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This work represents declining air quality and global warming. I chose this topic to do an art drawing on because it was my topic for pop and I already knew a lot on it. Air quality also used to affect our daily lives and contributed to the percentage of deaths throughout a year

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This piece represents the students who can’t go to school because of COVID. The reason for the missing mouth is to represent how education gives people the power of speech, yet children are forced to be silent because of the circumstances. Thankfully we are privileged enough to be able to have school online, but many other children don’t have access to technology. Hopefully, in the near future, we’ll be living in a COVID free

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I am going to use the photo with the hands begging for grains, which represents how much people on poverty have to beg, and how little they get.

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I will be doing digital art so maybe procreate?

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An image of the body but broken up into shapes.

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http://ugaproject.weebly.com/blog/pablo-picasso-paintings-of-women

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I think a person that is/has fair skin/thin/male, and kind of distort it. I think this will be really powerful because I can show the “perfect” image but show it as a bad one.

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1- The first thumbnails shows a protester holding a poster about Dalit struggles and caste discrimination. I divided the poster into three parts like the Indian flag is divided into 3 colors. Below the word caste shows the lives of Dalits who don’t have the basic rights and access to education. However the section above the word caste shows the lives of Brahmins who belong to the highest class of caste.
2- The second thumbnail is similar with the first thumbnail but it is more detailed by showing each role of the class in the caste system. I tried to show how India’s flag became old and dusty because of the caste system symbolising the conflicts within them.
3- The last thumbnails shows how caste is a form of earth and is collapsing. The drawing shows how people are stitching back up the classes of caste that were divided.

I think I will go with the second thumbnail.

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tears and difference between dark and light part.

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I am going to use warm colors and cool colors for contrast.

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Tove Jansson

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One of Finland's most successful writers and illustrators, Tove Jansson introduced the world to the Moomin family in 1945 with the release of her first book, The Moomins and the Great Flood. Seven decades after they made their debut, the fairy tale creatures are more popular than ever.

A white hippo-like animal with a long rounded snout, the upright-walking Moomintroll and his mother, Moominmamma, are at the heart of the original children's story, a tale in which mother-and-son band together and set off on a scary adventure in search of a home. Along the way, they confront obstacles in the natural world - including a world-destroying flood as in Noah's day sets them off path - while encountering an odd assortment of characters.

Complete with a happy ending, the Moomins' first book might read like a children's fairy tale as fictional creatures stomp through a made-up world, yet Jansson's metaphor-laden narratives set the themes of loss and displacement alongside the security and comfort of family. The goofy-looking creatures neither overreact nor become overwhelmed by the obstacles in their way, always working together as a collective to overcome hindrances, real or imagined.

More sentimental than comic, the anthropomorphized Moomins are as relatable to little children as they are foreign. Their adventures in overcoming create the dreamy fiction of a happy society as a contrast to the real world. While there are things to be learned from the Moomins' exploits, the writer is neither heavy-handed nor moralizing - which is likely why the fantastic cartoon characters are still so appealing today.

A still from 'Moomins on the Riviera'
Art for the times
"Every artist who depicts herself also depicts the times she lives in," writes scholar Boel Westin in the biography, Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words, and that's especially true of Tove Jansson, the creator, illustrator and storyteller who captured the Moomins in a series of books and comic strips.

Jansson's life coincided with some of the most difficult events of the 20th century and that shows in the development of the Moomins characters.

Born in 1914, at the onset of World War I, Tove's childhood and early adulthood took place in a time of intense political upheaval. Artists themselves, her parents were a part of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland and in those first few years, when the world was at war, Tove and her mother stayed in Stockholm while her father remained in Finland, going on to fight in the Finnish civil war in 1918. That experience, some literary analysts say, is reflected in the missing Moominpappa, who appears only as an allusion in the first chapters of the first book.

When the family reunited in the newly-independent nation, the artists set up their daily lives in a home that doubled as a studio; Jansson, you could say, was born with a paintbrush in her hand and she used it for most of her 86 years.

She wrote stories and sketched in her diaries throughout her teenage years, showing her artwork in an exhibition for the first time in 1933 at just 19. It was the start of a long and fruitful career that transcended borders.

Tove Jansson with a Moomin figure, in 1956
War as anguish - and inspiration
Throughout the 1930s and beyond, Jansson made a living sketching for newspapers and advertisers but it is her contributions to the Swedish-language satire publication, Garm, that won her the most attention. Sharp as a sword, her pen captured the political mood of the day while taking aim at both international and internal Finnish politics in over 600 pictures.

