ELE Digital Arts II
Grade 9
1 Semesters
Digital Arts focuses on building a solid foundation of the elements of art and design: line, shape, form, color, value, space, and texture. Topics include learning processes for evaluating artworks and identifying selected artists’ works, styles, and historical periods. Student learn 3D space in a 2D environment; filters, gradients, and highlights; and methods of working with color. By the end of this course, students will have created a unique portfolio of digital artwork, including repeating images to be used as a computer’s desktop background, a logo with text, two images scaled proportionally to one another, and a poster image and layout. Students advance their skills using Inkscape, a free open-source alternative to Adobe® Illustrator®, and also learn new tools such as the Spiral, Bezier, and Paint Bucket Tools.
In Part 2 of this course, students will build on the skills and concepts learned in Part 1 to further develop a vocabulary of digital design elements. Part 2 includes a review of the skills and concepts learned in Part 1 to support the more advanced techniques described in Part 2. Students will learn about the principles of design and use them to create their own unique artwork. The principles of design include repetition, pattern, contrast, variety, movement, rhythm, proportion, balance, emphasis, dominance, unity, and harmony. By the end of Part 2, students will have created a collection of art projects for a digital design portfolio. The course assignments in Part 2 teach students how to analyze the use of principles of design in specific artwork, and then apply those principles in student work.