About Me

Haiku deck presentation

Painting and Drawing, Intro Exercise

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 are 8 ways to look at Art?

For our first exercise, see what you can discover...

Instant Face Maker from FaceHeads on Vimeo.


Graffiti Creator

Digital Art Lab Procedures

Read through worksheet

Log on to assigned computer

Complete the worksheet. You will need this link and the flashcards:

• Find it Game 
• Go to these computer knowledge games

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

Jan. 14: 7th Media Arts

Please try one of the activities below. If you need to create an account, log in with your school Google account-or Heights Apps account (your username + @heights.apps.isd13.org). You will have to save and share your project with me. You can post the link into a comment below, or email me the link: fowlerj@colheights.k12.mn.us.

Choose One:

1. Create a movie using ZimmerTwins

2. Make an animation using Scratch

3. Make a movie using GoAnimate 

4. Make a Flipbook Animation

5. Make an animation using DomoAnimate

6. Make a movie using Dvolver

7. Make a comic using Comic Creator

8. Make a video using Wideo

9. Create some Gifs using Gifpal

10. Create an animation using PowToon

Painting and Drawing: Close Up

We will study "hyper-realism", the work of artist Chuck Close, and create our own close up drawings.

1. Presentation 1:

Photorealism from jacquiwun

Student examples

2. Presentation 2: Hyperrealism Examples.
3. Other examples: Photorealism Presentation. Chuck Close presentation
4. Research.
     Go to the Guggenheim website. Pick one work of art and answer the questions on your worksheet.
     Go to ArtsConnectEd: Chuck Close. Answer the questions on your worksheet
5. Videos
Chuck Close: Letter to my Younger Self
Chuck Close and the Grid
- Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress Trailer
Duane Hanson: Woman Eating

6. Practice drawing using a grid
7. Take a close up picture (your face must fill the frame)
8. Create grid
9. Draw, shade and add detail
10. Artist statement, Critique and present

"Frank" by Chuck Close, at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Other PhotoRealism artists

AmE: Arts meets Engineering Conference

Columbia Academy Arts and Engineering classes are holding the 2nd annual Arts meets Engineering conference. This year's theme is "movement".

Proceeds from the conference will go to SACA the local food shelf. Here is a video with Dave from SACA.


Art Making Machines

Videos
1
2
3
4
5

6th Media ARts: Sketch-Up Sculture

Ms. Fowler and her son with Claes Oldenburg
sculpture at the Walker Art Center

Research: 

Go to THIS PAGE for sculpture videos and examples. Ms. Fowler will present.

Walker Sculpture Garden
Franconia
Olympic Sculpture Park

Outdoor Sculptures

Design:

Google Sketch-Up tutorial video

Extra Time games:

HomeStyler
Architect Studio 3D (might not work)
My Imaginary City

8th Media Arts: Fortune Cookie Posters

We will learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator and design posters. You will get a fortune cookie, and you must create an interesting, dynamic, eye-catching design. Use what you learn about composition, fonts and typography.

Research and Planning

1. What is Typography? Presentation
2. The History of Typography Video
3. Go to some of the free font websites and download some fonts you may want to try (in addition to the ones on your computer.
4. Text effects practice. Tutorial video1. Video 2.
5. Select a random cookie. What you get is what you get!
6. Sketch your design. It could be a drawing or interesting type or a combination of both.

Look at these websites for some inspiration:

Pintrest Fortune Cookie Poster Ideas

100 Poster Designs
Cool Posters
Typographic Posters
50 More typographic posters
LINK 1    LINK 2   LINK 3   LINK 4

Design. Follow the directions on your worksheet.

Extra time activities
thetypefight.com
Shape type
Kern type

7th Media Arts: Stop Motion Animation

Research

1. Watch some stop-motion examples: Stop-motion Animations

2. Watch How to make a stop-motion

Planning

1. Draw your storyboard
2. 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 set, characters, lettering, and anything else you need.
2. Create a title sequence
3. Take pictures
4. Edit your photos in iMovie

stop-motion in iMovie

 If you finish early, try these games:

• Flipbook Animate
• Sketch Star
• Toy Theater Stop Motion Animation

Choose a Study ModeScatterLearnFlashcards

Study these flash cards | Study history flash cards

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 

7th Media Arts: You Are What You Eat

Research and Planning Worksheet

Questions 1-5: Guiseppe Arcimboldo

Make a 5 Star Meal! Once you have, draw what is on your plate.

Go to FoodNMe.com and follow along on your worksheet

Make a practice food face!

Student Examples (click here or on image to zoom)

If you have extra time, try these nutrition games:

Or Explore Fit Teens, or Fit Kids
Nutrition for Kids

Search for copyright-free food photos

Videos

Work of Archimboldo

Sculpture inspired by Archimboldo

Till Nowak

Painting and Drawing: Minimalism

1. Watch presentation on Minimalist Art

2. "The Dot" Read together

3. Videos- Richard Serra, Susan Rothenberg

4. Design: Minimalist posters for children's books, Minimal TV show posters

5. Research "Minimalism" on your own using these websites: Moma website, MOCA Museum. Use MS Word to type a persuasive paragraph, trying to convince me that Minimalism is or isn't art.

