The Art Element Shape: Activities starters, tasks for ideas, develop understanding of basic element.

Exercises, activities to develop an understanding of shape and a wide variety of tasks to experiment with the dynamics of shape.

Looking at energy points, different typeface shapes, negative and positive shapes, symmetry patterns, repeat patterns, NOTAN, designing with geometric and organic shapes, drawing shapes to different smells, using music to capture shapes, looking at the meaning of words to capture shapes and the play with tangram shapes.

This can be used with A-level students to inspire, GCSE students for starters and Key Stage 3 to develop a foundation knowledge of the basic element ‘shape’.
There are also a number of different artists like David Bomberg, Joan Miro, Stuart Davis, Escher, Lisa Milroy and Henri Matisse - artists who use a simplified shape in their work and students can interpret there own ideas from these artists.

There are lots of exercises and different tasks to experiment with shapes.