Kaleidoscope Name Design

Mate­ri­als:

• 2 square pieces of paper the same size (copy paper usu­ally works well)
• Pen­cil and eraser
• Scis­sors
• Black “F” Sharpie
• Col­ored pen­cils or markers

Direc­tions for lower grades:
1. First, fold both of your papers in half diag­o­nally, then in half again. Unfold both of them and set one aside.
2. Cut out one of the tri­an­gles cre­ated by your fold lines on just one of the papers.
3. With the flat edge along the bot­tom and the point fac­ing up, write your name with large stick let­ters so that it fills the entire tri­an­gle.
4. Now, draw an out­line around your stick let­ters to make nice, thick let­ters that touch all three sides of your tri­an­gle. Trace over your pen­cil lines with Sharpie.
5. Next, place the tri­an­gle with your name on it under one of the cor­re­spond­ing tri­an­gles on the other paper. Trace your out­line let­ters with pen­cil onto the new paper. (It can be help­ful to use a light box or even tape your papers to a win­dow for trac­ing. You could also try using a more translu­cent paper if it’s dif­fi­cult to see your lines, although cheap copy paper works great for me.)
6. Con­tinue trac­ing your name onto each sec­tion, flip­ping your name over every other time to achieve a “mir­ror image”. (Flip­ping your name over every other time is essen­tial to achiev­ing a mir­ror image, so don’t for­get this impor­tant step!!)
7. Then, trace over all your pen­cil lines with Sharpie.
8. Color with mark­ers or col­ored pen­cils.

Tuesday

Welcome to Intro to Art

In this class we will explore a wide array of art mediums. We will dibble and dabble with different eras, artists, techniques and cultures. This class is tons of fun, if you are open to trying new things. 

This is your class blog site that I will communicate your weekly lessons on. We will explore the blog today so you fully understand how it can be beneficial to you and your parents.

cartoons

"Steam boat Willy" 1928

"Felix the cat" 1930

1940's Banned cartoon and Donald's vacation 1940's

"modern car" 1950's

"Mighty MOuse" 1960's

Original spider man 1970's

1980's "Snorks"

1990's cartoons

2000 cartoons

2013 cartoons


You Final-
Each of you will use a grid to draw a cartoon of your choice. Once you have drawn your cartoon you will then use a form of pointillism painting to fill in your cartoon with color. 

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE

Georgia O'Keeffe was born in Wisconsin, USA. 
She is most known for her magnified  paintings of flowers and blossoms.  Georgia O'Keeffe created over 200 flower paintings in her lifetime.

Goal- Create a rendition of Georgia O'Keefe's flowers or design your own close up picture of a flower. We will be using scratch board or oil pastels. You may choose which medium you like

1 point perspective connection

Here are some creative examples of how to incorporate 1 point perspective shapes into a creative picture.

Goal of the lesson- create at least 5 different 1 point perspective shapes and figure out a creative way to connect them all by adding holes to the shapes. 

I will be looking for
* at LEAST 5 DIFFERENT shapes
* create a subject  matter in to connect all your shapes into a coherent picture
* all shapes must have 2 holes and a connecting tube
* make it as colorful as you can*
HAVE FUN!

one point perspective

Perspective is the way we view something. All of you will learn about using a 1 point perspective to create your name in block letters. Below is a video that will instruct you to get started. 

Goal- You all will be drawing your name in one point perspective and then coloring it in with colored pencil. I would like to see some type of color scheme or pattern on the front of your letters.