Inspired by a scholastic magazine lesson plan, 7th grade painted in pop! Students used both visual and digital skills to create this project, great incorporation of technology.
Students were asked to bring in an object that reflected pop art objects - commercial products, common goods, etc. We then talked about drawing from life. We made a view finder and practiced cropping our still life (one object) into many different compositions. Students then took 1 view, and drew their final copy. Once each student had a single hand drawn copy of their object, we took them to the computer. Step 1: Scan images Step 2: Convert images to JPG files Step 3: Make as many copies as you would like on your final display (we did 4 instead of 6) Step 4: Crop your images to display one section of each, cropping in closer Step 5: Resize all images to the same dimensions Step 6: Print Step 7: Trace all printed images onto watercolor paper (depending on your materials) Step 8: Paint!
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Refresher lesson for my advanced Digital Studio II class. As we came back to school some of the students had not taken Digital Studio for a year or more. I wanted to begin with a focus on proper camera techniques; ISO and Aperture.
We then focused on photography intent. Meaning, taking a photo with a purpose in mind. I wanted the students to concentrate on capturing a specific emotion. Once they had taken a series of photographs we picked the best one. We edited the photo to reflect the emotion. We then broke the photo into pieces (boxes) and using the characteristics that expressed the emotion the most. I was very happy with the end result! This was a quick and fun lesson. We got to explore the green screen, take some pictures, and have a quick successful result. My 7th graders created these perspective landscapes. We practiced 1 point perspective to prep us to create these pieces. We also talked about depth of field, using cacti to show size perspective as they go back in space toward the vanishing point.
Multimedia - Watercolor resist. We talked about foreground vs. background. They were asked to use crayon on everything in the foreground, then watercolor for the background. This was my first year taking on this project, and I will do it every year from here on!! I loved this project because it gave students the opportunity to stop, think, and give back. The Memory Project is a non profit organization that seeks to give back to countries/students that have been effected by disaster, challenges, poverty, neglect, and loss of parents. We took on this project in Art Club, raising funds for the cost of mailing and delivery. Our focus country was Haiti.
Awesome new project that took quite a bit of planning, but I think we got it right! Students studied the idea of still lifes and drawing from life as one of our first lessons of the semester. We then drew still lifes with a contour line. The students divided up their space, and then did a study of each material. Each section is a different medium, and divided by the lines drawn before hand.
This is an ALL TIME FAVORITE project. These projects always come out amazing, and the kids really enjoy seeing their success. We combine a watercolor "stained glass" approach to the background. Each student chooses a design or icon to repeat in the background which creates the background pattern. They then choose warm or cool colors to watercolor blend.
The top layer is done with either transparencies (recycled from math class) or tracing paper. Each student does stippling using a value lesson to draw the top part. We cut out the image and glued it on to the background page. Note: Only sharpies work, other markers will bleed. I forgot to post one of my favorite projects!! Although it's almost time for the holidays, flashback to Halloween.
Finding ways to get high school kids in a festive mood can be tough. Fortunately everyone loves clay. Most introduction classes don't touch on clay, but I like to do at least one big project a semester. This project focused around Halloween time and creatures.. Students could either make a creature that looked alive (eyes, hands, etc.) or make a work just inspired by creatures (tentacles, horns, etc.) The outcome was pretty good! I got a WIDE variety. Next year I want to try making larger draped bowls with cut out designs, we will see.. After Thanksgiving, I had plenty of leftover centerpieces! I used the gourds from around my class to not only teach 7th graders what a gourd is, but to talk about drawing from life.
Each student made a view finder, and drew a section of the still life. The gourds were drawn with pencil first. We erased the pencil lightly and then used oil pastels to go over the work. The pastels create a resist for watercolors and created a neat effect! This was just a one day lesson over being resourceful, drawing what we see, and color mixing. A new favorite project of mine! Doing these sign language self portraits has been on of the best portfolio creation projects I have tried out so far! Every 9 weeks I get a new set of 7th graders, it's fun to learn a little about them through their portfolio covers, which hold their work for the quarter.
Each student was asked to learn their first and last initials in sign language. Then brainstorm a list of 10 things about them. I asked them to incorporate drawing with text. The outcome was very elaborate, and quite cute! This is a GREAT way to learn a little about them personally, as well as discover the skill level they are starting out with. During this lesson I had students with previous sign language skills introduce phrases and terms to the class. We started each class day learning one new phrase or a few words. Some students even took on looking up a phrase to learn and then teach! It was a very fun way to get to know my new 7th grade class. One of the best ways to take out the fear of drawing portraits, is to lend students a good point to start out. I find that these half and half portraits always come out AMAZING. The student has an image to look directly from, an image to match it up with, and values to use as a comparison. Although we will work our way to full portraits, this gives them confidence in drawing and is a fun way to draw people of interest. All works are from grade 9 and 10. More to come.
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