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Guidance Communications: The Alphabet of Art
A site dedicated to providing vocabulary for the elements of visual design. Includes a visual notation system for describing both the elements and attributes of art.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Line
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This instructional activity is on types of lines and the artwork studied is Franz Marc's Tiger. The animation shows the arrangement...
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Arts Connect Ed Playground Make It
Eight fun on-line art activities where young artists get to create, color, and design.
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Art in Canada: Art Talk: Composition Glossary
A definition of composition with other terms and how they relate to composition. This site shows an example and also explains the terms provided.
Other
Relationships: Dynamics
The dynamics of shape in art and the relationship of shape with the other elements of art. The effects of angles and lines on perception.
Other
Design and Colour
A site by watercolor artist John Lovett. He describes the Elements of Art and Principles of Design and gives tips and techniques for watercolor painting and for composition.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit Encyclopedia: Line
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This is from the artist's toolkit encyclopedia and includes information on types of lines, edge and outline, expressive line,...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Edge and Outline
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on edge and outline and the artwork studied is Fernand Leger's Divers on a Black Background. The animation...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: The Art of Anatomy [Pdf]
In this instructional activity, 5th graders learn about value and draw a 7-tone value scale. They then observe and draw an area of a skeleton model on a 6x6-inch square, incorporating line, shape, and value. They color the negative space...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Painting Critic: A Man and a Horse by a Stream by Hua Yan
Explains how Hua Yan, an eighteenth century Chinese artist, used the element of line in his painting, A Man and a Horse by a Stream. Also describes the content of the painting and gives a short biography of the artist. Students can...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: The Absolute Value of Dance
In this lesson, learners use a graph to choreograph a dance figure. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Art: Graph a Dance
In this instructional activity, students will choreograph a figure for a square dance, graph it, and perform it. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Musical Fractions
In this lesson, students will explore fractions through rhythmic sequences. Media sources and teaching materials are included.
California State University
Bean and Seed Mosaic
This lesson plan offers an alternative to generic torn/cut paper mosaics by using beans and seeds. Introduce Mexican culture and have your learners practice the elements of line, shape, and color.