INFOGRAPHIA

This observational drawing exercise will help students to see how light and value interact with a 3D shape to give it a sense of depth and mass in their drawing. Teachers can use the questions provided to help guide students toward the information they should look for in order to realistically render these objects. These 4 objects form the basic foundation for many more complex objects. As students become proficient at rendering basic 3D shapes they can challenge themselves to draw more complex

A study sheet of Classical Columns including the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian Orders. Each order is defined according to its various segments with classical architectural terminology. This makes for an excellent assessment piece as well. Students will be able to compare the orders in order to determine how the column evolved over time becoming more elaborate and detailed. As an extension to this study student can look for examples of these columns in greek and roman architectural buildings.

Teachers can use this Greyscale Wheel Template in a shading exercise to help students see the various tones they can establish in their subsequent drawings. The inner wheel is an example they can use as a reference. Once each section is completed students can write (outside the cell) the grade of the pencil they used to achieve the tone that matches the inner wheel. Students may want to build up layers of shading to achieve various tones. Once completed this chart can serve as a reference in oth

Teachers can print this Colour Wheel Template on a Colour Printer using card stock paper. Students can attempt to mix colours on their palette and fill in the empty cells with the appropriate colour. They can use the inner colour wheel as a guide to help them establish the relative hues they are looking for. This colour wheel includes primary, secondary and tertiary colours. The teacher may choose to modify this exercise to include only primary and secondary colours.

Teachers can print this Colour Wheel Template on card stock for their students to practice mixing their palettes to produce their own Colour Wheels.

This Elements and Principles of Design chart can serve several functions in your lesson planning. You can use it simply as an example of how artists combine their knowledge of both the elements and principles of design in one image. It can also serve as an example for students who will put together their own chart using images they find from newspaper and magazine clippings. These images need not be actual finished pieces of art since this is an exercise in observation and understanding the elem

By creating a collage of their favourite art students can learn several valuable art principles. Students learn how to separate the various forms or layers that make up the art piece in order to substitute their own images. Often when students use collage materials (newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, computer graphics) pasted on top of their art print they will see the impressive effect that texture has on the new art work. Students should spend time thinking about what layers they add to

Students can use highlighters to colour this stain glass window pattern with contrasting colours. After the colouring is complete they can be tacked on to a window to let the sun shine through as a class display. You can also use this activity as a lead into an art history exploration of Rose Windows in Gothic Style Architecture

This sheet contains 6 examples of the use of shape in famous paintings. Above each art work are some of the shapes that the artist uses. The resource includes a description of how the artist uses these shapes in their particular art style. The Artistic Styles include:Bauhaus, Surrealism, De Stijl, Neo Impressionism, Minimalism and Cubism The Artists Include:Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Miro, Piet Mondrian, Robert Delaunay, Frank Stella and Lyubov Popova

This sheet has 6 famous paintings with their respective Colour Palettes. Once a teacher has introduced students to colour theory they can use this resource in a followup lesson to demonstrate how artists use colour to achieve various effects. This can make for great discussion and students can try to create their own colour palettes based on the art work of their choice to take this lesson one step further. Palettes Included: High Contrast Colour, Soft Colour, Cool Vs Warm Colour, Pastels, Ear

This image file is very useful in a discussion on What is Art? and Why we do art? It introduces and describes the ideas behind 4 Theories of Art: Formalism, Imitationalism, Instrumentalism and Emotionalism. It draws from the examples of Piet Mondrian (Broadway Boogie Woogie) Caravaggio (Narcissus), Jacques-Louis David (The Death of Marat) and Edvard Munch (The Scream).

Four pages of resource cards that give information on the way artists use various Principles and Elements of Design in the creation of African Masks to express different ideas. This resource can be used as a preamble before students attempt to create their own masks. This resource can also be used in Art History analysis as African Masks informed abstract artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the creation of Analytic and Synthetic Cubism.

Learn about symmetry and still life drawing at the same time! In this exercise students will focus their powers of observation and hand eye coordination to complete the maple leaf and/or butterfly by drawing all the details in the second image. In the end the left hand image should match the right hand image. The students should be encouraged to do this in two stages. Stage 1 capture the line patterns they perceive in the image. Stage 2 render the tonal values that can be seen in the original im

This resource will help students become familiar with the common terminology and process involved in creating two point perspective drawings. This exercise should follow the one point perspective exercise.

This resource can be used to describe the process of drawing in one point perspective. Students will recognize common terms used in one point perspective. Students can create their own one point perspective city by following the concepts outlined in this image.

These are a few common Comic Book Graphics. Students can cut these out and paste them in their comic book storylines or use them as resource material to create their own graphics. They can also be used in fine art paintings as did artist Roy Lichtenstein.

This resource can be used in a number of ways during Valentines Day. The patterning and repetition can be used as an example of the Elements and Principles of Design. The Quatrefoil motif can be used to reference architectural design in Art History. Or it can be used as a colouring page. Happy Valentines Day ♥️

This resource shows a variety of different types of line. It is useful as an artists reference material or to spark a students own investigation of line.

This contour line drawing exercise is an excellent introduction into drawing. It is especially useful to practice observation skills and motor skills. Students should be allowed to draw freely and attentively without being too concerned with the end product as much as the process. This exercise also serves as a great assessment of the student's illustration experience and visual understanding. The exercise is not useful for marking except for participation marks. Although there are 8 different c

This value colour wheel displays primary and secondary colours in their respective hues, tints, tones and shades. This resource also indicates how to mix white, grey or black to achieve these colours. When mixing with paint the teacher can also adivse students to enrich their greys and blacks with dark browns to create richer deeper colours rather than flat shades. Also, when tinting, toning or creating shades students should use small amounts of white, grey and black at a time until they arrive