2. Contrast
Ready to use, no prep: teach contrast with 35 illustrated slides showing seven ways to create it, from line and shape to value, color and texture. Finished studies show each type in action, and students practice analyzing and repairing weak contrast.
Ready to use. No prep. Simply beautiful.
Open the file and start teaching. This Contrast deck is fully finished and classroom-ready, with nothing to build, edit or rearrange, so you can spend your time with students instead of making slides. Every slide is designed in a rich artistic style, with botanical borders, elegant vintage lettering and detailed sketchbook-style illustrations. The drawings and illustrations inside the deck inspire students with new ideas for their own artwork. Professional, polished and as beautiful as the art you teach.
Students see contrast as a tool for attention: where the strongest difference sits, the eye goes. The deck connects every type of contrast to emphasis and real design work.
What’s inside
What is contrast? Why artists use contrast Seven ways to create contrast Direction and line, shape, size, form and space contrast, with finished studies Value contrast; complementary color and warm-cool contrast, with finished studies Texture, edge and detail contrast; conceptual contrast Contrast creates emphasis; combining several contrasts Contrast in landscape art, portraits and figures, fashion design, sculpture and 3D design, and graphic and poster design Analyze & Repair Weak Contrast Create Your Own Contrast Composition Contrast Studio Challenge
Ways to use it
Teach contrast before emphasis, since it is the main way to create a focal point Have students sort the finished studies by contrast type Assign the Studio Challenge as a composition project
What you get
35-slide PowerPoint (.pptx), 16:9 widescreen Two title slides: one branded, one plain for classroom use An illustrated definition slide Slides are high-resolution images and are not editable
No prep, ready to use, principles of design, contrast, value contrast, color contrast, complementary colors, texture, emphasis, focal point, composition, art 1, art 2, high school art, art powerpoint, visual arts
