Jan 16th

Focus: Identify the color scheme of this image?  Is it a good choice for the subject matter?

Objectives:

Demo for Final Exam

Select Portrait and get approved

Closure:  What does it mean to "posterize" an image in Photoshop?

Jan. 14th

Practical Test

[Check your email.  Download the file I sent you today.  Open it in Photoshop and save it as (1st initial - last name- Post Test.psd)  Don't forget to type the file extension (.psd).]  

Jan. 13th

Focus: This image is an example of....

Objectives:

Identify your 3 graphics and 1 word (get approval)

Import 3 .jpg images  and create 1 text file for mandala  template.

Using redial design, balance and unity create a mandala with personal meaning on an 10"x 10" - 300 res. file

Review and apply skills taught in previous lessons (shape, line, texture, typography) to create three images that are related to your   word literally or conceptually.

Create 4 mandalas and upload best design[s].  Show me all four before uploading.

Closure:  Identify what type of balance is used in these compositions.

Image A

Image B

Image C

Jan. 10

Focus:  In your won words, explain "Composition" and it's relationship to visual arts.

Objectives:

Identify your 3 graphics and 1 word (get approval)

Import 3 .jpg images  and create 1 text file for mandala  template.

Using redial design, balance and unity create a mandala with personal meaning on an 10"x 10" - 300 res. file

Review and apply skills taught in previous lessons (shape, line, texture, typography) to create three images that are related to your   word literally or conceptually.

Create 4 mandalas and upload best design[s].  Show me all four before uploading.

Closure:  How do you change the saturation and hue of a layer in Photoshop?

Jan. 9th

Focus: Shape is an element of art.  Identify these sets of shapes and explain the difference between the two.

Objectives:

Identify your 3 graphics and 1 word (get approval)

Import 3 .jpg images  and create 1 text file for mandala  template.

Using redial design, balance and unity create a mandala with personal meaning on an 10"x 10" - 300 res. file

Review and apply skills taught in previous lessons (shape, line, texture, typography) to create three images that are related to your   word literally or conceptually.

Create 4 mandalas and upload best design[s].  Show me all four before uploading.

Closure:

Jan. 8th

Focus:  Radial balance:  ...occurs when all the elements radiate out from a central point and the visual weight is distributed equally. Radial balance creates a strong focal point in the center of the design. Clock faces and daisies are examples of radial balance.

Objectives:

Identify your 3 graphics and 1 word (get approval)

Import 3 .jpg images  and create 1 text file for mandala  template.

Using redial design, balance and unity create a mandala with personal meaning on an 10"x 10" - 300 res. file

Review and apply skills taught in previous lessons (shape, line, texture, typography) to create three images that are related to your   word literally or conceptually.

Create 4 mandalas and upload best design[s].  Show me all four before uploading.

Closure:

 Space is an element of art.  Give 2 examples of how to accomplish space in art.

Jan. 7th

Focus:
Copy into Evernote:

Mandala - The word "mandala" is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean "circle," a mandala is far more than a simple shape. It represents wholeness, and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself--a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds.

Objectives:

Identify your 3 graphics and 1 word (get approval)

Import 3 .jpg images  and create 1 text file for mandala  template.

Using redial design, balance and unity create a mandala with personal meaning on an 10"x 10" - 300 res. file

Review and apply skills taught in previous lessons (shape, line, texture, typography) to create three images that are related to your   word literally or conceptually.

Create 4 mandalas and upload best design[s].  Show me all four before uploading.

Closure:    Form is an element of art.  Explain how shape is different from form.