Visual PUNS

A visual PUN is or , these images represent the visual form of their literal meaning.

In illustration the artist must successfully attempt to tell a story using only one image, Students will be doing just that.

Objective is to successfully tell a story using only one image, The students must use a canned visual pun or come up with their own. The canned VP's , will be provided for them.

They must complete a series of 3 "thumbnails" in colored pencil on the provided worksheet as seen below. They also must fill out the remainder of the list. For the list they may work collaboratively or individually.

Actual Project:

The actual project after the WS is finished, is a cut construction paper Illustration, using Exacto knives, scissors, a variety of colored construction paper and glu sticks. Using Construction paper for Illustration is alot like building a house you must work from the bottom to the top and work from BIG to small.

I will hav estudents use a significant amount of detail to complete their image. But they will also follow the process of working from the Background toward the foreground.

Students will be responsible for the following:
-Completed Worksheet
-Planned workspace. (drawing on the working surface)
-Following steps for good construction,  Back to Front.
-Neatness
-Completion
-Overall ability to tell the story using one image.

Click HERE to see the student PowerPoint

Thanks
MO

CARS

Everyone has an appreciation for the automobile. from the excited 16 year old to the playful toddler to the millionaire playboy. Cars have been works of art for as long as designers and engineers started debating over weather or not they should have seat belts. Designers thought seat belts got in the way while engineers knew that safety was paramount. No matter what your favorite car is late 60 American muscle or luxurious high end exotic European racers, cars fulfill a part of design that cannot be paralleled.

students are each asked to find an image online of their favorite car- the image must be taken by a professional, reasons are as follows: this is a color matching project, professional images. Certain color changes and specifics take place.

Foreshortening is the illusion that an image has less length than width when in fact the reality would say otherwise.
Also as the angle of an image increases the eccentricity of a circle decreases creating an ellipse.

The drawing of the car is completed using a GRID to take full advantage of proportion and sizing issues that can arise the drawing will be the first grade where students will be graded on accuracy and use of line for break up of color.

The second Grade is the color matching using cut paper from magazines. Again Students will be graded on accuracy and use of materials. We use Gloss medium for "glue" the glosse medium is an accrilyc based medium that will dry as a clear coat over the cut paper leaving a sealed finish.

GRADEs

  -drawing accuracy
  -color accuracy
  -use of time
  -use of materials
  -clean up

DRY MEDIUM PRACTICAL

I have asked students, to step out of their comfort zones, for this lesson all students are asked to do a self portrait. the reference they are going to use is one that is taken using their own technology. I figure if they want to use their phones SO bad why fight it.  So i allow them to take a self portrait with their phones (using very specific parameters having to do with light source and value) and they E-mail it to themselves or me and manipulate the image using any number of desktop publishing software, I showed how to use PowerPoint because I like its size manipulation capabilities.

Students received a grade for manipulating their image to a specific sizes , then made it B&W then adjusted the value for the project.

A NEW CAR

USING STUDIO IMAGES OF CARS, STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO FIND PICTURES OF CARS TAKEN BY A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER IN A PROFESSIONAL ATMOSPHERE.

WE LOOK FOR CARS LIKE THIS FOR SPECIFIC REASONS, THE COLOR CHANGE, THE REFLECTIONS & VARIATIONS OF CONTINUOUS LINES.

Cars are a basic nessesity in our community.

Dry Medium Practical example

 Using a variety of DRY medium students were asked to draw their self portraits 4 times over in Line  and find values based on the reference they have chosen.
The mediums have been expanded to Marker, Colored pencil and pencil in 4 different styles of blending and shading. Results are seen below and on INSTAGRAM @mosclass. thanks

latest PROJ

Using a Self portrait create a line drawing that will give a valueless self portrait that displays the break pu of value without showing the ANY lights and darks. Stuident are using reference of themselves taken by themselves with phones on their personal handheld technology.
Students are directed to take the pic using a single light source to show a full range of VALUE. After they have taken the pic they proceed to Email it to themselves and manipulate it on the computer and print it to spec. and begin a line drawing to later fill with value.

NEW SEMSTER

This is how we start a NEW semester. We will be using a dry media practical on a 4 piece self portrait. Click here to see the Powerpoint.