3D Design Study Guide
2014-2015
These are the major topics that were covered with your projects in semester 1. The handouts from your
projects (also available on the teacher page) have a lot of helpful information as well. Also check out the
elements and principles page for definitions.
Corrugated Cardboard Relief
Mark Langan
Texture
Contrast: variations of the different parts of the cardboard
Line: lines that you have created, using the lines of the corrugation
Shape: organic and geometric shapes
Depth: relief has a shallow depth. How did you layer your pieces?
Value: Using only one material, were you able to create what looks like different values through
the use of textures or shadows being cast?
3D Painted Collage
Color wheel: primary, secondary, tertiary colors, tints and shades. Color schemes:
monochromatic, complementary, analogous, triadic
Theme: What ties a work of art together? Did you create a theme by using similar shapes?
Were your shapes tied together by another idea that they shared in common?
Value: How did you use tints and shades to emphasize the space you created in your relief?
kind of colors come forward? What kind of colors go back in space?
Composition: How did you use the entire space? Did objects overlap? Did objects go off the
page?
Artists we looked at: Frank Stella, Jean Arp and Louise Nevelson
Metal Tooling and Frame
Textures in nature
Organic and geometric lines
Shapes
Contrast: how did you show the difference from one space to another by variations of your
textures? Did you alter the types of shapes, the size of shapes? How did you use the inks to
create contrast with colors? Does your piece have high contrast (big difference in colors) or low
contrast (colors are similar to one another)?
Color schemes in your frame
Balance: Is your piece symmetrically balanced or asymmetrically balanced?
Composition: How did you use line, color or shapes to carry the viewer’s eye through your
piece? Remember that your eye will connect similar kinds of shapes and colors. Lines can also
direct the eye because the eye will follow a continuous line.
Gargoyle
Gargoyles were used in architecture in Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome
The most well-known building with gargoyles is Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, France
Gargoyles were often used as water spouts to direct water away from buildings
They can be based on animals, imaginary creatures or a combination of animals and humans
Your gargoyle was worked in the round which means it can be viewed from multiple
perspectives.
Form
Monochromatic color
Value: How did you show the form of your gargoyle using tints and shades?
What kind of personality does your gargoyle have?
Paper-mache bird
Personality in art: what qualities give your bird personality?
Form: how did you physically balance your piece?
Pattern: what shapes and lines did you use to add to the personality/charm of your bird? Are
the shapes organic, geometric? Do the shapes or patterns symbolize anything?
Color: Did you choose a specific color scheme? What kind of mood can color add to a work of
art?