In cartoons for Garm, she lampooned both Hitler and Stalin; the war that had taken over the continent and was impacting daily life for everyone in Helsinki bothered Jansson immensely and she dealt with her feelings toward the war's horrors through her artwork. "It's as if the whole world has become a lump of anguish," she wrote in her diaries in 1941. The creation of the Moomins stories became a means of dealing with this anguish she felt, offering an escape.

"It was the utterly hellish war years that made me, an artist, write fairy tales," she said after the publication of her second Moomins book, Comet in Moominland.

"Flight, catastrophe and homelessness are powerful themes that directly connect the two first stories with reality. The war left no immediate traces on her painting; no bombs, no ruins, no escapes," writes Westin her biography. "The story of the family in the valley was a realization of the idea 'of a happy society and a peaceful world,' a fiction sprung from the dreams of the war years and a longing for something else."
Commercialization and creation
Released at the same time as Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking, the initial Moomins book had a small print run and sold very few copies. Yet the artist continued to create adventures for the troll family, working through the mental and emotional challenges of the post-war years in the narratives of their exploits. The third in the series, Finn Family Moomintroll, came out in 1948 and was the first to be translated into English and published in the UK.

Although Jansson continued to work on other art, including commercial works, she became best known for her Moomins after the troll family hit Britain, with a comic strip appearing in London's The Evening News starting in 1954. From there, the illustrator and writer's success grew, seemingly limitless in its expansion possibilities.

Beyond the nine Moomin books and three picture books produced by Jansson in her lifetime, the creatures have a special place in children's lives across Scandinavia - and in other parts of the world, too.

Finland has a Moomins museum and theme park - and Finnair planes are decorated with the characters too

Her works, translated into 45 languages, have also been turned into television series and short films over the years. A new series which debuts in the UK on February 23, 2019, Moominvalley, features the voices of actors Rosamund Pike and Jennifer Saunders as it seeks to bring the fantasy world to a new generation of children.

Although the artist was actively involved in ensuring the commercial successes of her creations, the renaissance the Moomins are experiencing 18 years after the author's death might have more to do with the insecurities and anxieties of the ages than anything else.

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One of Finland's most successful writers and illustrators, Tove Jansson introduced the world to the Moomin family in 1945 with the release of her first book, The Moomins and the Great Flood. Seven decades after they made their debut, the fairy tale creatures are more popular than ever.

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Here’s my two pieces, the left one is talking about the communication with the social media and one is about people who are killed in front of photographers and they just look at it and film it. I didn’t finish yet I need more details but I’m not sure which one should I choose I think I will choose the right one.For the right picture there’s supposed to be phones in their hands but I’m gonna complete it next class.

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For my project I researched how religion affects vegetarianism in India. I want my piece to be an impressionist piece because I want to paint a scene. For the piece I am going to emphasis that people of different religions eat differently.

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My topic is about poverty in India and how people struggle to come out of it. I was thinking of making a visual about a boy who is having to face the struggles of poverty. I am planing on making it black and white, with a touch of a bright color like red to show more emphasis. I am planning on looking for a photo to base my design on and also for some mentor text.

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the padlet would not allow me add the photo but i have the theme of girl's education so think i am going to da a girl holding books while the book is titled rte

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Ipad, stylus, procreate

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Women, temple, praying, chains

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So my topic is education during Covid. With my 3 different sketches I wanted to show the effect on kids who don’t have the choice or can’t go to school, because of income, no Internet no money for books or uniform.
In second piece I wanted to show how different people, kids and programs are trying to bring back access to education by trying to make every kid to go back to school.
In my third piece I was mostly thinking about the negative side of education, people saying girls shouldn’t go to school the money you have to give out for school books and uniform.
* to enforce my drawings I was thinking of putting news article into the background(that I have been using for try research.

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I want to go for contrasting colors so I'm thinking about some darker colors and then a palate of bright colors

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Mary Daly artwork is something that caught my eye. Her work evolves around women in religion.

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adobe and procreate

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school supplies

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colorful but muted

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My topic is water pollution, and I want to focus on symbols. I want to draw one big symbolic image about my topic.

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My topic is poverty, and how
covid-19 has worsened the economy. I am planning to use procreate and use mostly black and white, while having an emphasis of red. The symbols I am going to use are trash, and grains, to represent the struggles and lack of basic needs people in poverty face on a daily basis.

