The top picture is an example of an organic shape. An organic shape is based on natural objects such as trees, mountains, leaves, ect. I took this photograph at Northern State University. I really like this picture because it is in the winter time, and I think it is really beautiful outside. A great extension project for students would be to do a Nature Walk, and write Haiku poetry. It would be fun to see the creative ideas that the students come up with.
The bottom picture is an example of value. Value shows a range of tones from dark to light. This photograph was taken in Switzerland. The lightest tone of value in this photograph begins right at the top of the water, and gets darker as the water gets deeper. You can see a couple swans floating in the deeper water where the value is darker. I think a really fun extension project for value would be a combined one with texture. You could have the students play around with different textures as well as trying out different values. It would be challenging to have them try to get in the correct shadows and see exactly where the light is coming from, ect.
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