Hands-on and Minds-curious Art Learning
I made a video of me talking about art with my toddler last year after I wrote about How Artists Depict Space with John Sloan’s South Beach Bathers, but then I never posted it! I’m fixing that now. She is now half a year older, so I love hearing her sweet voice again.
Here’s the video of my Zuzu talking about art. She gets bored, and I left that in. Keeping it real! 🙂
Inside: This is the ultimate list of good space in art examples! The list includes perspective, positive and negative space in art, foreshortening, and much more!
It’s Elements and Principles of Art time again! I’ve been working my way through all of the elements and principles of art in order to give you a one-stop resource to find great example artworks for each element and principle. So far, I’ve completed Line, Color, Shape, Balance, and Emphasis.
Today, we tackle Space. First, check out this other post I wrote about space last year. Then, check out the below list.
I will add to this list when I find more, so this is a good one to pin or bookmark! The horizontal picture collages do not have all the pictures from the categories.
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This pack of printables was designed to work in a variety of ways in your classroom when teaching the elements and principles of art. You can print and hang in your classroom as posters/anchor charts or you can cut each element and principle of art in its own individual card to use as a lesson manipulative.
Space in Art Examples: Relative Size
Artworks with Flat/Shallow Space
Artworks with Linear Perspective
Positive and Negative Space in ArtRemember I will add to this, so don’t forget to pin this post! 🙂
Do you have a great example to teach space? Share it with me in the comments, and I will add it to the list!
There you have it! The best space in art examples for your elements and principles of art lessons. Want more elements and principles of art teacher resources? Check out the below posts.
This extraordinary bundle includes the best resources for teaching each of the elements and principles—37 worksheets/handouts, 15 lessons (with accompanying PowerPoints and Handouts), 3 ready-to-go art analysis activities, 3 art analysis videos, and 13 elements and principle PDF articles.
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Hello there! Today on Masterpiece Monday, we are going to talk about how artist show space with South Beach Bathers by John Sloan. I’ve been using this artwork for years and years to teach about choices artists makes to show depth in their artworks.
Take a look and ask your student(s):
How does this artist show space/depth? How do we know that the people at the front are closer to us than the people in the background?
This is a great exercise in looking and in figuring out all the things the artist has to do to convince us that a place and the people are real. Make sure you have your kids think through all of the strategies the artist used before giving them any of the below information. The learning happens through discovery not through telling.
I love this video illustrating many of these strategies with simple drawings from Italian art teacher Miriam Paternoster.
Now that you have discussed this work with your kids, here are some extension activities and lessons about depicting space from around the web.
I filmed another video of me talking with my daughter about this artwork. That is coming later soon, and I will also talk a little bit more about this artist and artwork in that post. Warning: It is SO CUTE. 🙂
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