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A symbol that I am going to use is trash, to represent how people in poverty struggle to access resources, and therefore have to look through trash to eat. I am also going to use grains, to show how little they really get to eat

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The colors I am going to use are black, white, grey, and red

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1. My first one is a flag with the different castes. The lowest layer of the flag has the Shudras and the Dalits. They are pushing the blue circle from the bottom. The second layer has the Kshatriyas and the Vaishyas. They are stabilizing the blue circle from both sides. The top layer is the upper cast who are holding the circle up. The circle sort of represents the caste system and you see how the lower caste pushes it up (having to) and the middle layer they are stabilizing it (making it normalized) and the upper caste is holding it up to make it stuck in the system.

2. Its a girl. A simple girl, who is like every other girl. She has a lot of the vocab and problems of the caste system talked about in her hair and outfit. She has a piece of cloth on her mouth that says caste. Its trapping her. No matter if she's from the lower, middle or upper caste she is still trapped. No one can progress not even the upper caste, until this problem is solved. This one is my favorite, because it sort of mixes in a aspect of my community, myself and the problem at hand.

3. This one is super simple. It just says caste and I made people who represent each one. As the word goes on, the caste goes lower and lower.

That's all of them! I am going to work on the second drawing. I will be doing that one for my project.

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I am going to use colored pencils and maybe sharpies. I am going to use a eraser, pencil and ruler for my outline and everything.

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First of all, my topic is the caste sytem in India and the Dalit discrimaintion that happens within the caste system. I am considering creating a digital collage piece or an actual collage drawing based on the materials I have. My idea for the college is my symbolising the earth into the shape of caste classes (triangle). The earth is going to be dirty and few parts will be destroyed to symbolise the conflicts that happen due to having a caste system. I am going to attach few magazine pieces of laborers and Dalits working from Indian magazines and newspapers. Most of all,I am going to emphasise the lowest class of caste caste which are Dalits.

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My topic is Caste in India. For my drawing I want to try to portray the actual obviousness of the caste system, yet how it is hidden in plain sight. I want to show how it is basically done and how it works even in modern society. I want to show the unfairness and I want to start pulling back that sheet of ignorance. I want to do this by using colored pencils (maybe sharpies), I will be using the Indian flag colors (cool and warm), I will be adding people in daily activities and how some people hold up the society more than others.

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The image is below. For some reason this image really inspired me. Yet I want to do it more artsy and in a way that is less straightforward than the photo below. I want people to have many ideas when looking at my artwork, it should make people think. I don't want the answer to be screamed out right at first, I want people to figure it out after a while. This painting showed me how to use both straightforwardness and art in a art piece. Here is the image, I don't know the artist. But this painting yelled at me in a way, it really caught my attention.

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Las Castas – Spanish Racial Classifications

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I am going to use light orange, green, light blue and black as my basis colors. I might add more color for the small details.

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I am going to do a Indian flag, and have the five castes represented in it. The lower two are going to be holding the bottom up and then the 2 castes in the middle will be doing their normal things, while the upper caste is taking what the lower caste is doing and holding it up. There is going to be a lot going on in the drawing, so that people can see how complex the caste system truly is.

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My drawing is about how social media changed our lives and out communication with others and I want to draw a family supposed to eat but everyone is using their phones.

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My topic is environmental issues and I focused on mostly the air pollution

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I am going to do a digital piece. So I am going to do it on adobe sketch.

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I am probably gonna show a women eye and inside the women eye would be a collage of images showing women protesting and an image of a girl locked up in a room.

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I am gonna use a mix of many colours. A variety of colours to show the emphasis.

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My topic is Education during Covid, for my art work I want to try and portray the struggle of the kids during this time for example how the have no access to Internet, book worksheets.. I want to to do this by maybe doing a collage of news paper article and statistics that I have been using, highlighting the important parts, and drawing over it, by using different symbols. I will be using the monochromatic colours

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fskylum.com%2Fluminar%2Fphoto-blend&psig=AOvVaw0TwYCVyI6n5dE377ta6foy&ust=1620277353040000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIiMg9ThsfACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

I couldn't find the artist but found this image which basically shows what I want to do. It's mainly about blending images with each other to give the viewer a more powerful meaning and helps the artist show the specific emphasis.

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My topic is religious conflict and relations, I want to exhibit my piece as ‘blind-hate’. The idea of a blindfolded person showing anger towards a group of people or ideology without any actual thought is what I’ll try to exemplify. I’ll use mostly black and white, and if I use any colours they will be muted and used sparingly to add emphasis to a certain point.

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Color Pencils, Markers and Ruler.

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Air Pollution Symbols

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/air+pollution+icon

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Gray, Dark Colors for Air and Buildings.

