The past two weeks, the third graders have been working on an exercise on emphasis, a key principle of design. Last week, students did a great job describing what was being emphasized in a variety of works I showed them via powerpoint. Their first job was to create space on their paper by tracing and drawing overlapping art objects.
This week, I stressed that one way to create emphasis is to use contrasting colors. We reviewed what colors fall into the categories of warm and cool, and students were asked to emphasize one object in their drawing by coloring it the opposite color group compared to the background and other art objects. This sounds complicated, but their work speaks for itself. Students are still working, but these are off to a great start!
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