10. Variety

Ready to use, no prep: teach variety with 29 illustrated slides showing how controlled differences keep an artwork interesting. Students vary line, shape, form, value, color, texture, size, direction and detail, and learn the balance between variety and chaos.

Ready to use. No prep. Simply beautiful.

Open the file and start teaching. This Variety 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.

Variety is the partner of unity. This deck shows students how to add difference on purpose, so their work feels lively without falling apart.

What’s inside

What is variety? Why variety matters; variety and unity Controlled variety Variety through line, shape, form, spacing, value, color, texture, size and scale, direction, and detail Contrast creates variety; vary a motif; variety supports emphasis Variety through subject matter and materials Variety in nature and landscape, figure and portrait, and fashion design Check the Variety; Strengthen Visual Variety Create a Variety Study Variety Studio Challenge

Ways to use it

Teach right after unity, so students can compare the two Use Vary a Motif as a quick sketchbook exercise Assign the Studio Challenge as a composition project

What you get

29-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

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