Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Painting and Drawing: Neo Folk Art

Painting Practice:

1. Research. 
First research "Folk Art" Use the links below
2. Presentation: Neo Folk Art with Kristin Farr
Hex signs by Pennsylvania Dutch
3. Design. Draw your thumbnails in color. Pick your design and measure out your circle in pencil. Paint showing value and intensity.
4. Photograph and add to Seesaw with your artist statement

Video: Symmetry

Demo Videos
1. Thumbnails and Final Sketch

Warm Ups:
Symmetry basics
The Science of Symmetry
Symmetry Video
Ethiopian Baskets
Kristin Farr Painting Hecksagons


Related image
Kristin Farr, inspired by Pennsylvania Dutch

2. Painting your Final Design

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Monday, March 12, 2018

6th Media Arts: Sketch Up Sculptures

You will be researching sculpture gardens, then planning and designing your own large-scale art for the outdoors. Think about materials, location, scale, environment and design You will use Sketch up to design your model, along with landscaping.

Research:
Pinterest: THIS PAGE may be blocked for you. Ms. Fowler will present.
1. Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (new sculptures)
2.Franconia Video.  CA Franconia Trip
3. Olympic Sculpture Park
4. Yorkshire Sculpture Park
5. Creator's Project Underwater Sculpture park

Warm Up Videos: Theo Jansen

Sculpture Garden websites: Walker Sculpture Garden.    Franconia.    Olympic Sculpture Park

6. Outdoor Sculptures

7. What is scale? Scale (Element of art)

8. Pick two random adjectives to incorporate into your sculpture.

9-12 in packet

Past student examples
Franconia sculpture park videos

Video: Getting Started in SketchUp

Extra Time games:
HomeStyler,       3Dtin,     My Imaginary City
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Sunday, March 11, 2018

Sculpture: Textiles, Fiber Arts and Weaving

On your own Research: Art History: Ancient Practice of Textile Art and How It Continues to Reinvent Itself
Artists: Genevieve Griffiths
Ana Teresa Barboza

As a class we will watch the videos.
Video:  The Art of Making a Tapestry

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Saturday, March 10, 2018

7th Media Arts: Stop Motion Animation

Research


 How to make a stop-motion
1. Try a practice animation:
2. Watch some stop-motion examples: Stop-motion Animations. Post a link of a stop-motion you like to Seesaw. VIMEO Stop motion, Or try youtube stop motion animation, Google stop-motion animation.

Planning

Form groups of 3 or 4.
      Person 1- Director: Oversees the filming and production. Follows the storyboard.
      Person 2- Camera-person: Makes sure each shot is properly lit, in focus and steady.
      Persons 3 (and 4)- Actors: Either act in the movie or control the set/characters/objects.

Create

1. make your character, make your face parts. You need at least 3 sets of eyes and 5 mouths.
2. Think of a short voice over (4-5 sentences?). You can add this at the end.
3. Take pictures. At least 100 minimum
4. Edit your photos in iMovie
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

CA Poster Design Competiton "Friendship and Kindness"


The theme for March's Poster-Making Competition is Friendship and Kindness! Design a poster that fits this theme. The winning poster will be enlarged, duplicated, and put up around the school. The designer of the winning poster will get lunch provided by Student Council for themselves and two friends.

Submit your designs to Ms. Scott by Friday, March 16 to be entered into the competition. Physical submissions can be on regular computer paper and turned into room 209. Digital designs can be sent to scottc@colheights.k12.mn.us. If you have any questions, see Ms. Scott or ask a Student Council member.
Use photoshop or illustrator to design, or try these websites to make poster designs:
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