Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Painting and Drawing: Photobooth

For your next project, you will design a photobooth. You will work in a team of no more than 4.

"Head in the hole" boards (Ms. Fowler page)
or try googling "photo cutouts" or "head in hole"
more
Flicker page




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Thursday, May 15, 2014

8th grade: Video Poems



For this project your will be creating a video poem using iMovie and video footage. Use this blog post to complete your research and planning packets. Ms. Fowler will show you examples.

1. Use the dictionary application to write the definitions to the words on your worksheet

2. Find a poem (or write your own original poem!).
Poetry Foundation for teens
Make sure it is one you really like.

2. Storyboard. Plan out your video on the worksheet. Write down what words will be on the screen at the same time (break the poem up into stanzas), and what kind of video may will go with it. Fill a minimum of 6 frames.

3. Shoot your video and upload to your computer. Copy files to your folder as back up. You can also use copyright free photos or your own original art work. (You could try drawing in Photoshop or Illustrator!)

4. Put it all together in iMovie. You will have to import your video and type the captions or record a voice over. Choose transition effects, video effects and titles/credits. Choose animation effects for your type. Change the fonts and colors.

5. Think about the pace of your movie. Try using a variety of shots: close-ups, far away, color, black and white. You should still make sure your images relate to each other. They should look like they belong together.

6. Try adding background sound or music. You can make your own music in GarageBand

7. When you are finished, Go to Share > Export Movie. Save it as "YourLastNameVideoPoem", and the size "Large", to the Desktop. Copy the file to your folder, and the HAND IN WORK folder.

STUDENT EXAMPLES
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

7th Fashion Design

Research
Try the two activities linked from caarts.blogspot.com
  1. Symmetry Activity
  2. Organic and Geometric Shapes
  3. Patterns 
  4. Practice making some patterns
Now lets look at some examples of print and pattern designs. Go to: Print and Pattern. Look through all of the examples (you can also go through the archives). Pick 3 and describe them. 
Follow the directions on your worksheets to design 3 different patterns and apply them to 3 different items. Have fun!

NEXT: Create an original fashion design! Ms. Fowler will give you directions
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Zoo Trip

Finish your packet. Minnesota Zoo website.

Minnesota Zoo Games: Matchmaker (diversify breeding), Who pooped

Try these games: San Diego Zoo

Switch Zoo: Build a habitat
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Painting and Drawing: Close Up


We will study "hyper-realism", the work of artist Chuck Close, and create our own close up drawings.

1. Presentation 1:
Student examples

2. Presentation 2: Hyperrealism Examples.
4. Research.
     Go to the Guggenheim website. Pick one work of art and answer the questions on your worksheet.
     Go to ArtsConnectEd: Chuck Close. Answer the questions on your worksheet

6. Practice drawing using a grid
7. Take a close up picture (your face must fill the frame)
8. Create grid
9. Draw, shade and add detail
10. Artist statement, Critique and present
"Frank" by Chuck Close, at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Thursday, May 1, 2014

8th grade- Garageband




1. Complete the Research and Planning worksheet
2. Choose a found video to compose music for. It must be 1:30 minutes or longer.

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