Art 1 · Week 19 · Principles of Design and Critique
Balance in Art and Life
Analyzing symmetrical and asymmetrical balance, students map the balance of their own week and adjust one area that feels heavy.
- Students will
- Students interpret symmetrical and asymmetrical balance in artworks using evidence from the images, then apply it to map the visual weight of an imagined or real week and adjust one heavy area.
- SEL skill
- Choose a coping strategy and make a small adjustment to a heavy area
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-management by using a coping strategy to lighten a heavy area and plan one small adjustment.
- Content focus
- Balance in art and life
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management is handling your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach goals and cope with stress. More self-management activities
What you get
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Standards
- VA:Re8.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Responding, Anchor Standard 8 (Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Responding
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-management activities for Art 1
- Blind Contour and Letting Go Self-managementDrawing a blind contour of a partner's hand without looking, students notice the urge to control the result and practice breathing through frustration.
- Beautiful Mistakes Self-managementStudents turn an ink blot or torn paper scrap into a finished image and reflect on how mistakes can open new directions.
- Value and Slowing Down Self-managementCreating a slow value scale from light to dark, students use steady shading as a calming practice and notice its effect on stress.
- Hearing Hard Feedback Self-managementStudents receive cool feedback on a work in progress, name their first emotional reaction, and choose one revision to try.
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