Watercolor Flowers

We will create a watercolor painting inspired by Vincint Van Gogh's "Sunflowers"

Videos

Vincent Van Gogh Biography



Van Gogh Cartoon
Paintings stolen and recovered
Loving Vincent trailer
Behind the scenes of Loving Vincent             

1. Research:

- National Gallery Sunflowers: symbols of happiness
- Van Gogh Museum: Why are Van Gogh's Sunflowers so famous?
- The Art Story: Van Gogh's life and work

2. Plan

- Watercolor Techniques
- Small watercolor paintings of fruits/vegetables, from observation

3. Create

- Choose a nature photo to paint
-Use the techniques you've practiced

Extra:

                                Sunflower Matching Game
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Rise Up Postcards

Design a postcard to be sent home to families of students who show "Rise Up" qualities.
Steps:
1. Open the template from the "Materials" folder
2. Design a background graphic, or download a photo to use here
3. Make sure you include "Rise Up" or "and I'll rise up" or something similar
   - You can also include the words for RISE UP: Respect, Integrity, Strength, Excellence,
      Understanding and Pride
4. Download fonts here
5. Save and turn in to "Hand in work" folder

8th Media Arts: Type Motion Graphics

How can typography (the art of designing letters and words) bring a sentence to life? We will be creating typographic movies of a favorite quote, saying, line from a movie or song lyric.

Research and Planning

Go the the Graphic Design Dictionary and write the definition for some key terms.

font, frame, graphics, layers, opacity, pixel, RGB, typography

History of Animation and Motion Graphics (Off Book PBS)

Pick a song lyric, a line from a movie, a quote or a famous saying. You want people to get it so pick something recognizable, or something emotionally powerful. The more words the longer it will take to make it, so stick with something short.  Try for between 6 and 12 words. If you need some ideas, try 100 Songs Best Lines, ThinkExistSongLyrics, RollingStoneBestLyrics ,  famous quotes, inspirational quotes, famous lines from movies or search on your own.

All of the Lights

Off Book: Typography

Typographic motion graphics video examples.

Create

1. Sketch a storyboard (plan out what will go on each slide).
2. Download fonts and background graphics. All images must be copyright free!

Design

Follow Ms. Fowler's demonstration.

Present

Online and to the class

Reflect and Critique

You will participate in a class critique and use a critique form to evaluate classmates.

Student Examples 1 
Student Examples 2
Student Examples 3

Convert a youtube video into an mp3 for your project here

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6th Media Arts: Video Haiku

1. Complete the introduction worksheet on haikus
2. Go to ReadWriteThink to plan your own haiku
3. Write it down
4. Storyboard your haiku
5. Design your backgrounds and images in Adobe Illustrator
6. Optional: Download vector graphics here
7. Put together your you pictures with music and words in iMovie

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