Studio Drawing & Painting Class Materials:
Students read an article about Animal Symbolism which explained the emotional characteristics associated with each animal. Based on the reading we openly discussed which animal each us related to and why. We also talked about why certain emotional traits were attributed to certain animals and not others. For example, why are lions considered loyal? How does their demeanor demonstrate that in their natural environment? After the discussion, students selected their animal based on how close they related to the animal’s emotional characteristics. They were given a variety of 4x3 inch pictures of wild life animals. These animal pictures were converted into a black and white image and photoshopped using the stamp filter which separates the values into distinguishable shapes. The traced the values on their animal on a 4x3 inch transparency with a fine point sharpie marker. They then projected the image on an classic overhead projector and lightly traced their animal with a pencil and marking each value with a number. The values on the animal were limited to 5; 1 being lightest value (white) and 5 being the darkest value (black). After tracing their animal on the watercolor paper, they used a thick black sharpie marker to retrace their lines and they added value using the hatching technique and fine point sharpie marker. Once they were finished creating value with the markers, they selected a group of split-complementary colors to paint the animal according to its value number.
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Art 1 Materials:
Students practiced creating gradients with a color plus white, color plus black and color plus gray. They used a combination of geometric and organic shapes to create a design on a piece of cardboard. They painted each section with a gradient of tints, shades or tones. |
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Ms. JuarezI’m a High School Visual Arts Teacher. This is a sample of the projects created in my Art 1 and Studio Drawing & Painting Class. Categories
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