Author presents an example of motivating students to become more aware of the environment and developing in them some feeling for compositional design. (CB)

The author suggests collage with black and white paper as a simple project for teaching shape and visual design. (SJL)

Elementary school children are given cards containing specific criteria for doing one or two tasks: sorting or arranging rocks. Sorting tasks involve children in picking out rocks with particular characteristics, such as color or shape. In the arranging tasks children are asked to arrange rocks according to size or value. (RM)

Describes objectives, materials, and motivation for an activity unit. (SP)

The author suggests having reluctant art students use their own signatures as the basis of a design. The finished examples when trimmed, mounted or matted, and framed become a personal, attractive, and artistic example of creative expression. (Author/KC)

Describes the use of a simple and familiar medium, finger paints, to get high school students to explore problems of design in painting. (SJL)

California high school students painted murals on a freeway retaining wall. (SP)

Describes a design exercise for college education majors. Five paper scissor shapes are used to illustrate the role of balance, variation, repetition, and unity in design. After comparing their own designs to Indian molas, students explore how color and shape affect design by elaborating their work with oil crayons. (AM)

Article describes and illustrates elementary students' paintings on 2 x 2 slides, using felt tip pens and drawing inks as well as paints to achieve experimental effects. Slides were then viewed through a projector. (PD)

The author urges that children's natural sense of design be stimulated in their early years. Too many teachers, she says, place exceptional emphasis on technique and realism. Instead, students should be encouraged to enjoy visual relationships and learn the vocabulary they need to discuss visual qualities with the teacher. (PD)

The author discusses practical considerations of teaching linoleum block printing in the elementary grades (tool use, materials, motivation) and outlines a sequence of design concepts in this area for the primary, intermediate and junior high grades. A short list of books and audiovisual aids is appended. (SJL)

Explains a method of block printing using styrofoam shapes to make high relief. Describes the creation of the block design as well as the actual printing process. Uses a range of paper types for printing so children can see the results of using different media. (LS)

Designs a lesson to help secondary art students overcome the fear of a threatening blank page. Students learned proportional enlargement, how to evaluate objectively, and gained experience with visual balance. Displays three examples of student's artwork generated by geometric design problems. (DB)

Discusses methods for teaching elementary art students the principle of a focal point in the design of art works. Suggests beginning with well-known paintings as examples of utilizing a focal point, and then encouraging students to create their own designs. Displays examples of student art employing a center of interest. (DB)