Principles of Design

Create a blog post titled Principles of Design. In this post, you will write all of your notes from our lessons on the Principles of Design. This will happen over the course of a few days. Make sure to have notes for all of the items listed below:

1. What is design?

2. What is Balance? What are the four types of Balance?

Nighthawks- Art History #1

Due Tuesday 11/3- This weekend, I would like you to go on the internet and look up the painting "Nighthawks" by the American Painter Edward Hopper. In a well thought out paragraph describe the painting so that a person could picture in their mind what is going on in the painting. Next write a paragraph that describes the mood of the painting- What does the painting "feel like" and why? Finally, write a short paragraph about the painting in terms of the art principle "Balance." Think about what we talked about in class today- What kind of balance does Edward Hopper use in the painting?

Blog Post #4- Story Collage Critique

Today you had your first written critique in class about your story collage. You received feedback from your classmates about how well your collage met the project parameters and what your story was about. Write a paragraph about how helpful your classmates feedback was. What positive feedback did you get? What constructive feedback did you receive? What advice was most helpful?

Blog Post #3- Shape Collage Reflection

Blog Post #3- Due Friday 10/30- Title "Shape Collage reflection"-Write a short paragraph that describes how you used shapes to tell your personal story. Make sure to refer to how you used organic, geometric and anthropomorphic shapes in your composition. As well, talk about how you used various sized shapes in your piece. Finally, talk about how effective you were in getting your story across to your viewers.

Blog Post #2- Wire Sculpture Reflection

Blog Post #2 Due Tuesday 10/13- Title: "Wire Sculpture Reflection"- Write a short paragraph about your wire sculpture. Answer the following questions- What was most challenging about the process? What part of your sculpture do you think is the most successful? Did the drawing assignment help you when making the wire sculpture? Explain why or why not? What is the most important thing you have learned about using lines?