formal balance-Each side of the vertical center of a photograph has equal weight and have similar or exactly the same shape, texture, and value contrast.
Informal balance-The objects have nearly the same "visual weight" on either side of the vertical center of the photograph composition, but are different in size, shape, texture, or value.

perspective- The two most characteristic features of perspective are that objects are smaller as their distance from the observer increases; that they are foreshortened, is that the size of an object's dimensions along the line of sight are relatively shorter than dimensions across the line of sight

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proportion
-refers to the relative size and scale of the various elements in a design. The issue is the relationship between objects, or parts, of a whole.

Emphasis
-is an area that first attracts attention in a composition. This area is more important when compared to the other objects or elements in a composition.  This can be by contrast of values, more colors, and placement in the format.

flower we made during week 6 

Crenshaw academics, atheltics and arts

is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space occasionally is used to artistic effect as the "real" subject of an image.

Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker color, gray or black.

Monochromatic color schemes provide opportunities in art and visual communications design as they allow for a greater range of contrasting tones that can be used to attract attention, create focus and support legibility.

Copy both Pen Tool cheat-sheets onto your portfolio blog for future reference,
then attempt to do what each chart is showing.

SOURCE:  http://www.ict.sislerhightechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pen-tool.jpg

Additional instruction to show how the Pen tool works. Practice the steps shown.
SOURCE: http://www.deep4d.com/pages_tuts/illustrator/bezier-practice50.jpg

Since you'll be taking screenshots of your work to post onto your blog, the shortcut keys to take screenshots on your computers are as follows:

COMMAND-SHIFT-3  <<To screen capture the entire screen
COMMAND-SHIFT-4-Click and drag a box <<To screen capture a selected portion of the screen.

The easiest way to improve your skills as an artist is to practice drawing; especially drawing what you see.  So we'll start this week with more practice drawing shapes using the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator CS6.

Copy both Pen Tool cheat-sheets onto your portfolio blog for future reference,
then attempt to do what each chart is showing.

SOURCE:  http://www.ict.sislerhightechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pen-tool.jpg

Additional instruction to show how the Pen tool works. Practice the steps shown.
SOURCE: http://www.deep4d.com/pages_tuts/illustrator/bezier-practice50.jpg