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Reading Pictures 2
Elements of Design
Elements of Design
Visual literacy =
ability to describe picture books in terms of elements of design
Elements of Design
colour light line shape texture layout media style
Colour and light suggest emotion
strength transparent or
opaque high or
low contrast
Colour and light suggest emotion
tone strong
or soft warm
or cold bright
or dark
Colour and light suggest emotion
Colour and light suggest emotion
range full limited
Line suggests direction, motion, energy, or mood
vertical, diagonal horizontal
Line suggests direction, motion, energy, or mood
straight curved
Line suggests direction, motion, energy, or mood
thick or thin
static or fluid
Shape emphasizes mood
organic or
geometric balanced or
unbalanced realistic or
distorted
Texture suggests depth and appeals to the sense of touch
Rough Smooth
Page design and layout affects how illustrations are experienced
size of page shape of page placement and
arrangement of text use of frames or
borders
Page design and layout affects how illustrations are experienced
page spreads--double or single
page turns typeface
Media refers to materials used to create illustrations
paint chalk or pastel woodcuts collage pencil photographs mixed media
Media refers to materials used to create illustrations: (coloured) pencil
Media refers to materials used to create illustrations: watercolour paint
Media refers to materials used to make illustrations: oil paint
Media refers to materials used to make illustrations: mixed media
(pencil, coloured pencil, coloured ink, watercolour)
Media refers to materials used to create illustrations: pastels
Media refers to materials used to create illustrations: fabric
Media refers to materials used to make illustrations: collage and cut paper
Media refers to materials used to make illustrations: woodcuts
Style refers to total effect of elements of design
Realistic Impressionistic Expressionistic Surrealistic Comic Primitive
Realistic art accurately reflects the external world
Primitive art appears raw, untutored, naive
Expressionistic art distorts colour and form to convey inner experience
Comic art (or cartoon) provides a humorously simplified view of life
Impressionism uses colour, shadow, and light to convey life in a glimpse
Surrealistic art uses images and symbols to depict subconscious mind
Surrealistic art uses images and symbols to escape the rational world
Problem for Discussion
“After several generations of elevating our expectations of children’s literature, a growing chorus of voices seems to be calling instead for its degradation, for what might be crankily described as its ‘dumbing down,’ … by decreeing that the kind of artistry we used to look for is suddenly too arcane to be apprehended by young readers of the MTV generation. And therefore, instead of being a hallmark of excellence, art is now considered an impediment to readers’ appreciation”
Michael Cart, School Library Journal (1993)