6. Minimalist Animation1, Minimalism Animation 2

7. Sketch your ideas for a "minimalist" painting

8. Create a color mixing practice painting

7th and 8th Media Arts: WallWisher

Directions

1. First. you will need to be logged on to your Google account.

          - Go to heights.apps.isd13.org

          - Use the same log in as your computer log in

2. Then go to http://wallwisher.com/

3. Click on "Build A Wall"

4. Title it with your name

5. Add your question in the description. Make your question something creative. For example: "If you discovered a planet, what would you name it?" or "If you could travel to any city in the world, where would you go?" or "If you had to eat one thing everyday, what would it be?"

6. Click on "wallpaper" and choose a background

7. Click on privacy and change the settings to "anyone", if you need too.

8.  Click on "address" and select and copy the address

9. Now go to cagallery.blogspot.com

10. Find the post that says "wall wishers assignment" (first one)

11. Go to the bottom and "add a comment"

12. Paste your wall's address

13. Ask at least 10 people to visit your wall and answer your question

8th Media Arts: Surrealist Dreamscapes

1. Watch presentation and take notes

2. Get Real with Salvador Dali Video. Part 1, and Part 2

3. Webquest

4. Sketch your Dreamscape

5. Start designing. Collect your photos from morguefile.com or fotopedia.com

6. Read through the requirements on your worksheet.

Dove Evolution Video

Salvador Dali

Todd Schorr, American Surreal

Modern Surrealism Video 1

Modern Surrealism Video 2

Modern Surrealism Video 3

GAMES: Surrealist Frogger
Build Your Wild Self

Painting and Drawing: Zentangle Landscapes

1. First research "Folk Art" Use the links below

• What is folk art?
• Go to the American Folk Art Museum website. Choose an artist. Answer the questions on the worksheet.
• Look at a gallery of Mexican Folk Art. Answer the questions. OR HERE.
• Research folk art from your own culture. Choose one example and sketch it on your worksheet.

1. What is a zentangle?
2. Research Zentangle patterns
3. Sketch 12 designs. Use care, be neat and precise.
4. Start on your landscape design. Follow Ms. Fowler's demonstration.

Outsider ART Interactive Game

6th Legendary Creatures

Introduction

We will write a story about a made-up Legendary Creature, then use Adobe Photoshop to collage together photos to illustrate our creature. Here are some examples from last year.

Directions

1. Vocabulary

Use the Dictionary application for Vocabulary words

2. Research

a. Mythical Creatures (answer the questions in your packet)

b. Myths, Legends, Fables and Folklore (answer the questions in your packet)

c. Look at these professional examples:

Photoshop Animals 1

 Photoshop Animals 2

3. Sketch

Sketch in your packet

4. Write

Follow the directions on your worksheet, and us MSWord to write your legend.

5. Design

Go to Morguefile.com to collect your photos

VIDEOS
Photoshop tutorial
Photoshop animals
How is Photoshop used to trick us? Is anyone model perfect?

*Extra time activities: SwitchZoo

7th Media Arts: Fashion and Pattern design

Research

Try the two activities linked from caarts.blogspot.com

1. Symmetry Activity
   
2. Organic and Geometric Shapes
3. Patterns 
4. Practice making some patterns

Now lets look at some examples of print and pattern designs. Go to: Print and Pattern. Look through all of the examples (you can also go through the archives). Pick 3 and describe them. 

Look at some Columbia Academy student work

Follow the directions on your worksheets to design 3 different patterns and apply them to 3 different items. Have fun!

NEXT: Create an original fashion design! Ms. Fowler will give you directions

Champion Hoodie Remix (design a hoodie)
Nike iD (design a shoe)

Videos
The Art of Making Red Dress
fashion career
Advice on becoming a fashion designer
Parsons Fashion Design

Painting and Drawing: Collage Portraits

1. Watch presentation and take notes
Mark Bradford videos, Mark Bradford Vimeo
Romare Bearden

2. Explore these websites:
Romare Bearden website
Collage Maker

3. Take a picture of yourself. Save it to the Fowler>Classroom>Paint/Draw folder. Ms. FOwler will print it. Trace onto white paper.


Extra Credit: Humanimal collage

8th Media Arts: Alice in Wonderland Posters

Your class has been hired to design posters for the musical "Alice in Wonderland Jr.".

Research 

First watch some movie clips and look at what other designers have done.

Links

Alice in Wonderland Jr poster designs

Video Clips

Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland

Vimeo A in W

Alice in WOnderland (Disney)

Disney- Down the Rabbit hole

Plan

Sketch an idea. You can design using copy-right free photos, or scan a drawing and edit on the computer

Design

Start by using the template. Go to Fowler-Classroom > Materials and copy the poster template to the desktop.

Evaluate and Critique.

One winner (or more) will be chosen to print professionally. Write an artist statement and do an online critique.