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https://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/

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My Topic is Women Rights. So am gonna do like a digital collage using adobe sketch. I am gonna probably collage a few images showing women protesting while a blended image of a women and a door made up of metal. thus intern showing how the women is forced to be locked up in her room.

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The theme of my drawing is going to be air pollution. I will try to draw the 4 causes of air pollution in India and it will be similar to the style of Vincent Van Gogh.

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The principles of design are the rules a designer must follow to create an effective and attractive composition. The fundamental principles of design are Emphasis, Balance and Alignment, Contrast, Repetition, Proportion, Movement and White Space.

Design differs from art in that it has to have a purpose. Visually, this functionality is interpreted by making sure an image has a center of attention, a point of focus. Maybe you're thinking, 'But wait! I thought design was all about creativity?' If you're an entrepreneur or designer who's just starting out, you might be tempted to go wild and combine the first five typefaces and colors that catch your eye, believing you're creating something fresh and new. You will probably find yourself with a design that is muddled, unfinished, or well, just plain ugly.

Graphic design, like any discipline, adheres to strict rules that work beneath the surface to make the work stable and balanced. If the work is missing that balance, it will be weak and ineffective.

This article will take you through 7 basic principles of design that will make your next project stand out.

1. Emphasis
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Say you're creating a poster for a concert. You should ask yourself: what is the first piece of information my audience needs to know? Is it the band? Or the concert venue? What about the day and the cost of attending?

Make a mental outline. Let your brain organize the information and then lay out your design in a way that communicates that order. If the band's name is the most essential information, place it in the center or make it the biggest element on the poster. Or you could put it in the strongest, boldest type. Learn about color theory and use strong color combinations to make the band name pop.

Like writing without an outline or building without a blueprint, if you start your composition without a clear idea of what you're trying to communicate, your design will not succeed.

2. Balance and alignment
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Never forget that every element you place on a page has a weight. The weight can come from color, size, or texture. Just like you wouldn't put all your furniture in one corner of a room, you can't crowd all your heavy elements in one area of your composition. Without balance, your audience will feel as if their eye is sliding off the page.

Symmetrical design creates balance through equally weighted elements aligned on either side of a center line. On the other hand, asymmetrical design uses opposite weights (like contrasting one large element with several smaller elements) to create a composition that is not even, but still has equilibrium.

Symmetrical designs are always pleasing, if not occasionally boring. Asymmetrical designs are bolder and can bring real visual interest and movement (more on that later!) to your composition.

3. Contrast
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Contrast is what people mean when they say a design "pops." It comes away from the page and sticks in your memory. Contrast creates space and difference between elements in your design. Your background needs to be significantly different from the color of your elements so they work harmoniously together and are readable.

If you plan to work with type, understanding contrast is incredibly essential because it means the weight and size of your type are balanced. How will your audience know what is most important if everything is in bold?

As you seek out examples of really strong, effective design, you'll notice most designs only feature one or two typefaces. That's because contrast can be effectively achieved with two strong fonts (or even one strong typeface in different weights). As you add fonts, you dilute and confuse the purpose of your design.

4. Repetition
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If you limit yourself to two strong typefaces or three strong colors, you'll soon find you'll have to repeat some things. That's ok! It's often said that repetition unifies and strengthens a design. If only one thing on your band poster is in blue italic sans-serif, it can read like an error. If three things are in blue italic sans-serif, you've created a motif and are back in control of your design.

Repetition can be important beyond one printed product. Current packaging design is heavily embracing beautiful illustrated patterns. Anyone thinking about a startup knows one of the first things you need is a strong logo to feature on your website, business cards, social media and more. Brand identity? Another term for repetition.

5. Proportion
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Proportion is the visual size and weight of elements in a composition and how they relate to each other. It often helps to approach your design in sections, instead of as a whole.

Grouping related items can give them importance at a smaller size-think of a box at the bottom of your poster for ticket information or a sidebar on a website for a search bar. Proportion can be achieved only if all elements of your design are well-sized and thoughtfully placed. Once you master alignment, balance, and contrast, proportion should emerge organically.

6. Movement
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Going back to our concert poster. If you decided the band was the most important piece of information on the page and the venue was the second, how would you communicate that with your audience?

Movement is controlling the elements in a composition so that the eye is led to move from one to the next and the information is properly communicated to your audience. Movement creates the story or the narrative of your work: a band is playing, it's at this location, it's at this time, here's how you get tickets. The elements above-especially balance, alignment, and contrast-will work towards that goal, but without proper movement, your design will be DOA.

