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Designing Balance Lesson PlanDesigning Balance Lesson Plan
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National Gallery of Canada
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9th - 12th
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Designing Balance

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Teach your artists how to incorporate balance into their work through discussion and action. After viewing and discussing several works of art, learners design a balanced image for a T-shirt and follow the step-by-step instructions to transfer their design to a shirt.

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Concepts

principles of design, design, printmaking

Additional Tags

albrecht durer, printmaking, balance, principles of design, positive and negative space, visual and performing arts

Classroom Considerations

  • Note that you will need to have various supplies necessary for the printing process, such as an embroidery hoop and specific types of ink; the plan details what you'll need

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  • An engaging project for high school students
  • Comes with a rubric, extension ideas, vocabulary, materials lists, discussion points, and more
  • Explanatory paragraph adds in a cross-curricular element

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