2. Contour line drawing
3. Drawing animals using basic shapes
4. Animal practice
5. Charcoal value scale
Classroom projects, research and process. Ms. Julie Fowler, Visual and Media Arts
Monday, September 30, 2013
Painting and Drawing, Oct. 1
1. Finish your "expand a picture"
2. Contour line drawing
3. Drawing animals using basic shapes
4. Animal practice
5. Charcoal value scale
2. Contour line drawing
3. Drawing animals using basic shapes
4. Animal practice
5. Charcoal value scale
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Sept 27, 8 gold 2. Be a Media Critic
8th graders, YOU HAVE NEVER DONE THIS PACKET! Don't even try to act like you have. You can work in partners or alone. Use headphones if you have them. This packet must be completed by the end of class, or it's a zero!!!
Go to Artopia to complete the packet.
Watch the One Minute Movie
1. Click on "photography." Choose 1 photograph and write about what you see on your worksheet.
2. Click on "do more", the "write about it." Write about how 2 different elements or principles of design are used.
3. Write your opinion of the photo in complete sentences.
4. Listen to one radio production and write about what you hear
5. Write about how the producer expresses the message
6. Write about your opinion of the production
7. Choose a film and make a list of what you see
8. Click on "more" under your film clip, the click on "do more," then "write about it." How are two elements or principles used? (use the "word back if you need too)
9. What is your opinion and how did it make you feel?
10. Choose a TV clip and make a list of what you see
11. Click on "more" under your film clip, the click on "do more," then "write about it." How are two elements or principles used? (use the "word back if you need too)
12. What is your opinion and how did it make you feel?
13. make a list of what you see and hear
14. How are two elements or principles used?
15. What is your opinion and how did it make you feel?
Sept. 27, 7gold 3
1. Finish your "Cartoon Yourself " project.
2. Open MS Word and write an artist statement to go online with your project. It must be one paragraph- a minimum of 3 sentences.
3. If you finish, download another photo and create a cartoon out of it. You could chose an animal, a celebrity, or some kind of scene. You can download copyright free photos from morguefile.com ( we will talk more about copyright law later).
2. Open MS Word and write an artist statement to go online with your project. It must be one paragraph- a minimum of 3 sentences.
- You might want to write about what you learned (vocabulary words, software, tools, etc). You could write about what you think you did well or what you could improve. You could write about why you chose the expression you did, or what background details you chose to include. It is up to you what you want to share in your artist statement with the viewer.
3. If you finish, download another photo and create a cartoon out of it. You could chose an animal, a celebrity, or some kind of scene. You can download copyright free photos from morguefile.com ( we will talk more about copyright law later).
Monday, September 23, 2013
8 Media Arts: Klimt-inspired Portraits
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"The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt, 1907
One of the most reproduced paintings
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1. Watch a slide show of past student work.
2. Read about Gustav Klimt and answer the questions on your worksheet.
3. Go to Art Lex and search "Art Nouveau." Read and look through examples. Then use the dictionary to complete the Vocabulary section.
4. Start your design. Watch the demonstrations and follow the directions on your worksheet.
5. If you have extra time, explore iKlimt
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Klimt's portrait "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" sold for $135 million, the highest price ever reported on a painting
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
7 Media Arts: Cartoon Yourself
This project will introduce you to some basic Photoshop tools and using mouse control. We will use Photoshop to trace a digital photo and show an expressive and emotive cartoon face.Look at these examples from last year
We will practice writing an artist statement to go along with your project.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Media Arts Procedures
Writing Practice: How to be a Critical Viewer
Go to this link. Choose one cigarette advertisement and answer the questions on the screen. When you are finished, sign up on the board so Ms. Fowler can come and print it. Grab it from the black and white printer, sign your name, and put in the HAND IN WORK basket.
Try it:
Try these Media Arts activities: Media Studio
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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