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Hanging the d-9 show
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Ribbon letters 2016 spring
These are the results from this Semesters attempt at ribbon letters. It starts with cursive, finished as a 3-d ribbon! Check out this previous post for the details on how that is done.
1. Cursive. Students are supposed to learn this in 2-3rd grade, but some do not have practice. I print out an example Cursive alphabet for them to use. This one is called D'Nealian, a offshoot of Palmer Method.
Each student picks a name, phrase, etc that is at least 5 letters long. They can capitalize the first letter, but the illusion of a single flowing ribbon is better captured if the rest are a string of lowercase letters.
2. The 3-d illusion begins by picking a direction and length. I like using about 1 inch, and up to the left at 45 degrees. Students will draw small extensions off each corner or rounded edge at the chosen angle and length, with one caveat: If something else gets in the way, the line stops. this helps make the illusion of OVERLAPPING.
3. The line component of the illusion is completed by finishing off the back edges. Basically, you re-create the curves so it remains the same distance away from the original. the original curve is in between the lines you created on the original cursive lettering. See the examples below with the name Carthage.
4. Value: I usually have students use markers to outline the design and use colored pencils to fill in with value. Gradual shading from light to dark helps the ribbon look rounded. Also, when a student switches from one ribbon section to another one touching, they need to switch from light to dark, or vice versa. this gives the greatest amount contrast to showcase the 3-d lines.
Rubric
Cursive Lettering 20
3-d lines correct 20
Gradual Shading
on ribbon 30
Background 10
Craftsmanship 20
Total 100
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Skeleton ink drawings
After learning about contour drawing, students attempted a still life with skulls, bones and flowers. On the last project, students used markers and water and a brush to create realistic shading. They are using the same technique on bones to give them value and shading! This is a link to another art teacher who has a wonderful lesson and examples of high school students working out the same process.
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Marble paper semester 2
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Negative space paintings
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Clay spring 2016
3 different projects this year...mugs, bobble heads, and whistles.
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Superhero grid drawing
Since so many Hollywood movies have superhero content, I figured we could use them to learn a new drawing technique, grid drawing...
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Making Sketchbook covers
I start my sketchbooks with some kind of cool paper treatment. Sometimes its an op art piece. Sometimes its marble paper. Sometimes its bubble paper. Either way, the student generates some kind of cool design. Alternatively, the easy way is to pick a class color from butcher paper and use that, decorating afterward. this needs to be larger than the cover structure by at least several inches each way. Next, I pre-cut the covers to size. I start with 28 x 44 8 ply poster board, so for 8 1/2 x 11 paper, it makes the most sense for me to cut them to 11 x 9 to eliminate waste. Each student gets 2 blanks and we laminate the materials together with thinned down elmers glue.
For an individual cover students need the decorative outside paper, a board, and an end sheet. the end sheet could be a plain or colored sheet of office paper, or sometimes I use the class sylabus so it is integrated into the structure of the book.
with the table covered, the decorative sheet is laid down, and a 1-2 inch house brush is used to completely cover the sheet with a thin, wet layer of glue. the tops and bottoms are folded up, and then the corners are folded into corners (I call this the present fold, because you use a similar technique to wrap a Christmas present). Once the decorative paper is completely wrapped around the board, the end sheet also has a layer of glue, then that is adhered to the inside of the cover, to protect and seal the decorative paper from future damage.
This is set to dry for the next stage, which is book binding. this will be covered in the next post here.
For an individual cover students need the decorative outside paper, a board, and an end sheet. the end sheet could be a plain or colored sheet of office paper, or sometimes I use the class sylabus so it is integrated into the structure of the book.
with the table covered, the decorative sheet is laid down, and a 1-2 inch house brush is used to completely cover the sheet with a thin, wet layer of glue. the tops and bottoms are folded up, and then the corners are folded into corners (I call this the present fold, because you use a similar technique to wrap a Christmas present). Once the decorative paper is completely wrapped around the board, the end sheet also has a layer of glue, then that is adhered to the inside of the cover, to protect and seal the decorative paper from future damage.
This is set to dry for the next stage, which is book binding. this will be covered in the next post here.
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Carthage district show
So glad to see parents, grandparents, and students enjoying hundreds of works by students of all ages from around the Carthage School District. Here are some of my students and their works.
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Large scale tiger murals
The way this worked this year was as follows:
1. Teacher selects image and uses online program to enlarge and print.
2. Each design is divided into at least 30 squares for a class of 25.
3. The back of each design is numbered, an arrow drawn to indicate what is "up" and a symbol to remember which mural it belongs to.
4. The image is cut apart and students are assigned pieces.
5. Each student uses grid drawing to make sure their piece is drawn correctly.
6. All the student work is assembled before painting to find drawing mistakes. Students then collaborate with each other to fix drawing issues before painting.
7. After a couple of class periods, the individual pieces are arranged again and students figure out where they have painting issues to fix.
8. Students who finish their project early can help other students finish their painting.
9. When all the projects are finished, they are taped together on the back and put on display in the halls.
Above is me and my 2nd hour class installing their mural in the Central office for the District!
Here are images of students in progress, the original images, and one example of the organized back grid with student names.
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Welcome back students!
Thursday is our first day back to school! Hope you had a wonderful, restful and fun summer. For Art class this year, you will need a few supplies to be successful:
1. Sharpened wooden pencil with eraser.
2. School Supplied Planner.
3. School supplied sketchbook.
Not necessary but beneficial:
4. Your own set of colored pencils.
5. A bar eraser ( Like a Pink Pearl)
6. A donation of a box of tissues to keep us healthy.
Look through the rest of the website to see some examples of things we have done in the past in this class!
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Art teachers
Yo what's up ladies we're having a meeting and it's really cool today
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Visual Pun Project
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Fall 2016
Revolutionary drawing book, Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain, by Dr. Betty Edwards has been a staple for my classroom for years. Here are some students just starting on the path towards mastery of observational drawing through the use of Pure Contour. In a pure contour drawing, you draw just the edges of the object ( in this case our hands.). To further complicate things, they are not allowed to look their papers! This allows them to completely focus on getting the hand to follow what the eye sees. Challenging, but rewarding. Find good examples and some of her exercises on her website, http://drawright.com/ .
We then moved on to drawing objects with a modified version, where they are allowed to glance at the paper. Starting to get some great results.
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Skeleton drawings
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Drawing field trips
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Vw bus designs and mural 2016
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Design a Minion project
Design-A-Minion Lesson
Mintert Art 2016
Objective: Each student will design their own minion.
What could your minion be?
As a self-portrait?
As a superhero?
Character from a movie?
Famous person?
Famous athlete?
or someone from history?
1. 1. Draw a basic minion. Some have one eye, some have 2. See one of the tutorials on how to draw minions.
2. 2 Change and add parts to make it new. For example, if it is a Captain America Minion, it will have a shield, mask, and costume like Captain America, but the body, head and parts of a minion.
3. 3 Title the Minion so we know what you were trying to make.
4. 4 Add a background that matches.
5. 5 Outline with black Sharpie Marker.
6. 6 Color with colored pencils and markers.
Rubric Points
Minion body/ characteristics 30
New content-transformed into something more than Minion 30
Background 10
Craftsmanship 30
Total 100
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Greetings from Carthage part 2
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Silhouette art
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