…Assignment #6…
Comments: 972 - Date: April 5th, 2009 - Categories: Uncategorized
The project I chose to create from “Art is Fundamental” was Lesson 5: Informal Balance. The objective of this project is to allow the students to learn about and practice informal balance. The original project calls for the use of black tempera paint (watered down) and allowing it to be dripped and moved all over the entire page by turning the paper in a variety of directions. After the paint dries, a color scheme is selected. The color may be any form of media such as crayons, chalk, colored pencils, etc. The color is then applied to the remaining white space of the paper.
For my project, I chose to try something a little different. I chose to incorporate my colors as the paint. I watered down three different colors and applied several drops of each color to the paper. I then turned and moved the paper in order to move the paint. The colors happened to mix and created some very interesting patterns. After the paint dried, I used a charcoal pencil to apply shading to the white spaces. I feel that this made the color stand out and left me with a very interesting result.
This project would be very intriguing and interesting for children. It is actually a very simple project that yields very interesting results. The children will learn not only about balance, but also about colors and creating color schemes.