If you look at your design and feel your eye get "stuck" anywhere on it-an element is too big, too bold, slightly off-center, not a complimentary color-go back and adjust until everything is in harmony.

7. White space
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Poster design for pmoretti

All of the other elements deal with what you add to your design. White space (or negative space) is the only one that specifically deals with what you don't add. White space is exactly that-the empty page around the elements in your composition. For beginning designers it can be a perilous zone. Often simply giving a composition more room to breathe can upgrade it from mediocre to successful.

White space isn't sitting there doing nothing-it's creating hierarchy and organization. Our brains naturally associate ample white space around an element with importance and luxury. It's telling our eyes that objects in one region are grouped separately from objects elsewhere.

Even more exciting, it can communicate an entirely different image or idea from your main design that will reward your audience for engaging with it. The logo above uses active negative space to communicate multiple ideas in one fun, creative design.

How to use the principles of design
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A design doesn't have to strictly follow these rules to be "good." Some absolutely mind-blowing designs ignore one or more of the principles of design in order to create an eye-catching and effective work.

The Bed Moved by Rebecca Schiff. Designed by Janet Hansen for Knopf

Consider the cover of "The Bed Moved" by Rebecca Schiff, designed by Janet Hansen. This was one of the most lauded book covers of 2016.

But did you immediately read the first line as "Theeb?" Did your eye jump to the bottom line where the M from "Moved" is isolated on a different line than the rest of the word? The design is clearly breaking the two rules of movement and alignment. But! Because of the designer's confident use of a bold contrasting color scheme and a repetitive structure, your eye is easily guided to the title and author of the book.

The important information is communicated. That jarring moment of slight confusion is what makes this design so revolutionary and rewarding.

The elements of a design should be viewed as moving parts which combine to tell a story. As you approach your design project you must first familiarize yourself with these principles of design. Only then will you be able to break the rules to create your own signature style.

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water color and paper

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maybe some people running away from the air , symbols about aqi

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My topic is girls education, for the art number one I will try to draw digitally about a girls holding books and having the book say something rte, the second piece will be a Juxtaposer art layering some imagines together and for the final piece I will be a collage, which will tell a story on its own.
I will be only using iPad for this project since I will be travelling I would not have a lot of supplies to work with

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When it comes to teaching watercolor, do you feel confident about pushing your students' work to the next level?

Do you have your students split their paper into sections, complete various watercolor technique experiments, and then move onto something new? While that's one way to introduce the medium, there are so many other options to explore.

Let's look at 10 artists who use watercolor in their work to help inspire your students and inform your teaching practice.

1. Sara Khan

Sara Khan is a watercolor artist living in Canada. Her work is vibrant, playful, and feels like a dream. She plays with surprising combinations, creating whimsical landscapes. Her work is a great example to help students think about negative space as well as figure/ground relationships.

While exploring her work, teach students about masking. If masking fluid doesn't fit within your budget, try rubber cement or white crayon for similar results.

2. Emma Larson

Emma Larson creates abstract watercolor paintings. When looking at her work, you'll see she embraces the fluid nature of watercolor and wet-on-wet techniques allowing edges to bleed and shapes to morph. Her paintings make you want to search for hidden figures and recognizable shapes.

Look at her paintings with your students and practice painting using the wet-on-wet method.
Instagram: @zebrakadebra
These artists are a great start to any watercolor project or curriculum. If you're looking for specific information about teaching watercolor to students, be sure to check out these resources!

3. Elise Morris

Surprise! Elise Morris actually works with acrylics. But her work looks so much like watercolor; we're going to explore it anyway. Her paintings feel light and full of depth. Most pull inspiration from nature. Each layer is transparent and fluid. She often starts by drawing leaf shapes in pencil. She allows many of those lines to remain and sometimes leaves shapes unpainted.

Have students think about how they can show their process in their work.

Website: elisemorris.net

4. Justin Margitich

Justin Margitich creates abstract paintings by mixing watercolor and acrylic paint. He uses acrylic paint to create hard, straight edges, and pairs that with the fluid nature of watercolor. The contrast of the two creates dimension and contrast in his work.

Start by having students look at his paintings. Next, encourage them to explore working with acrylic and watercolor paints in their sketchbook. This can help students to understand the properties of each medium.

Website: justinmargitich.com

5. Ali Cavanaugh

Ali Cavanaugh uses watercolor on a wet kaolin clay surface and calls her process "modern frescoes." Most of her paintings are realistic portraits allowing you to see each layer of color that blend to create the skin tone. When visiting her website make sure to watch the short film that tells you more about her and her process.

