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Mr. Corey Ray, Asst. Principal
Mrs. Amy Herrman, Asst. Principal

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Elements of Drawing and Painting

3rd hour click here to link to My Big Campus

4th hour click here to link to My Big Campus

 

Beginnings: The 3 dimensional world!

Drawing from life

Be able to

  • use contour lines
  • use gesture lines
  • draw landscapes
  • draw still lifes
  • overlap objects to show depth 
  • use size to show depth
  • use placement on the page to show depth
  • use sightng tools to draw from life

Perspective

One point perspective

Two Point Pespective

Isometrics 

Form is 3D having height, width and depth.

Isometric drawing is a kind of drawing, in which the objects are viewed in a 3D manner. It is an engineering drawing. The plans for buildings are drawn on the basis of isometric drawing.

On my home page, go to the link right above my picture and click

(I have provided the link below as well.)

 http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?account=418392

When you get to ikeepbookmarks select Elements of Drawing and painting.  Look at the two YouTube videos.

Draw four cubes using isometrics.  Draw on tracing paper placed on the isometric grid paper.

Using isometrics, draw two overlapping cubes with 2 openings in each cube showing inside walls

Go to the computer lab to use an online isometric drawing tool:

http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitydetail.aspx?id=125

 

Draw cubes and T's using the isometric drawing tool

Be alble to:

  • define shape, color, media, font, typography
  • explain ways to modify shape, letters, media
  • define Op art
  • Op art characteristics
  • Op time period
  • Op artists
  • OPEN NOTE
  • USE Daily goals
  • USE TEXTBOOKS TO DEFINE TERMS
Art Swatch
Computer Lab:  Find and collect 4 Op art works in the neutral colors only.  Use publisher to create. 

Use the following link to find Op artist

http://arthistory.about.com/library/artists/bymovement/blOp_artists.htm

Include:

  1. artist
  2. title
  3. media
  4. size
  5. set a price range for these works
  6. copy of the art (you must click the art work and look at an enlarged view of it to copy well)