- Complete the introduction worksheet on haikus
- Go to ReadWriteThink to plan your own haiku
- Write it down
- Storyboard your haiku
- Design your backgrounds and images in Adobe Illustrator
- Optional: Download vector graphics here
- Put together your you pictures with music and words in iMovie
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
6th Media Arts: Video Haiku
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Painting and Drawing: Parody art
Very famous works of art are often parodied in pop culture. We will research parody and create our own parody drawing.1. What does parody mean?
2. What is pop culture?
3. Watch the presentation and label each famous work of art.
4. Create some sketches of your parody ideas.
Famous Art Parody Google search
Famous Art Parodies 1
Videos:
Apple StoreThe Scream Parodies
American Gothic Parodies
Small Potatoes
Weird Al "Word Crimes"
Best of Weird Al
Education Parodies
Lesson: Art Parodies
Parody Song
Objective:
Students
will create an educational parody based on a popular song they already know and
like.
Procedures:
❶ Divide
into small groups of 2-4 members.
❷ Distribute
Parody Writing Worksheet.
❸ Review
the worksheet
❹ Choose
your song, and look up the lyrics on your computer or tablet
❺ Listen
to the original song and replace the lyrics with new ones.
❻ You may record or perform their parodies
if you would like too!
Create Digital Parody Art:
1. SONG
How to write a silly parody song
Song Lyrics Generator
Automatic Song Generator
2. Motivational Poster Parody
Original Motivational Posters
DEMotivational Poster Parody Maker
3. Parody a popular meme
Make a MEME
1. SONG
How to write a silly parody song
Song Lyrics Generator
Automatic Song Generator
2. Motivational Poster Parody
Original Motivational Posters
DEMotivational Poster Parody Maker
3. Parody a popular meme
Make a MEME
Extra time:
What is your famous painting IQ?
"Painting Puzzles"
Color with Leo
Art Games
jibjab.com (login: fowlerj@colheights.k12.mn.us, password: columbia)
Monday, November 28, 2016
Wednesday, Nov. 30th: One Hour of Code + Activities
1. Go to: https://hourofcode.com/us/learn

2. Complete an activity appropriate for your grade and skill level.
3. Screenshot your certificate when you are done: Window key + shift + 44. Name it "your last name code" and copy to the hand in work folder.
5. Extra time:
Try Code Combat
Monday, November 21, 2016
Friday, November 4, 2016
6th Sketch Up Sculptures
Research:
1. 2. 3. Go to THIS PAGE for sculpture videos and examples. Ms. Fowler will present.
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (new sculptures)
CA Franconia Trip
Franconia Video
Olympic Sculpture Park
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Creator's Project Underwater Sculpture park
Theo Jansen
Sculpture Garden websites:
Walker Sculpture Garden
Franconia
Olympic Sculpture Park
4. Outdoor Sculptures
5. What is scale? Scale (Element of art)
6. Pick two random adjectives to incorporate into your sculpture.
Past student examples
Franconia sculpture park videos
HomeStyler, 3Dtin, My Imaginary City
1. 2. 3. Go to THIS PAGE for sculpture videos and examples. Ms. Fowler will present.
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (new sculptures)
CA Franconia Trip
Franconia Video
Olympic Sculpture Park
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Creator's Project Underwater Sculpture park
Theo Jansen
Sculpture Garden websites:
Walker Sculpture Garden
Franconia
Olympic Sculpture Park
4. Outdoor Sculptures
5. What is scale? Scale (Element of art)
Past student examples
Franconia sculpture park videos
Design:Google Sketch-Up tutorial video
Extra Time games:HomeStyler, 3Dtin, My Imaginary City
Monday, October 31, 2016
6th Media Arts: Crazy School lunch
You will be using Adobe Photoshop to create a "Super Crazy School Lunch"
- What is the THEME of you lunch tray?
- What 5 (or more) items will you put on your Crazy lunch tray?
Extra Credit: Design a Healthy Lunch. Include a food from each category: Dairy, Grains or starches, Meat or beans, Vegetables, Fruits.
8th Media Arts: Sound
Videos
1. What is a foley artist?2. Foley artist CBS News
3. Vimeo, Portrait of a Sound Design artist
4. Music Technology
Extra:Audio Engineer and Producer: Chris Monsanto
Parody: How to be a music producer
Research
1. Vocabulary2. Pick a famous music producer. Write a few sentences about them.
3. Read Jay Z article and answer questions.
Optional, Radio story: NPR Godzilla Sound
Making your soundtrack- videos:
Air Music Video
Bon Iver, Hinnom, TX
Garageband Sample Dance Track
Student Example Video
Jordan, 6 year old
Artists and bands who use garageband
2. Or, if you have extra time, download a video from the Moving Image Archive
* Download as a MP4 file or a Mpeg. Follow Ms. Fowler's directions to either loop it or edit it to make it between 1:30 and 2:00 minutes.

