December 2017 - Balanced/ Unbalanced Choice

2nd-3rd Grade

Project Title: Balanced/ Unbalanced Choice

Description:
  • The weight of lines, shapes and colors in a composition determine whether or not it is balanced or unbalanced.  Students chose a topic and thin constructed print using simple tools.  Once finished, each student determined whether their picture was (B) Balanced or (UB) Unbalanced color was added to reinforce this important design concept.

Vocabulary: 
  • balanced versus unbalanced composition
  • weight of lines and shapes

Resources: 

  •  A Book about Design by Mark Gonyea

Materials:
  • black paint
  • white drawing paper
  • spools
  • Q-tips
  • cardboard
  • popsicle sticks
  • oil pastels
  • plastic crayons
  • colored pencils

Examples of Student Artwork:





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