Realistic or Abstract? Kandinsky

10. PEACEFUL SADDNESS COLD DEEP

11. CUBISM A new way of seeing

12. Geometric or Organic shapes?

13. Artists have drawn, painted and sculpted the the image of the human figure for over 2000 years!!

14. Expressive Lines

15. Art Synectics Bringing different things into real connection

16. To write or draw with light

17. An Exploration into 3-D Art Sculpture Poster Board Foam Plaster Wire Paper Mache Ceramics

18. Sculpture Vocabulary Shape Form Balance Symmetrical Asymmetrical Negative Space Scale Color Movement Alexander Calder Trepied, 1972

23. How to CRITIQUE http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm John Singleleton Copley Paul Revere, c. 1768-70 Oil on canvas 35 x 28 1/2 in. (88.9 x 72.3 cm) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

24. The Guggenheim Museum in NYC

25. Mrs. Keller Michele.keller@wwrsd.org Remember to visit my website for updated information about this class