Tuesday, August 4th
Via ZOOM - Virtual Workshop
9:00am – Welcome and Introduction of speaker
9:15 – Importance of principles of design in floral design – why you need to be teaching the principles!
9:30 – Overview of Floral Design scorecard for FFA Floral Design CDE
10:00 – Walk through the design elements – the good, the bad, the ugly
Walk through of various examples of each design principle, what judges are looking for when they score and tips to help your students – see examples of bad, ok, and good design principles, what makes them that way, and how to improve them
10:00 - 10:20 - Balance
10:20 – 10:40 – Color
10:40 – 10:50 Break
10:50 – 11:10 – Category Interpretation
11:10 – 11:30 - Focal Emphasis
11:30 – 12:00 – Creativity
12:00 – 1:00 – break for lunch
1:00 – Walk through the design elements continued
1:00 – 1:20 - Depth
1:20 – 1:40 - Line
1:40 – 2:00 - Scale
2:00 – 2:10 – Break
2:10 – 2:20 – Unity
2:20 - 2:45 – Mechanics
2:45 – 3:00 – Break
3:00 – 4:00 – Designing with natural materials – using cuttings from campus or your yard to teach the
principles of design