A great way to reinforce color and use up scrap paper. Students in Painting 1 created 4 ten box areas to color. They used black and white paint, colored paint, colored pencil and drawing pencil. Students created examples of shades and tints. This will translate into their larger paintings.
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Some freebies for my fellow art teachers. I needed a color theory activity for my technology classes so I created a digital worksheet that students can download and complete using Adobe Photoshop. While making it I decided to roll out a new version for my painting classes. Please feel free to download and use these in your class. (not to be published). Please link back to my blog. Thanks!
When I returned to school after maternity leave, my students were in the midst of a stop animation project. It was interesting to see how they used their critical thinking and collaboration skills to problem solve. Being the first time for a project like this, there were many unknown challenges. The final results were quite fun and will be posted soon!
Photo 1+5 – Making changes to the object that is being animated.
Photo 2 – Working on a soundtrack in Adobe Premiere
Photo 3 – Melting characters for the ending.
Photo 4 – Taking one of the hundreds of shots needed for an animation.
Painting 1 students studied the elements and principles of art and began a new “secret” watercolor project, more on that later. Right now we are working on design ideas using a matrix. Initial ideas will develop into thumbnail sketches and eventually a finished paintings.
Computers in Design class were so excited to work outside today. Sometimes a change if scenery is a creativity booster. Here the students are working on animations. They are project planning, making group contract, investigating collaboration tools on their phones and drawing storyboards. A productive day.
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on January 2, 2014