Showing posts with label 6th. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 6th. Show all posts

Thursday, March 23, 2017

6th Media Arts Video Haiku

6th Media Arts Video Haiku



  1. Complete the introduction worksheet on haikus
  2. Go to ReadWriteThink to plan your own haiku
  3. Write it down
  4. Storyboard your haiku
  5. Design your backgrounds and images in Adobe Illustrator
  6. Optional: Download vector graphics here
  7. Put together your you pictures with music and words in iMovie
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

6th Sketch Up Sculptures

6th Sketch Up Sculptures


Research:
1. 2. 3. Go to THIS PAGE for sculpture videos and examples. Ms. Fowler will present.
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (new sculptures)

CA Franconia Trip

Franconia Video
Olympic Sculpture Park
Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Other videos:
Creators Project Underwater Sculpture park
Theo Jansen

Sculpture Garden websites:
Walker Sculpture Garden
Franconia
Olympic Sculpture Park

4. Outdoor Sculptures
CA students at the Walker Sculpture Garden

5. What is scale? Scale (Element of art)

6. Pick two random adjectives to incorporate into your sculpture. Pick the first two, no cheating!

Past student examples

Design:

Google Sketch-Up tutorial video

Extra Time games:

HomeStyler
3Dtin


My Imaginary City

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

6th Grade Type practice Alphabet 100

6th Grade Type practice Alphabet 100


Designers need to understand fonts, typography and lettering styles. Brainstorm 100 ways to illustrate the same letter. Choose one design that you will create on the computer.

Alphabet 100


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Thursday, March 9, 2017

6th Media Arts Mandala Designs

6th Media Arts Mandala Designs


We will be using Adobe Illustrator to create "mandalas". This project will use art and math skills, along with reflecting on big questions like "what brings you peace?"
  1. What is a mandala?
  2. Look at some mandalas
  3. Vocabulary words: symmetry, icon, serenity, radial, reflection, concentric
  4. Videos: Time lapse Tibetan monk mandala, Sand Mandala video, Digital mandala installation
  5. Download Symbols.  
    1. Go to thenounproject.com. 
    2. Use the email address fowlerj@colheights.k12.mn.us, 
    3. use the password: chps157
    4. download the "svg" file
  6. How to create concentric elements in Adobe Illustrator
Extra time: Kaleidoscope       Color in Motion       Flowers        The color test

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Monday, March 6, 2017

6th Digital Arts Halloween Surreal Self Portraits

6th Digital Arts Halloween Surreal Self Portraits


We will do a quick project, for Halloween, creating "surreal" self-portraits.

Ms. FOlwer will show you some examples: presentation
6th examples

Video: Creating a Surrel Self Portrait
Halloween Psd Tutorials

To keep these school appropriate, no weapons and go easy on blood or gore.

If you need photos, get them here.


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Sunday, March 5, 2017

6th Media Arts Legendary Creatures

6th Media Arts Legendary Creatures



Directions

1. Vocabulary
Go to wordcentral.com and look up the definitions to the vocabulary words.

2. Research
a. Mythical Creatures (answer the questions in your packet)
b. Myths, Legends, Fables and Folklore (answer the questions in your packet)
c. Look at these professional examples:
Photoshop Animals 1

3. Sketch
Sketch in your packet

4. Write
Follow the directions on your worksheet, and us MSWord to write your legend.

5. Design
Go to Morguefile.com to collect your photos. Copyright law: A Fair(y) Use Tale



VIDEOS

Photoshop animals
How is Photoshop used to trick us? Is anyone model perfect?
PBS Off Book: Photoshop
Disney Legends
The Tortoise and the Hare
Mythical Creatures part 1, part 2
Cows, cows, cows
Animal Planet: Monster Week

*Extra time activities: SwitchZoo, Build Your Wild Self, Creature Creator

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Friday, March 3, 2017

6th Media Arts Crazy School lunch

6th Media Arts Crazy School lunch


You will be using Adobe Photoshop to create a "Super Crazy School Lunch"


For your CRAZY lunch,you will add pictures of food (or other things) to turn it into a "Super Crazy School Lunch." Choose a theme for your lunch tray (for example: gross lunch, bear lunch, treasure lunch, zombie lunch, dream lunch, alien lunch, shark lunch, etc.).


  1. What is the THEME of you lunch tray?
  2. What 5 (or more) items will you put on your Crazy lunch tray? 



Extra Credit: Design a Healthy Lunch. Include a food from each category: Dairy, Grains or starches, Meat or beans, Vegetables, Fruits.

