Course Goals


Personal Goal

One personal goal that I want to work towards this year is to improve my creativity, both in writing and art.

Course Goal

My goal for this course is to improve my techniques and realism, and find or begin to find my style. 

Elements and Principles

Elements: 
- Line -
Whether curly or straight, thick or thin, it can serve as a border, show the end or edge or something, or it can help add texture or even value.
- Shape -
A line connects back to itself, creating a shape. Shapes could be organic or geometric.
- Colour -
The tint you use in an object or to colour in a space.
- Value - 
The amount of lightness or darkness that make up or are in an object.
- Form -
The shape of a 3D object
- Texture-
The roughness or smoothness, whether actual or implied, on the surface of the object.
- Space -
How much room is taken up by the composition or the negative space left. 

Principles: 
- Balance -
An equal amount of light and dark, colour, or an equal amount of  objects on each side. 
- Contrast -
The use of opposites, such as light and dark or opposite colours.
- Emphasis -
Making the shape draw the eye and stand out.
- Movement -
Directing the eye through the painting, or creating something that flows, implying motion.
- Pattern -
The repetition of something in a piece. 
- Rhythm -
Alternation, or the use of multiple patterns to move the eye. 
- Unity and Harmony -
Everything is the same colour, or the piece looks like it 
-Variety -
The differences between objects, such as colours or shapes.

Colour Wheel

Colours in the colour wheel (going clockwise from the top):
- Yellow
-Orange Yellow
-Orange
-Red Orange
-Red
-Violet Red
- Violet
- Blue Violet
-Blue
-Blue Green
-Green
-Yellow Green



My Definition of Art

The creation of something that shows how you, the artist, views the world, or is feeling at that specific moment in time or longer stands of time, or you see or feel about something that has impacted you.

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