Air Music Video
Bon Iver, Hinnom, TX
Garageband Sample Dance Track
Student Example Video
Jordan, 6 year old
Artists and bands who use garageband
Choose a video
1. Find the Materials folder in the Fowler Classroom folder with the "public domain" videos.2. Or, if you have extra time, download a video from the Moving Image Archive
* Download as a MP4 file or a Mpeg. Follow Ms. Fowler's directions to either loop it or edit it to make it between 1:30 and 2:00 minutes.
Garageband Help

Friday, October 28, 2016
Painting and Drawing: Folk Art and Zentangles
1. Research. First research "Folk Art" Use the links below

2. Pick and practice drawing an animal
What is your Spirit Animal?
Primal Zodiac
WeDrawAnimals.com
3. Create a landscape background.
- What is folk art?
- Go to the American Folk Art Museum, or the International Folk Art Museum website. or the Craft and Folk Art Museum. Choose an artist. Answer the questions on the worksheet.
- Videos: Emilio Sosa Medina, Oaxacan weavers, Tanya Aguiniga Contemporary folk art of Oaxaca, Video 1 (extra)
- Research folk art from your own culture. Choose one example and sketch it on your worksheet.
- What is a zentangle?
- Research Zentangle patterns

2. Pick and practice drawing an animal
What is your Spirit Animal?
Primal Zodiac
3. Create a landscape background.
- Collage with simple shapes. Hills, trees, streams, etc.
- Draw in zentangle patterns.
- Start with simple shapes. Draw in pencil. Fill your page.
- Go over with Sharpie. Erase pencil lines.
- Fill with zentange patterns.
- Cut out and place on your background.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
8th Media Arts: Artist-inspired Self Portrait
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| Kehinde Wiley "Dee and Ricky" |
1. Complete 4 of the "Perceive Model" of questions, regarding the Kehinde Wiley painting "Dee and Ricky"2. Read about Gustav Klimt and answer the questions on your worksheet.
Kehinde Wiley images
3. Kehinde Wiley Video
6. Start your design. Watch the demonstrations and follow the directions on your worksheet. Video: How to use patterns in Photoshop
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| Gustav Klimt "The Kiss" |
7. Look at some past student work.
If you have extra time, explore iKlimt or Color a Pattern, or More Kehinde Wiley (NPG)
More About Gustav Klimt
Additional videos: Kehinde Wiley on MSNBC, Kehinde Wiley in Jamaica
If you have extra time, explore iKlimt or Color a Pattern, or More Kehinde Wiley (NPG)
More About Gustav Klimt
Additional videos: Kehinde Wiley on MSNBC, Kehinde Wiley in Jamaica
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| Kehinde Wiley "Juliette en Camier" |
Monday, October 3, 2016
8th Media Arts: Annie Jr. Poster Design


Google Annie Jr. PostersStages Theater Company's Cast
Stages Annie Jr. Compilation
You can draw your own artwork on paper to scan, or in Photoshop. You can download copyright free photos to use. Change the fonts, colors and layout of the template!
Annie Jr. Summary
The Universal Arts of Graphic Design (PBS Off Book Video)Painting and Drawing: Experimentation and Process
We will use a variety of methods and techniques to explore the process of drawing and experimental drawing."Play" in Art presentation
Videos:
Art 21: Ellen Gallager, and Arturo Herrera (13:07 mark)
Kevin Champing on "Making Art" Series
Pinterest video links-Fowler


