Principles of Design Vocabulary Table Reference Handout (AC9AVA2C01, AC9AVA4C01, AC9AVA6C01)

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<p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Principles of Design vocabulary reference and visual aid for Visual Arts classrooms, with student-friendly definitions and visual examples to support art-making, analysis and discussion.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><ins style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Description</b></span></ins></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">A colourful, student-friendly <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Principles of Design anchor chart</span> for the art classroom, covering <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Movement, Scale, Unity, Harmony, Repetition, Pattern, Contrast, Emphasis and Balance</span> with clear definitions, visual examples and simple prompts to help students describe how artworks are organised and how visual choices create different effects.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Includes both AUS/UK and US English spelling versions.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>How to use it:</b></span> Print both pages and place back to back in a double-sided A4 acrylic display stand on student tables, or simply laminate (one per two students works well).</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">An instant, at-a-glance <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">principles of design vocabulary</span> reference during lessons, demonstrations, class discussions and independent art-making — perfect for elementary through high school art rooms.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Great for:</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">✔ Explicit teaching &amp; demonstrations</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">✔ Visual Arts lesson planning</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">✔ Introducing &amp; revisiting the principles of design</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">✔ Building art vocabulary and describing the effects of visual choices</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">✔ Exploring how artists use the elements of art to create the principles of design</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">✔ Independent student reference</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">✔ Classroom displays &amp; table-top reference</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Visual Arts and WA SCSA Visual Arts curriculum — also a great fit for any US elementary, middle, or high school art classroom.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; min-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Two English versions are included:</b></span></p><ul style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style-position: outside; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Graphik, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style: disc;">Australian / UK English</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; list-style: disc;">US English</li></ul>

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