Element of Art--Shape

Everything has a shape, right? But what exactly is a shape? Shape is a flat area surrounded by edges or an outline.

Artists use all kinds of shapes. Geometric shapes are precise and regular, like squares, rectangles, and triangles. They are often found in human-made things, like building and machines while organic shapes are found in nature. These shapes may look like leaves, flowers, clouds—things that grow, flow, and move. 

What shapes do you recognize in Beasts of the Sea? Can you find shapes that remind you of fish? a seahorse? spiral shells? waving seaweed?  eels? curvy coral? What about geometric shapes like squares, rectangles, and triangles?

Link to class presentation>>Elements and Principals-Shape+Color

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Thursday+Friday class activity

~Drawing with scissors

~Combine elements--Line-Shape-Color-Pattern 

LT-I can create a "paper cut-out" that creatively uses elements of art that include --Line Shape and Color.

Paper cut artist Jen Stark