Videos
Poster Design

7 Media Arts: Photo Scavenger Hunt

History of Photography Video

1. Camera Contract-read and sign
2. Camera Settings
3. Macro Photos
4. Practice uploading photos
5. Worksheet
1. Link 1
2. Link 2
6. Photo Scavenger Hunt
7. Create iMovie of photos: Examples

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

Extra time: Be a Wildlife Photographer Game

Class Dojo

Class Dojo Video

6th Media Arts: Creature Photographs

Creature Photographs
1. Make a monster
2. We will photograph our monsters in the wild! You must photography your monster in a minimum of 5 different habitats
3. Make a slideshow

Here are some links to help inspire you:
Lots of monsters
More Monsters

Painting and Drawing, Oct. 1

1. Finish your "expand a picture"
2. Contour line drawing

3. Drawing animals using basic shapes
4. Animal practice
5. Charcoal value scale

Sept 27, 8 gold 2. Be a Media Critic

8th graders, YOU HAVE NEVER DONE THIS PACKET! Don't even try to act like you have. You can work in partners or alone. Use headphones if you have them. This packet must be completed by the end of class, or it's a zero!!!

Go to Artopia to complete the packet.

Watch the One Minute Movie

Click on Be a Media Critic

Photography

1. Click on "photography." Choose 1 photograph and write about what you see on your worksheet.

2. Click on "do more", the "write about it." Write about how 2 different elements or principles of design are used.

3. Write your opinion of the photo in complete sentences.

Radio Production

4. Listen to one radio production and write about what you hear

5. Write about how the producer expresses the message

6. Write about your opinion of the production

Film Production

7. Choose a film and make a list of what you see

8. Click on "more" under your film clip, the click on "do more," then "write about it." How are two elements or principles used? (use the "word back if you need too)

9. What is your opinion and how did it make you feel?

Vintage Television

10. Choose a TV clip and make a list of what you see

11. Click on "more" under your film clip, the click on "do more," then "write about it." How are two elements or principles used? (use the "word back if you need too)

12. What is your opinion and how did it make you feel?

Electronic Arts- Keep it Real Website

13. make a list of what you see and hear

14. How are two elements or principles used? 

15. What is your opinion and how did it make you feel?

How to Be a Critical Viewer

Sept. 27, 7gold 3

1. Finish your "Cartoon Yourself " project.
2. Open MS Word and write an artist statement to go online with your project. It must be one paragraph- a minimum of 3 sentences.

• You might want to write about what you learned (vocabulary words, software, tools, etc). You could write about what you think you did well or what you could improve. You could write about why you chose the expression you did, or what background details you chose to include. It is up to you what you want to share in your artist statement with the viewer.

3. If you finish, download another photo and create a cartoon out of it. You could chose an animal, a celebrity, or some kind of scene. You can download copyright free photos from morguefile.com ( we will talk more about copyright law later).

8 Media Arts: Klimt-inspired Portraits

"The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt, 1907

One of the most reproduced paintings

1. Watch a slide show of past student work.

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

3. Go to Art Lex and search "Art Nouveau." Read and look through examples. Then use the dictionary to complete the Vocabulary section.

4. Start your design. Watch the demonstrations and follow the directions on your worksheet.

Video: How to use patterns in Photoshop

Download Photoshop Patterns

5. If you have extra time, explore iKlimt

or Color a Pattern

Klimt's portrait "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" sold for $135 million, the highest price ever reported on a painting

7 Media Arts: 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.

Look at these examples from last year

We will practice writing an artist statement to go along with your project.

Media Arts Procedures

Read through worksheet

Log on to assigned computer

Complete the worksheet. You will need this link and the flashcards:

• Find it Game
• Go to these computer knowledge games

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 come and print it. Grab it from the black and white printer, sign your name, and put in the HAND IN WORK basket.

Try it:

Try these Media Arts activities: Media Studio

Painting and Drawing, Illuminated Letters

Illuminated Letter Forms

Inspirational Videos

Inspirational  Videos for Students

Dalton

Kid President

Get Results

Live Young

Don't Argue with Idiots

People are Awesome

How to be Amazing

Science of Happiness

Media Arts Introduction Videos

Portfolio of Media Arts, Polyester Studios
Portfolio of Motion Graphics

One Minute Movie: The History of Media

Media Arts Academy

Extra time activities: Media Studio

Elements of Media Arts: Discuss and look at "LMG" by Matt S.

Painting and Drawing, Intro

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.

For our first exercise, see what you can discover...



Instant Face Maker from FaceHeads on Vimeo.

7th Media Arts, Student Stew

Student Stew

1.  Answer the questions on the form

2.  Look at typography examples

3.  Create a design with your answers

Planner: Write the definition to “typography”

8th Media Arts, Classmate Collage

Classmate Collage (What is a collage?)

1.  Interview a partner

2.  Use their answers to create a collage

3.  Introduce them to the class

Planner: Write the definition to “collage”

6th Media Arts, Coat of Arms

Student Scavenger Hunt

1. When Ms. Fowler says go, take your sheet and something to write with around the room. 
2. Ask everyone questions. Find someone to sign each category

Introduction "Coat of Arms"

1. Read about the meaning of a "coat of arms"
2. How can you show your personality and what is important to you?
3. Use symbols and colors in each panel
4. We will use these to introduce a partner to the class.

Planner: Write the definition to “digital art”