Kluender- Computer Art 78

As always, we have a LOT going on in the Studio in Computer Art! 

Students are finishing up their micrography projects that are due next block. Some students are even working on an extra credit scratch art follow up to the micrography. 

Some students are working on their Posterized Paintings. We learnbed about acrylic paint and how to mix tints and shades of a color to create a MONOCHROMATIC color scheme.

Next week, we will be introducing a new project to the mix! Stay tuned....

Kluender- Computer Art 7/8

Computer Art 7/8 has been working on many projects the past few weeks. One of their Studio projects has been a drawing from a zoomed in view of a package from their favorite snack. 

They learned how to use a grid to help them to enlarge and draw the image in proportion. The image they were working from was 6x6 inches and the drawing is 12x12 inches. They used colored pencils to try to match the colors in the original image as closely as possible.

Computer Art 7/8

Computer Art is finishing up their digital project called Celebrity Mash-Up! They have learned to use layers in Photoshop and to change the properties to make them into "colored overhead transparencies".
We discussed BALANCE in their final artwork. They had to try to create a unified BALANCED composition using color, shape, pattern and contrast.

Kluender- Computer Art 7/8

Student examples of completed Power Word Kaleidoscopes!

Can you see what words they were made out of?

Kluender- Computer Art 7/8

Look at all the progress we've made in Computer Art on our Power Word Kaleidoscopes!

We discussed shading techniques using the colored pencils to help give their artwork movement.

Kluender- Computer Art 78

Today, Computer Art 78 students learned that a POWER WORD is a word that has personal meaning to them. This word could send a message, evoke and emotion, show aspects of their personalities, or represent an interest. After brainstorming ideas for personal power words, we narrowed it down to one to use for our KALEIDOSCOPE design. 

We created a design using different fonts. Then, we traced, traced, traced to  get the design onto a large square paper.