Monday, February 26, 2018

6th Media Arts: Green Screen Landscape


We will digitally create a landscape of an imaginary world. Then record you walking, flying or dancing in front of a green screen. We will impose the green screen footage over you illustration using iMovie.

Complete the research worksheet

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Warm Up Videos

Artist Videos

Jordan Casteel
Raúl de Nieves
Avery Singer



Paint/Draw: Wiley/Klimt/Sherald-inspired Portrait

Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley, Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald

We will be creating a self-portrait inspired by the artists Gustav Klimt and contemporary artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald

Gustav Klimt "The Kiss"
Time Article/Video. Presidential Portraits.

1. Complete 4 of the "Perceive Model" of questions on Seesaw

2. Klimt Video
and  Read about Gustav Klimt and answer the questions on your worksheet.

3. Kehinde Wiley Video
Kehinde Wiley images

4. Amy Sherald Video.
Amy Sherald Interview
Amy Sherald Images

5. Compare and Contrast





Project Requirements:

  • Must include your photo
  • Must include 2 or more papers (maybe metallic?)
  • Must include a minimum of 5 different entangle patterns (with paint or marker)
  • Must cover everything in your photo except for head and arms

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Sculpture: Kinetic Mobiles

1. Vocabulary: kinetic, mobile, equilibrium
2. Art History: The Evolution of Kinetic Sculpture Research
3. Alexander Calder 

Warm Up Videos
Hilarious Kinetic Eye Sculptures by Lucas Zanotto
Blooming Kinetic Sculptures Built with Wire by Casey Curran
Urban Species: Kinetic Lifeforms Created by U-Ram Choe


This is COLLASSAL Kinetic Sculpture 


Pintrest page

Using a Needle Nose Pliers video

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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Be respectful of our equipment

Intentional damage to equipment could result in cost of replacement.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

6th Media Arts: You Are What You Eat


Research and Planning Worksheet
*If you have extra time, try these nutrition games:
Videos
Art with Mati and Dada: Archimboldo
Arte in 3D Arcimboldo
Garbage Selfies KQED

Extra Credit: create a "Super Crazy School Lunch"

Choose a theme for your lunch tray (for example: gross lunch, bear lunch, treasure lunch, zombie lunch, dream lunch, alien lunch, shark lunch, etc.).




Monday, February 5, 2018

7th Media Arts: Animation and Cartoons

The Animated History of Animation from MC on Vimeo.
This animated gif project relates to the animation projects we will try later in the semester.

1. Watch a video on the history of animation: The Animated History of Animation
3. Research GIF art and animated gifs
GIF Artists:
Kevin Weir
30 Best animated gif artists
Gif artists to know
Mr. Div
Stereoscopic GIFs

Gif pal examples: OneTwoThreeFourFive
STUDENT examples: Look at these examples from last year

4. Create your own Animated GIF
You can make as many as you like. Be creative and original! Turn in your best gif(s) to the HAND IN WORK folder.

Create an Animated Pixel GIF

1. Draw your pixel art
2. Draw how it will move (animate)
Here is a link to PIXEL Art Ideas
3. Use this websites to make and animate your pixel. Piskelapp
4. Download and turn in to Fowler Classroom
5. How to add a background in piskelapp

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.
Try it:
If you have extra time, try-
Flipbook Animate
Zimmer Twins Make a Movie
Art Pad
ABC Animate
FlipAn
Toonator
Mixamo
Voki


Friday, February 2, 2018

P/D: Graffiti Name


1. Read article, use HUGS for main ideas: Graffiti is Always Vandalism (NY Times Op Ed)



2. Video: A Brief History of Graffiti
3. video: History of Graffiti- Vandalism to Art


4. Responding and Forming your opinion:
Museum of the City: Graffiti, Art or Vandalism?

Widewalls- Art or Vandalism?

5. Add your opinion here-debate.org


Video: Graffiti vocabulary

Warm Up Videos:
Video: From Graffiti Artist to Graphic Designer
Video: 5 Points Case

Styles of Graffiti Lettering

Use Graffiti Creator to design your name/graffiti name.


 Other Sites:
Graffiti Drawing lessons online

Media Arts: Computer Procedures

1. cagallery.blogspot.com

3. Saving and Naming Practice

Vocabulary



Media Arts Intro Quiz

  1. Go to socrative.com
  2. enter room ca157
  3. click "join room"

5. 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 check it.

Try it:

Try these Media Arts activities: Media Studio