Have students explore how a medium and surface work together. To begin exploring have each student select three to five different surfaces. Next, have them try various watercolor techniques and reflect on the results.

Website: alicavanaugh.com

6. Claire Cowie

When you go to Cowie's website, you'll see a wide range in terms of technique and media. My favorite body of work-and a great example of watercolor-is Passages 2016. She uses bright, vibrant colors that seem to glow. Her work incorporates negative space as well as shape, color, and depth. Her painting, Lincoln Park Conservatory, is made mostly of lines, squares, and rectangles arranged to make the viewer feel like they're falling to the painting.

Teach students about masking and the power of negative space. You might challenge students to create a painting by painting only the negative space, allowing the subject to be the color of the paper.

Website: clairecowie.com

7. Aitch

Aitch is an illustrator who works for a wide range of companies like Chobani and PAI skincare. Her paintings are playful, full of color, and use a lot of repeated patterns. You can see her illustrations come to life in this Chobani animation.

Have students study her work and learn how to create and repeat a pattern of their own.

8. Jennifer Tyers

Jennifer Tyers is an artist from Tasmania who paints colorful landscapes. Her work showcases the vibrancy of watercolor by combining reality and pure imagination. Tyers' pieces are full, with little negative space.

Have students look at her work and see how she uses repetition to keep her paintings from becoming chaotic.

Website: jennifertyers.com

9. Jaakko Mattila

Jaakko Mattila creates paintings that glow and vibrate-sometimes to an unsettling degree. Make sure to watch this video to get a glimpse of his process.

Look at his work as you teach students about color theory. Reimagine how you have students explore the color wheel.

Website: jaakkomattila.fi

10. Enya Todd

Enya Todd is an illustrator who specializes in painting food and florals. She has experience working on editorials as well as package and greeting card design.

Have students explore her website to see the range of her work and projects. Then, talk to them about what it means to be commissioned to create art.

Website: enyasartofpatisserie.com
Who are your favorite watercolor artists to share with students? What's your biggest frustration when it comes to teaching watercolor to your students at any level?
Watercolor is an incredible medium to use for all age levels. Students enjoy exploring techniques, and the cleanup is simple-compared to working with tempera, acrylic, or oil paints. At the secondary level students often treat watercolor like acrylic, with a thick application and little drying time. However, once students see other artists' use of watercolor, they can better understand how to apply it to their own work.

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When it comes to teaching watercolor, do you feel confident about pushing your students' work to the next level? Do you have your students split their paper into sections, complete various watercolor technique experiments, and then move onto something new? While that's one way to introduce the medium, there are so many other options to [...]

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Feminism
In India

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In my piece I chose to showcase the role of women in society and the role the society attributes to women. I drew a women split in two that could have to different appearance and two different future. The women that is pretty and pleasing is in front of a messy brick wall that weighs her down and was only built quickly to block her. And the women that is a soldier looks strong and free like she got the chance to choose her future. I hoped this piece would make people think more about the role we attribute to women and the expectations we have that a women should be pretty and pleasing. The fact that I only added colour to the background shows that a women’s future and well-being is more important than a women’s appearance. This piece also shows that women can be soldiers and can have jobs in men dominated fields.

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This is my finished creative expression piece! In it, I depict two medical practitioners that, though they practice similar professions, live wildly different lives. One, adorned with a sacred thread across his torso and a  circle of scarlet powder on his forehead, sits in the shade of a tree, grinding herbs for his next batch of medicines. The other, with a stethoscope around her neck and a clipboard in her hands, goes from patient to patient, noting down their symptoms and ailments. Both of these people, seemingly so distant and different, work towards a common goal: to help people. In India, it’s common to find traditional medicine as well as modern medicine, and with my artwork, I wanted to pose this question: where do the fields of old and new medicine, each with their own tools and techniques, converge in India’s healthcare system?

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Here is my final piece! My POP topic surrounds the idea of modernisation in India and how that affects  rural people, culture, customs and traditions. My piece presents an Indian girl looking at her reflection. The mirror represents what people perceive her to be - either the pressure from her family and community, or the stereotypes of Indians from outsiders to be a very cultural and traditional Indian. Hence the Sari. In her reflection, her eyes are closed, symbolising that she doesn’t relate to or connect to this reflection of herself. In addition to that, the mirror is cracked, showing that the reflection isn’t entirely true either. As I’ve mentioned before, her reflection shows herself wearing a sari, contrary to her true self, who wears a white T-shirt. It represents modernisation and westernisation, (Because it is white). Her reflection is made up of very warm colors, they remind me of India, of the sun, clay, and natural world- and also the warmth and comfort that culture can provide. Meanwhile, the background, and the shirt, have cooler colors that could represent technology, industrialisation, or the general coldness and isolation of our modern world. My big idea here is a girl who struggles with her identity as an Indian who is part of this modern world.