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Saturday, February 25, 2017

6th Media Arts Sketch Up Sculpture

6th Media Arts Sketch Up Sculpture


Research:
1. 2. 3. Go to THIS PAGE for sculpture videos and examples. Ms. Fowler will present.
Sculpture Garden websites:
Walker Sculpture Garden
Franconia
Olympic Sculpture Park

4. Outdoor Sculptures
CA students at the Walker Sculpture Garden

5. What is scale? Scale (Element of art)

6. Pick descriptive words

Past student examples

Design:

Google Sketch-Up tutorial video
Sculpture in Sketch Up

Extra Time games:

HomeStyler
Architect Studio 3D (might not work)
My Imaginary City


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Thursday, February 23, 2017

6th Grade Letter Illustration

6th Grade Letter Illustration


Designers need to understand fonts, typography and lettering styles. Brainstorm 100 ways to illustrate the same letter. Choose one design that you will create on the computer.

Alphabet 100

Inspiration:
Daily Drop Cap
TheTypeFight





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6th Media Arts How to Movie

6th Media Arts How to Movie


1. Research. What could you make instructions for? Could be funny, could be serious, must be simple.
Video: "The rise of web comics" PBS Offbook
2. "How to" cartoon movie examples
more comic movies
3. Write and storyboard your story
4. Design your frame in Adobe Illustrator. Save a copy of each as a jpeg
5. Import into iMovie
6. Add a title, credits, captions, music, sound effects. etc.
7. Export and hand in!

Extra time?
Explore some digital comics:
Homestuck
Daisy Owl
Rice Boy
Dinosaur

Make more comics:
Comic Creator
Chigger
Comic Master

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

6th Media Arts Typographic Self Portrait

6th Media Arts Typographic Self Portrait


  1. Presentation- What are fonts? 
  2. Presentation- Typographic Design
  3. Take a look at last years student projects
  4. VIDEOS: Movie "Typolution", An Intro to Typography, What is Typography?
  5. Writing Assignment
  6. Demonstration- creating and starting your project
    Typographic" means made of type or letters.
    This picture is all letters. Can you figure out
    which ones?
  • Work time
If you have extra time, try 
Design a Font
Kern Type
Shape Type
Type Fight
Font Game
TypeWar
What Type Are You?

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

6th Media Arts Sound Project

6th Media Arts Sound Project


Use one of the 3 online apps to create a sound project.

Lullatone Raindrop Melody Maker

Incredibox

Patatap

Theremin


Once you have tried them all, and found one you like, practice on creating an interesting piece of music. Then use Quicktime Player to record a screencast. (Ms. Fowler will demonstrate).




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Monday, February 13, 2017

6th Media Arts Sketch Up Sculptures

6th Media Arts Sketch Up Sculptures


Claes Oldenburg sculpture at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN
Research:
1. 2. 3. Go to THIS PAGE for sculpture videos and examples. Ms. Fowler will present.
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (new sculptures)
Franconia Video
Olympic Sculpture Park
Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Other videos:
Creators Project Underwater Sculpture park
Theo Jansen

Sculpture Garden websites:
Walker Sculpture Garden
Franconia
Olympic Sculpture Park

4. Outdoor Sculptures
CA students at the Walker Sculpture Garden

5. What is scale? Scale (Element of art)

6. Pick two random adjectives to incorporate into your sculpture. Pick the first two, no cheating!

Past student examples

Design:

Google Sketch-Up tutorial video

Extra Time games:

HomeStyler
Architect Studio 3D (might not work)
My Imaginary City


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Sunday, February 12, 2017

6th Media Arts Mascot Designs

6th Media Arts Mascot Designs


Columbia Academy needs a mascot! We will be learning Adobe Illustrator to create mascot designs.

What is a mascot?
Use the dictionary to write the definitions to you words on your worksheets.

Brainstorm. Use these links and brainstorm idea designs on your worksheet:
Mascot Examples 1
Mascot Examples 2
HYLANDER MASCOT

You can start with existing vector graphics from vecteezy.com, but you must alter it to make it your own!

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Saturday, February 11, 2017

6th Icebreaker Collaborative Doodle

6th Icebreaker Collaborative Doodle


Directions:

  1. Ms. Fowler will group you up.
  2. Draw a doodle for each category. 
  3. Talk with your group about your answers.
  4. Share something about 3 other people in your group.





Doodles:

  1. Draw your name
  2. Draw your favorite food
  3. Draw your favorite animal
  4. Draw something you like to do for fun
  5. Draw a goal you have for the future
  6. Draw someone close to you
  7. Draw where you want to visit someday
  8. Draw a made up creature
  9. Draw 3 words others might use to describe me
  10. Draw something that makes you happy


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Monday, January 23, 2017

6th Digital Art Mandalas

6th Digital Art Mandalas


We will be using Adobe Illustrator to create "mandalas". This project will use art and math skills, along with reflecting on big questions like "what brings you peace?"
  1. What is a mandala?
  2. Look at some mandalas
  3. Vocabulary words: symmetry, icon, serenity, radial, reflection, concentric
  4. Videos: Time lapse Tibetan monk mandala, Sand Mandala video, Digital mandala installation
  5. How to create concentric elements in Adobe Illustrator
Extra time: Kaleidoscope       Color in Motion       Flowers        The color test

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