Elements of Art Hand Signs

The following packet is meant to be used as an introduction or a review of the elements and principles of art. By no means would I ask my students to complete these 2 worksheets and call it “covered.”

Teacher Sample

Here are the following Elements and Principles review pages:

Here are the answer keys:

As a review at the end of the year, my HS Art 1 completed our Elements of Art in Sign Language project. They had to choose a 6 letter word (no acronyms) with each hand representing an element of art. They had to use line, shapes, form, value, space and texture. The last element, color, was off limits because they were required to color their hands anyways therefor all 7 elements were ultimately included. I did not require a certain order – they had free range! Below are student examples:

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