INTRODUCTION TO BASIC DESIGN
General objectives: The student will:
1. Understand elements and principles of design.
2. Develop elements for design and organise them into a design.
3. Be exposed to colour, the sources of colour and colouring relationship.
BASIC DESIGN
Specific objectives: The students will be able to:
I. identify and define elements of design
2. Create elements of design with ideas derived from the natural and manmade
environment.
3. explain principles of design
4. Organize the elements according to principles of design.
5. Define colour.
6. Identify the sources of colour
7. Identify different colours and their relationship on the colour wheel and draw
and paint the 12-point colour-wheel.
8. Explain colour terms.
9. Analyse the changes that occur when one colour is mixed with another.
10. Grade the hues of colours with black and white.
11. Identify colours according to their various sensations e.g. Warm and cold
sensations.
OBJECTIVE TEST
1. All these are elements of design except
(a) Dot
(b) Balance
(c) Shape
(d) Line
2. The various units for the creation of art are called
(a) Principles of design
(b) Elements of design
(c) Basics of design
(d) Foundation of art
, 3. Which of these is not a principle of design
(a)Texture
(b) Variety
(c) Dominance
(d) Unity
4. Which of these is an example of dot in nature?
a) Chairs
b) Trees
c) Pebbles
d) Grass
5. A mark left by a moving point is
a) Dot
b) Texture
c) Shape
d) Line
6. The surface nature of an object is termed as
a) Texture
b) Space
c) Line
d) Form
7. Shape is defined as a/an
a) Boundless area
b) Enclosed area
c) Cut-out point
d) Endless space
8. A small point or spot best describe as
a) Line
b) Dot
c) Space
d) Shape
9. The principles that govern the production of artwork is termed as
a) Principles of composition
b) Principles of organisation
c) Principles of drawing
d) Principles of design
10. The regular repetition of an element of design is known as
a) Repetition
General objectives: The student will:
1. Understand elements and principles of design.
2. Develop elements for design and organise them into a design.
3. Be exposed to colour, the sources of colour and colouring relationship.
BASIC DESIGN
Specific objectives: The students will be able to:
I. identify and define elements of design
2. Create elements of design with ideas derived from the natural and manmade
environment.
3. explain principles of design
4. Organize the elements according to principles of design.
5. Define colour.
6. Identify the sources of colour
7. Identify different colours and their relationship on the colour wheel and draw
and paint the 12-point colour-wheel.
8. Explain colour terms.
9. Analyse the changes that occur when one colour is mixed with another.
10. Grade the hues of colours with black and white.
11. Identify colours according to their various sensations e.g. Warm and cold
sensations.
OBJECTIVE TEST
1. All these are elements of design except
(a) Dot
(b) Balance
(c) Shape
(d) Line
2. The various units for the creation of art are called
(a) Principles of design
(b) Elements of design
(c) Basics of design
(d) Foundation of art
, 3. Which of these is not a principle of design
(a)Texture
(b) Variety
(c) Dominance
(d) Unity
4. Which of these is an example of dot in nature?
a) Chairs
b) Trees
c) Pebbles
d) Grass
5. A mark left by a moving point is
a) Dot
b) Texture
c) Shape
d) Line
6. The surface nature of an object is termed as
a) Texture
b) Space
c) Line
d) Form
7. Shape is defined as a/an
a) Boundless area
b) Enclosed area
c) Cut-out point
d) Endless space
8. A small point or spot best describe as
a) Line
b) Dot
c) Space
d) Shape
9. The principles that govern the production of artwork is termed as
a) Principles of composition
b) Principles of organisation
c) Principles of drawing
d) Principles of design
10. The regular repetition of an element of design is known as
a) Repetition