1. Bulletism Drawing2. Appropriation Collage
3. Directions Collage
4. Exquisite Corpse
5. Humanimal Collage
6. Collaborative Drawing (with tools)
Thursday, September 29, 2016
6th Media Arts: Legendary Creatures
b. Myths, Legends, Fables and Folklore (answer the questions in your packet)
3. Write
Follow the directions on your worksheet, and us MSWord to write your legend.
4. Sketch
Follow the directions on your worksheet, and us MSWord to write your legend.
4. Sketch
Sketch in your packet
5. Design
VIDEOS
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Painting and Drawing: Still Life
| Jonas Wood |
1. Perceive Artful Writing: Jonas Wood
2. Research
Still Life Painting-An Introduction from Frank Curkovic
VIDEO
What is contemporary art?
Elements of Art packet
Article: Famous Still Life Artists of the 20th century
KQED Elements of Art Videos
3. Inspiration
Plant collage Pinterest
Jonas Wood
Video: Jonas Wood
** Extra Time: MOMA art games
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
6th Media Arts: Typographic Self Portraits
- Presentation- What are fonts?
- Presentation- Typographic Design
- Take a look at last year's student projects
- VIDEOS: Movie "Typolution", An Intro to Typography, What is Typography? Text/textures
- Writing Assignment- Find and download a font that represents you. Write 3 sentences about why you chose it and how it represents you.
- Demonstration- creating and starting your project
- Work time
Typographic" means made of type or letters.
This picture is all letters. Can you figure out
which ones?
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If you have extra time, try
Design a Font
Kern Type
Shape Type
Type Fight
Font Game
TypeWar
What Type Are You?
Design a Font
Kern Type
Shape Type
Type Fight
Font Game
TypeWar
What Type Are You?
Monday, September 19, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Computer Procedures
1. cagallery.blogspot.com
2. Google.com
3. Saving and Naming Practice
Vocabulary
Media Arts Intro Quiz
- m.socrative.com
- enter room ca157
- click "join room"
- wait for Ms. Fowler to begin
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
8th Media Arts: Monogram Logo Designs
Research and Brainstorming:1. Watch the presentation on logo design.
2. Look at the websites and watch the videos below: Logo Lounge, Simple Logo Designs, Vintage Logos, Logo Awards, Logos 99
Videos: Draplin Logo Design
The Art of the Logo Design (PBS)
Change the Way you look at logos (part 1 buzzfeed)
(part 2 buzzed)
Logo Animation
What makes a truly great logo?
Logo Design Process by Swerve


3. Look through the printed out logo designs on your tables
4. Fill your page with different monogram designs
and go through the folders with samples for some logo design inspiration
Make your Monogram Calling Cards
Choose your final design. Redraw on final template. Draw carefully in pencil first! Be a perfectionist! Go over your lines with Sharpie. On the back of your card, design your phone number or email or screen name or twitter. Some kind of contact info. Create with collage or by hand.Student Examples
Extra time?
Try
Fontstruct
Shape type
Typing Games
Sky chase
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Introduction
Julie Fowler - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires;
Examples of Media Arts: Portfolio of Media Arts, Polyester Studios
One Minute Movie: The History of Media
Media Arts in School: Media Arts Academy
Art Institutes Commercial
What are the Elements of Media Arts? Image, Sound, Space, Motion, Sequence, Time
Examples:
Food Rap "What's Cookin"
To This Day
Media Arts student work examples
Art Institutes Commercial
What are the Elements of Media Arts? Image, Sound, Space, Motion, Sequence, Time
Examples:
Food Rap "What's Cookin"
To This Day
Media Arts student work examples
Portfolio Designs: Graffiti Names
1. Read article, use HUGS for main ideas: Graffiti is Always Vandalism (NY Times Op Ed)
2. Video: History of Graffiti- Vandalism to Art
3. Video: CBS: Is Graffiti Art or Vandalism?


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 vocal
Video: From Graffiti Artist to Graphic Designer
Video: Bay Area Graffiti
Use Graffiti Creator to design your portfolio
Painting and Drawing: Introduction
Welcome to painting and drawing.
Art is not just about having a great piece of work at the end, it is about the process and what you learn and discover along the way.
What is Art? (Creature Comforts video)
What is art for? Video
What is Art (Short Vimeo video)?
What are 8 ways to look at Art (Prezi)?
What is Art? (Creature Comforts video)
What is art for? Video
What is Art (Short Vimeo video)?
What are 8 ways to look at Art (Prezi)?
For our first exercise, see what you can discover...
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
6th Grade Letter Illustration
Designers need to understand fonts, typography and lettering styles. Brainstorm 100 ways to illustrate the same letter. Choose one design that you will create on the computer.Inspiration:
Daily Drop Cap
TheTypeFight
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Photoshop Drawing
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| example |
Photoshop Drawing:
Create a photoshop illustration of a flower arrangement or a CRAZY hairstyle.Directions:
1. Research and think of an idea. Use the links:Google Crazy Hairstyle
Google Flower arrangement
2. Right- Click on one of the images below to open it in a new tab.
3. Drag it to your desktop
4. Drag it on to the Ps (Photoshop) icon
5. Use either the drawing, paintbrush and paint bucket tools to create. or cut and paste parts of copyright-free photos. Fill your page! There should be little to no empty/white space.
6. Save and turn into the Design flowers/hairstyle folder.
7. You can create a second for extra credit but it must be well made.


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