A Study of Two Methods of Teaching the Visual Element Value as Seen in the Creative Works of Children in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades Page: 21
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Small pieces of newsprint were distributed among subjects of
Method A. "Make tne space of your page isostly dark. Use
the point of your pencil." 1 Now, use the side." "Discover
other ways to darken the paga. '• After about ten irinutes of
becoming familiar with the advantages an<* limitations of the
drawing instrument, subjects were intrcf-uced to a massive ar-
rangement of leafy plants. .? .spotlight was foeaired on the
foliage ho provic7e higher and. dark' contrast. Subjects
■■i&rot told in ,?raw the darks v ich were seen in the still life.
On the second. day of drawing the still life* a review of the
limitations of the assignment was made. The teacher told the
group to '"Permit the foliage? to atfteivl past the edges of tlte
paper. Draw or -'hatch only the darks that you sec in very
much the same way you blocked in the darks on your first piece
of paper, if you wish you wsay draw only a certain area of the
foliage," The subjects were given the opportunity for self-
evaluation as the teacher ashed the following questionsr
1. v?hat do you see next to tiarfc?
?. sfhat is used for light in your drawing?
3. now do the light areas get their shapes?
4. Are all the dark areas the p&me darkness?
The evaluation of Unit II constituted the viewing by
subject® of the prescribed limitations made in their drawing*?.
Subjects selected composition® fro® their own rmrl. tables and
evaluated the drawings !>y using the following questions:
1. he all your Parks alsfce, the shach??
2. What .-''li'.i you u-m for light?
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Hofmann, Carolyn L. A Study of Two Methods of Teaching the Visual Element Value as Seen in the Creative Works of Children in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades, thesis, August 1967; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc163909/m1/27/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .