Careers in Art

Y. N. Rich Kids

Hot Cheetos and Takis

Painting and Drawing, Nature Pastels

First: Flower oil pastels

Second: Outside drawing from observation

We will be using oil pastels to draw from nature.

Supplies: Drawing board, paper, oil pastels, paper towel

Look for: an interesting composition. Maybe focus on something close up.

Study the light and shadows, the textures, and the color. What colors might you need to blend? How can you change your pastel marks to show the texture?

Fill the page, edge to edge.

Painting and Drawing

Famous Paintings Photo Booth
(examples):








Directions:
1. Work in groups of 4. Choose a painting
2. Research your painting and answer the questions on your worksheet
3. Project and trace your painting
4. Paint
5. Cut out the face holes
6. Decide how the booth will be set up for photos

7th Photo Scavenger Hunt

1. Camera Contract
2. Camera Settings
3. Macro Photos
4. Practice uploading photos

5. Photo Scavenger Hunt
6. Create iMovie of photos

• Upload photos to computer
• Watch example movie
• Import photos to iMovie
• Edit down to best 10-15 photos
• Add titles, captions and credits

Elements of Media Arts

Space, Motion, Sequence, Image, Sound, Time

Breaking down a video into elements

Painting and Drawing, Friendship bracelets

Candy Stripe

Basic Knots

Inverse Chevron

8th Media Arts, 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

Poetry 180

Story It Poems
Kenn Nesbitt
Famous Poets and Poems

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.

Student Example 1

Student Example 2

Student Example 3
Student Example 4

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

More STUDENT EXAMPLES

Fonts and Type Design

Fonts Video, PBS

Watch Off Book: Type on PBS. See more from Off Book.

6th and 7th Grade, Planner Cover Design

Design a cover for next year's planner!

The winning design will appear on hundreds of student planners!

• Look at the links for some inspiration
• Planner Cover Designs
• Student Planners
• Sketch your idea
• Then design on the computer
• Follow the directions on your worksheet closely!

Videos:What is Graphic Design1What is Graphic Design 2

6th Media Arts, Copyright worksheet

Go to this link and answer the questions on your worksheet: Cyberbee
Go to this link and take the quiz: Copyright Kids
Try some of these games: Media Awareness Games

If you have extra time, go through the Webonauts training here

Happy Tree Friends teach Copyright

Copyright Basics

Importance of copyright

8th Media Arts, Illustrator practice

Before we begin working in Adobe Illustrator, it is important that you learn some basic tool functions. Follow along on your worksheet to create this picture:

7th Cyberbullying and Digital Citizenship

Cyberbullying and Digital Citizenship

1. What is Cyberbullying? A Video Introduction

2. Go to MTV's A Thin Line and answer the questions on your worksheets

3. Watch "Lets Fight it Together." Answer the questions on your worksheet.

4. Look at this example "friendbook" profile and answer the questions on your worksheet.

5. Take the Cyberbullying Quiz

6. Explore some of the resources below

Links to Resources:

NSTeens (Great videos on digital citizenship issues and "real stories")

Digizen (UK)

A Thin Line (an MTV/Facebook collaboration)

WiredKids

Cyberbullying Research Center

STOP Cyberbullying for Tweens

THINKUKNOW (divided by age)

NetSmartz Real Stories (video)

6th Media Arts, Architecture

Research and Planning Worksheet:

1. Great Buildings

2. Modern Home Architecture

3. Architect's Handbook

Videos:

Modern Home Architecture

Top 100 Architects Video

Examples:

Floor Plans

Game: Homestyler

Google Sketch Up Houses

Sketch Up Video

7th Media Arts, Design a Magazine Cover

1. Research
Research Magazine Covers
Pick one magazine and answer the questions on your worksheet

2. Vocabulary
you can use your dictionary application

3. Sketch your own original magazine cover

4. Start designing in Photoshop

8th Food Packaging Design

Vocabulary
1. Use the dictionary application to look up the following words: brand, slogan, UPC, FDA, consumer.

2. Examples of Slogans

3. Decide on your customer or consumer.


4. Food Advertising Strategies

5. Package Design Examples and Inspiration

1. Packaging of the World
2. Inspiration Feed
3. Great Packagin Design
4. Lovely Package
5. Google Image Search, Best packaging

6. Brainstorm/Plan/Sketch

7. Follow the directions on your worksheet. 8. You must include a Brand name, Description or  Slogan, Ingredients, Nutritional information, Barcode. You may include a picture of the product or illustrations.

9. Design using Adobe Illustrator. Demonstration

Videos:

Packaging design: Who's that package for?

Designing in Illustrator

Painting and Drawing, Mona Lisa Parodies

Create a parody of the Mona Lisa

Mapple Store
Futurama Eyephone

Hunger Pains

If you have extra time, try "Painting Puzzles"

6th Media Arts: Legendary Creatures

1. Use the Dictionary application for Vocabulary words

2. List of cryptids (legendary creatures)

3. Aesop's Fables

4. Photoshop Animals 1

    Photoshop Animals 2

5. Morguefile.com to collect your photos

Painting and Drawing, Doodle Drawing

• Watch the video here
• Use marker
• Draw a curvy line in black. Cover the page.
• Fill in each section with colors, doodles, animals, monsters, words, whatever!

7th Media Arts, Prezi Presentation

• Vocabulary (use dictionary application)
• Planning

1. Go to Google Maps and look through this list of major cities of the world. Pick a city from a foreign country.

2. Use Google image search and save a map of your country, showing your city

3. Look up the weather for each season. Google your city and "average weather" or try World Climate

4. Look up your city's history

5. Google arts and culture questions

6. Look up major attractions in your city

7. Find the average flight cost. Try google, or the travel sites KAYAK or Priceline.com

8. Find an average hotel cost

9. Now save pictures for your presentation to your folder

10. Use prezi.com to design your presentation. The log in information is on your worksheet.

8th Self Portrait Photography

1. Complete the photography worksheets using these two links:

13 Lessons to teach your child about photography

Photography Vocabulary

2. Check out cameras. Follow Ms. Fowler's directions on setting up your camera.

3. Take 20 to 30 pictures that show who you are. Try close-ups, blurry or out of focus shots, different expressions, different angles, poses, disguises, objects, etc. 

4. Import pictures to your computer.

5. Create a collage designs of your photos using Photoshop. You can cut your pictures up, add words, repeat things, change the color, use filters, adjust the transparency, etc. The size should be "U.S. Paper" or 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall. 300ppi.

6. Save your collage to the HAND IN FINAL WORK folder as "YourLastNameCollage".

8th Media Arts, GarageBand

1. Complete the Research and Planning worksheet

• Vocabulary

2. Choose a found video to compose music for. It must be 1:30 minutes or longer.

3. Read directions and watch a demo video

4. GarageBand Manual

Example Video 

Doodle for Google

Try the Doodle for Google contest. Draw on paper, or on the computer!

6th Grade Digital Art: Digital Comics

You will turn one of your original cartoon character designs into a Digital Comic strip. Think of a simple and short story idea, then sketch it into a storyboard. We will make each frame in Adobe Illustrator, then put them together using iMovie. You can add talking or sound effects at the end.