Concepts in Design: Week One
Written: Aug 5 2005, revised 4/27/2009, by Donna YoungThe first week went well and this is what was done each day:
Day 1:
She read the introduction, pages 1-2 and then she turned to the back of the book
and went over the vocabulary. Some of the words were unfamiliar to her, so she
looked them up in the dictionary and learned how to pronounce them. We went over
this week's words. I especially wanted her to note the difference between
elements of design and principles of design.
After that she read pages 3 and
4. We discussed, in some depth, the design process pictured on page 3.
During the rest of her time, she completed one row of a value scale on a shading exercise sheet.
Day 2: Today was about "line" an element of design. She read pages 4-7. We discussed the different types of line that are found in a work of art. I printed the painting, Christ at the Sea of Galilee by Tintoretto. After going over the lesson, I handed the print to her. She found the 4 types of lines represented in today's lesson and she drew over them with a gel pen. Afterwards, she did Activity 1.1.
Day 3: Today was about "texture" another element of design. She read pages 8 and 9 and she did activity 1.2. She had to find 10 or more different textures and make rubbings of them. She used tracing paper instead of making the rubbings directly on the page of the book. She had to practice a bit before she got the hang of it. She used different pencils to see which ones worked best. Afterwards we took the rubbings outside in the yard, pinned them to a box and sprayed them with fixative. We left them outside in a sheltered area because of the odor.
After that she did one row of a value scale on her shading exercise worksheet.
Day 4: Today was still about texture. I brought her rubbings back inside the house. She read page 11 and did activity 1.2. This required that she choose 6 of her rubbings and try to reproduce them by drawing them in her book. She found it difficult. Later she finished activity 1.1 by cutting out 10 of her rubbings and gluing them onto the 10 squares in her book on page 9.
Day 5: The topic today was "value" and because of limited time she did page 13 and nothing more.
