Colour

Colours have different meanings and can be used to

show emotions both for readers and characters.

Compare these two images of different coloured

skies, how do you feel looking at each picture?

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 Light and Shadow

How bright or dark images are gives us clues about

a picture.

Which apple would you rather eat and why?

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 Line and Shape
Lines and shapes can be straight, curved, large,
tiny, natural, organic and made to look rushed or
carefully drawn.

Have a look at these three drawings of trees and

identify the types of lines and shapes.

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 Texture
Texture is about how the picture might feel under
your finger tips. It could be rough, smooth, slimy,
sticky, bumpy or something else. Sometimes different
materials may be used to add texture, but sometimes
the image itself will add texture.

How would you describe the texture of this water?

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 Space and Composition
Composition talks about the way the picture is
arranged. Is everything squished in, evenly spaced, off
to one side or is there lots of space?

Which picture to you looks like it has more

space and why?

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 Balance
Pictures are balanced if they are symmetrical or if the
objects have been arranged like a set of scales and it
doesn’t feel like things will topple off to one side.

Which picture looks more balanced and how does that

change the picture?

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 Emphasis
Pictures can add emphasis with size, composition,
lines, colours and light.

Which of these pictures has a clearer emphasis and

how does it affect the picture?

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 Movement
Blurry or sharp lines, angles and shapes as well as the
way the picture is arranged can suggest that objects
are moving in a particular way.

Who do you think is riding faster and why?

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Patterns and Repetition
Using lines, shapes, colours or styles again and again
helps us notice something in a different way.

What meaning do you think the repetition in this

picture has?

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