Write a Final reflection and Self Assessment of your Work.

Post your favorite and least favorite project to you blog. Using Elements and Priciples of design vocabulary and the Image criteria rubric, write 2 paragraphs explaining why you chose the 2 artworks.

Next, use the work ethic rubric and grade yourself accordingly.

Create and print a Collagraph

Using various textures you find in the artroom, create a coolagraph printing plate and try printing using different colors.

Post the plate and your prints to your blog.

Create a Torn Paper Collage Using Value

DO NOT use shape! the collage must have shades of light and darks.

Sketch and Scan a drawing to trace in Illustrator

Create a sketch or drawing that you can scan and place in Illustrator. 







The Illustrator drawing must have:
Muliple layers, shapes, and colors

More Illustrator practice

Download and trace the shapes below

Download and trace the sketch below.

Each shape should be on a separate layer.

1 shape should have a red fill with a 3 point green stroke
1 shape should have a textured stroke
1 shape can be your choice of fill and stroke

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

Today we'll begin working with adobe Illustrator. Illustrator is a Vector Based graphics program. So far we have worked only with a Bitmap based graphics program, Photoshop.

We will learn about the some of the basic tools in Illustrator and do a brief exercise using these tools.

Selection Tool
Direct Selection Tool
Pen Tool
Layers Pallette

Here is a Pen Tool Cheat Sheet to help you

For today we will download and trace the objects in the page below:

Using Photoshop Filters to Create Special Effects

Using 2 pictures, experiment with a variety of Photoshop Filters. Post your pictures using 5 filters.

Label each photo with the filter you used.

here are some examples. You will need to have at least 10 images with effects from Filters.



Zig Zag, Oil Paint



Wave, Solarize



Tiles, Trace Contour