I used oil paint to create this, and although it was difficult, the colors were much more realistic, and I could blend and smooth out the paint with ease (because oil paint takes a long time to dry). I still have a long way to go with this medium, so I plan on practicing!

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The more you explore climate change, the more negative feelings you get towards our harmful norms. In my piece I tried to lay out my view on what humanity is doing. The "human" is humanity, and all the small things around and what is happening to them has a connection to both climate change and us. If you look closely you may figure out what the small things represent.

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I expressed supports by lifting a woman to reach for the loud speaker, which symbolize the voice. Reaching for the loud speaker means that she reveals her story, just like the MeToo movement. Since it is not easy to decide such thing by oneself, other women are helping her to overcome the incident together.

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My topic is press freedom and journalistic suppression. In this piece, the newspaper represents the overall press, and you can see that it’s  burning down and falling apart in India (represented by the fire and burned edges). The names you see on the newspaper are names of journalists who were killed in their line of work. I wanted to make people understand how dangerous it is to be a journalist because there are a lot of names on that canvas, and I also wanted to honor them. You can also look at the burnt edges as a symbol of respect because in India, you cremate passed people, so it represents that part of our culture.

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My POP topic was about the #MeToo movement. I explored more in gender inequality and women empowerment through independent investigation. I watched a Bollywood movie for the first time in my life, and the colorful visual effects and exciting sounds was quite interesting for me. So I wanted to do this for my creative expression project. I tried to express joy and happiness by using as many colors as I could. I used toothbrush to show the difference from the brush but rough texture.

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In my creative expression I wanted to talk about how the heat is slowly getting worse and worse every year and it’s slipping right under our noses. I used several key words and drew them in boxes to represent the media and their warning/effort to tell us about the heat yet we tend to ignore it, hence my portraits gaze is off in the distance and not at the words. I used the sun as emphasis, it shines over everything, another hint that the world is overheating.

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During my personal investigation I spent some time looking at queer art in India. I created my final piece with several of my favorite artists in mind: Balbir Krishan, Bhepen Khakhar, Tejal Shah. The flowers and the masks came from Balbir Krishan’s, here and now, with a bit of a spin. A collage, my very first plan, came from Tejal Shah. Although, I had planned on using paints and photos, I just couldn’t make it happen on time.
Its all on a street in Delhi.

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My pop research topic was about space exploration in India. I learned about benefits of space exploration for India. In my drawing, I used spacecrafts and road between planets to show how it is easy to travel to space in the future. I used cool colors like purple, blue and green because space is more cool color than warm.

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In my work I want to show how the people define who they are. It maybe harder to achieve your goals if you are from the lowest caste but “never say never” because hard work beats everything. In my pictures there are people from the lower caste that work hard to achieve their goals.

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This just shows how so much trash can pile up from just 5 minutes of looking and reck Hawaii if this keeps happening

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My topic is human trafficking so I used procreate to make a women without color and then I made the tape bright red. I decided to do this drawing not only to show how the woman is trapped but also to show that according to some of my research from doing the paper, victims of human trafficking might be afraid to speak up. I don't know personally what human trafficking looks and feels like, but I can imagine that this is how certain victims might feel, unable to speak up.

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This is not exactly a great thumbnail but my topic is human trafficking and I am going to do a woman trapped like human trafficking and I decided to make the tape the only thing with color so it stands out

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My topic is women’s education rights. I kept the same, symbol I made in my last draft and put it in black and white to represent the same fact, that women are not getting the education they deserve. But instead of the bright red text on top I put the male sign with education and instead put it in a bright blue colour, to represent the fact that males have education rights. I crowded several of that symbol around the females education sign to show how more males are getting education.

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My topic is about the water pollution in the Yamuna river.
For my artwork, I drew a timeline of how and when the Yamuna river got very polluted. I tried to show that we can still save the river from pollution created by the factories with the people trying to clean the river by putting the garbages in the dumping site.

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I decided to draw industry makes water pollution in India. I draw picture inside the human face because human makes water pollution so choose the humans face. Also I choose yellow color in background Becuase emphasize color of water

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When I was studying about water Pollution in India, I watched a few documentaries and saw many deaths of marine lives. Their stomachs were full of plastic fragments which killed them. I didn't notice how much wastes they could've been consuming but when I saw the pictures, I was shocked. I wanted to highlight the daily use of plastics in the fish’s stomach by one colouring the plastics. I wasn't so sure about the colour and I was also limited with colors I can use because I didn't have much colouring pencils.

