7th grade computer project GRID

Our next project involves photo reference of an action picture.

Here is what I chose, not bad right?!?

here is the finished PRODUCT

Follow the POWER POINT to use Photoshop to to put a 1 inch by 1 inch grid on your chosen image.

You have 3 DAYS to finish the grid.

BE SURE TO SAVE YOUR DOCUMENT EVERYDAY!!!

POINTILLISM: 7th grade

We are exploring pointillism in 7th grade

POINTILLISM:
Pointillism /ˈpɔɪntᵻlɪzəm/ is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism.

   

Students Use predetermined REFERENCES: our favorite CARTOON CHARACTERS.

IN THE INTEREST OF TIME:
All have been sized and grided in photoshop to be able to be re drawn and re- sized by each student to twice the size on a hand drawn grid of equal PROPORTION.

After the character is drawn- We discuss the importance of layering color for pointillism and how dots of color should be seen in order to give the viewer new colors from distances.

COLOR SCHEMES
We chose a warm and cool color scheme for this project. All NEGATIVE SPACE will be completed using a variety of warm colors starting with Yellow and continuing through Red.
All POSITIVE SPACE will be finished in a variety of Cool colors and the Colors are detrmined by the references' CONTRAST.

MORE TO COME...

7th grade CONCRETE POEM

Click below for class power point
CONCRETE POEM

noun

1.

poetry in which effects are created by the physical arrangement of words in patterns or forms rather than by the use of traditional language structure.

8th grade Project ZENTANGLE SELFIES

Our current 8th grade project is ZENTANGLE SELFIES

STUDENTS CONTROL MANY ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:

- IMAGE
- LIGHTING OF THE IMAGE
- VALUE OF THE PROJECT
- TECHNOLOGY USED FOR IMAGE TAKING
- SOURCE FOR SENDING THE IMAGE

Click here for the Selfie POWER POINT

7th grade BALANCE Project

We Used Balance as the focal point for our latest project.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR POWER POINT

BALANCE is not the only useful element we used for our project- Using LINE and SHAPE to create a Positive and Negative space.

The shape of an animal was used twice in both the positive and negative space on a 12"x18" piece of paper.

The negative space that is white was also adorned with ZENTANGLE

WELCOME BACK!!

This year I will have 6th 7th and 8th graders.

6TH
I have 1 class of 6th grade in 2 groups. AB days on 1st period and CD days 1st period

7TH
On periods 2, 3, 5 & 7 I have 7th grade everyday for 1 quarter (10 weeks). After the 10 week quarter is over I will get another group of students for those periods.

8TH
The 8th graders I have are in the same room as my 7th graders at the same time but the share the same schedule as the 6th graders. So I have groups of 8th graders in periods 2, 5 and 7 all year in 2 groups on AB and CD days.

Confused yet? its ok so am I, but we all manage to get through the year and the kids have a pretty good experience while learning a lot about art and themselves in the process.

8TH GRADE 

SPLASH PAGE

Hey guys welcome to my blog- I use this only when I need people to do assignments that I cannot be here for or if I need a large group of people to see the same thing.

For the next 8th grade project we are creating painting KOI FISH. For a painting like this I would like you to get reference pictures. I thought instead of me printing for you I would giv you an intro to using Photoshop, so you can create your own reference sheet or "Splash page"

click here to see a tutorial on how to create a "Splash page" in PHOTOSHOP.

Be sure to READ THE DIRECTIONS VERY CAREFULLY. and follow each step so you can complete the splash page for a grade.

MAKE SURE YOU SAVE YOUR WORK

thanks
MO