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Item Name: Art 2014 - Current

Item ID: Art-L1b

Collector Rating: 1

Additional Info:

  • Fig. 1
    • Embroidery: Rayon thread
    • Border: Merrowed
  • Fig. 2:
    • Back: Since 1910 imprint with large Tenderfoot image

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Requirements January 2014 until Current

1. Discuss the following with your counselor:

  1. What art is and what sone of the different forms of art are
  2. The importance of art to humankind
  3. What art means to you and how art can make you feel

2. Discuss with your counselor the following terms and elements of art: line, value, shape, form, space, color, and texture. Show examples of each element.

3. Discuss with your counselor the six principles of design, rhythm, balance, proportion, variety, emphasis, and unity.

4. Render a subject of your choice in FOUR of these ways:

  1. Pen and ink
  2. Watercolors
  3. Pencil
  4. Pastels
  5. Oil paints
  6. Tempera
  7. Acrylics
  8. Charcoal
  9. Computer drawing or painting

5. Do ONE of the following:

  1. Design something useful. Make a sketch of a model of your design. With your counselor’s approval, create a promotional piece for the item using a picture or pictures.
  2. Tel a story with a picture or pictures or using 3-D rendering.
  3. Design a logo. Share your design with your counselor and explain the significance of your logo. Then, with your parent’s permission and your counselor’s approval, put your logo on Scout equipment, furniture, ceramics, or fabric.

6. With your parent’s permission and your counselor’s approval, visit a museum, art exhibit, art gallery, artist’s co-op, or artist workshop. Find out about the art displayed or created there. Discuss what you learned with your counselor.