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I chose uncertainty as my topic for the creative expression because it is very relevant today, with the virus. No one is sure about the future, or what will happen next, especially as a person who is living in another country, so I Took a picture of a person looking out of the balcony, into a question mark. This symbolises how people are trying to figure out how the future will look like, but they fail.

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My piece shows some of the stereotypes that Bollywood films show. They are all crossed out because that should not be the way films show men and women. Films have a huge impact on how we view things and with such power the industries should promote gender equality instead of creating and promoting different stereotypes. The closed feminine eyes represent women who refuse to see and allow all these stereotypes control them.

- Elena Praneviciute

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My topic is infanticide, I wanted to show what the major problem was. I was really inspired by two colors which are blue and pink. I thought that they would represent the stereotype of the two genders. I also wanted to give a dark background to show how sad and dark our world can still be. I decide to put a crown on the boys to show that they are the kings in the two genders. Infanticide is an issue that is still occurring in several countries which has touched me a lot, this is why I decided to stick with my topic.

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1. women helping and lifting another women to reach for the loud speaker that is placed high. But I didn't like the arrangement because it felt like there is no certain focus point.
2. More simple, focused on the lifting part of the first idea. I thought making it simple would make it get attention easier and make people think more, but it turned out that I don't like this one because I couldn't place the loud speaker.
3. I like this one, showing different hair colors means different nations of women helping a women that was in a deep whole. They help her not only to go out, but also to get the loud speaker, which symbolizes reveal of her story to the society.
(you have to click the picture to see all three)

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My topic is education, and this piece is about how some have access to education and some doesn’t for different reasons. The doors represents the access to education and there is a child/person in front of every door. The open doors are those children/people who has access to education and are learning, so they have stepped through the door. While the closed doors in front of the children/people waiting does not have access/receive education and that can be for many different reasons which are not shown in this piece but that is for every person to think for themselves about. There are more open doors than closed, because the Indian government are trying to improve education and for more children to get an education, which was what I focused on in my research paper. I’m quite happy on how it turned out, but it was not exactly as I imagined it.

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My pop topic was space exploration and What it’s significance is to the country.  So I decided to use a telescope which represented looking and exploring space and I used the Indian flag as a symbol to show how is India is exploring space, and how India space exploration will be the future. I mainly used warm colours for the Indian flag and the stars, my principal of design was movement. Next time I would try to express the future in a more thoughtful way to make my piece stand out more.

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I don’t have three thumbnails because I know which photo I’m going to use. This is the photo I'm using for this project:

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In my final piece you can see a photo that only the women in it is drawn.  I decided to only draw the women in the picture because I wanted to emphasise her. I took this photo in this market that i went to in Goa. My topic is women in india and that’s one of the reasons i chose this photo. A more specific reason is that I didn’t take that photo without approval from her, but she insisted that I will buy something from her shop so she will let me take her photo. I remember think why she insisted that I’ll buy something from her shop?, I only wanted to take her photo. This was the only time someone asked for something so I could take their photo. Only after investing more about women in India while doing my POP project I understood why she insisted I’ll buy something. She had to provide for her family.

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Since my topic is MeToo Movement, I am thinking about women lifting one another(which symbolizes supports) to reach for the loud speaker(which symbolizes being heard). I will use warm colors because this topic is touching how people are helping each other. I think the texture of water color can show the meaning better, so I will use water color brush on Procreate.

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My topic is about tigers in India. From the research I noticed that the environment around tigers is destroyed and some of the tiger’s species are facing a dangerous situation which means they might extinct. So I try to show this by drawing like a pixel art. The green background represents the nature and the destroyed nature is represented by making some pixels fall to the white part. The colored tiger and the monochrome tiger is showing the difference between existing tigers and extinct tigers. Also I add some words to tell the message what I think it’s important and I want more people to think of.

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My POP topic is the Internet in India. This artwork represents the anger and sadness of a girl about a law in Gujarat forbidding mobile phones to women under 18 years old. To demonstrate this indignation, I formatted and printed a newspaper article about this law that I then used as a background for my drawing. With this artwork, I consider the issue of internet access inequalities among people. My goal with this creative expression project is to make the audience reflect about the importance of digital devices in their life. Finally, this project inspired me to create even more artistic works and to further develop my drawing skills.