CHOOSE  ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW TO ANSWER YOUR LAST FINAL EXAM QUESTION.

# 1 Dorthea Lange

#2 Steve McCurry

# 3  Trevor Brown

DESCRIBE WHAT CATEGORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY OR GENRE IT IS: PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE, MACRO, MOTION, URBAN LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURE, STILL-LIFE, PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY

DESCRIBE THE COMPOSTION: RULE OF THIRDS, BALANCE, SYMMETRY, UNITY, REPETION, RHYTHM

DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE OF LINE, SHAPE, COLOR, TEXTURE, VALUE, SPACE

JUDGE THE PHOTOGRAPH, IS IT GOOD? DO YOU LIKE IT? WHY OR WHY NOT?

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ABOUT THE ARTIST, THE TIME IN HISTORY FROM LOOKING AT THE PHOTOGRAPH?

Linoleum Printing

April 24, 2013 | | Leave a Comment

Youtube video tutorial

Assignment 1: Create a planner cover for next years MHS student planner.Planner_Goals

Find  and open the Template in AllStudents>Art>MHS Planner>Planner Template.psd

Freshman T-Shirt Guidelines: Freshman T-Shirt Design copy

Summer youth employment with Quad City Arts: http://www.quadcityarts.com/metro%20arts.asp Go here for an application and ask me for a teacher recommendation.

Deadline is soon,  April 26,  so don't delay!

Animation

March 30, 2013 | | Leave a Comment

HERE IS HOW TO ANIMATE A PHOTOGRAPH IN PHOTOSHOP example: painting with the smudge tool to grow a rainbow of hair

HERE IS HOW TO CREATE AN IMAGE SEQUENCE ANIMATION IN PHOTOSHOP : example: several still photographs on green screen put in sequence

First Project: Students will create an animated gif using a copyright free photograph in Adobe Photoshop.

Here is the animated gif tutorial

Here is the photoshop help page

Sign up for copy right free images here

Students will create two short animations that include titles and sound. The first, a claymation and the second a flash or pencil animation should be based on the alphabet or letter forms or the face.  Fill out this form to help develop and plan your project.

Here are some links to claymation, Peas in a pod, Make a Face,

animations at high school

http://molineschools.edmodo.com/home#/join/0f40f5bade79f12de32451c7360e3299