Principles of Organization | T 10/23 | T 10/24



This week we finalize Project 2 and start working on Project 3: Transition Collaboration. We will also start to take a closer look at the Principles of Organization starting with Unity and Variety.

Due for this Class

Design Basics: Texture pps 180 [Creating Visual Interest] to 193 [end of Trompe L'Oeil]

After reading Design Basics: Texture find visual examples for the terms below and post them in Blackboard:
. Pattern
. Sense of Touch
. Tactile Texture
. Implied Texture
. Collage Made with Found Objects
. Trompe L'Oeil

Research 8 words that relate to Texture and write them with their definitions on your sketchbook.

Bring your Midterm Self-Assessment Check List completed to class.
Last day for ANY late work !


In Class

Research presentation on Blackboard posts:

Using a Critique Worksheet work in groups to read and critique the artwork posted by the members of your group for Design Basics Shape & Space: Balance | Movement | Variety Blackboard posting.
Choose one artwork to critique focusing on analyzing not only the Design Elements: Line, Shape, Space, Value & Texture but also the Principles of Organization: Balance, Movement & Variety.

Midterm Self-Assessment Check List

Individual Project 3 | Transition Collaboration Design

Continue to scan all your artwork and start uploading them to your Wordpress site:
. Assignments Thumbnails and Finals,
. Exercises

At Home

Design Basics: Unity pps 28 [Harmony] to 53 [end of Figurative and Abstract]

After reading Design Basics: Unity find visual examples of the following terms below and insert them in the Blackboard Forum:
. Pragnanz
. Proximity
. Similarity
. Closure
. Common Fate
. Continuity
. Effective use of a Grid System
. Repetition with emphasis on Unity
. Repetition with emphasis on Variety
. Chaos
. Control

Finalize Project 3 | Transition Collaboration Individual Design Individual Design

Continue to scan your work

Project 4 | Principles of Organization Collaboration | Part 1

Post your initial findings to Blackboard under your Principle Name.

Research and write on your sketchbook the definitions for the following words related to Unity:
. Composition
. Constancy Effect
. Continuation
. Continuity
. Equilibrium
. Equivocal Space
. Form
. Gestalt
. Harmony
. Module
. Proximity
. Repetition
. Silhouette
. Unity