PART ONE: WRITING ABOUT ART
We can see everyday things from a new perspective if we consider them in terms of the elements and principles of design. Select a natural object that you encounter in daily life. Write a descriptive paragraph (don't mention the object's name) using the terminology of the elements and principles of design. On the same document, answer the following question: Why would it be important for an artist to engage in this kind of careful looking.


PART TWO: BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE PHOTOSHOP TUTORIALS: DAY AND NIGHT
Before we dive into the oil pastel landscape next week, let's try your hand at a digital landscape using Photoshop. Even if you have not used Photoshop very much, I think if you follow the directions carefully, you will be successful.

Follow the link to Day and Night Collage

Before we begin our final landscape project in the Impressionistic style of Monet, we need to change your selected images to the surrealistic style using Photoshop. Follow the 10 Steps to an Impressionist Photoshop Landscape directions below:




Here is the website tutorial

Here is an example of an Artist Biography paper about David Hockney:

Working collaboratively with a Computer Music student, you will produce a MUSIC VIDEO. The length of your videos will vary, depending upon the music you are assigned, but they will be AT LEAST as long as the running time for the music. DO NOT CUT ANY OF THE MUSIC.

1. Listen and import the music into iTunes on your computer.

2. Meet with the computer music student who created the music.

3. Decide upon a concept for your video.

• Will you simply “tell the story” of the song?
• Will your video send a meaningful message?

4. Complete the Music Video Project Planning Sheet. You will not be allowed to begin filming until this sheet has been submitted and approved

5. Film your scenes.

6. Lay down your music track first in iMovie. Save project.

7. Import your footage and beging editing your video footage.

8. Add titles / transitions / other effects as needed

*** Pay careful attention to the pacing and impact of the visuals in this video. Edits should occur every 1-2 seconds and include every camera angle you can imagine. The delivery of a good concept, presentation of a strong theme, and use of effects, photographic and electronic, will all be factors.

Step 1: RESEARCH - Conduct research on your assigned artist using the web and books. You must have at least one book source and one web source. Use the Notes Sheet to write down all your information as you collect your information.

Step 2: COLLECT IMAGES - Collect at least 25 examples of your artist's work from the web. Also find an image of what your artist looked like - painting or photograph. You will also need to select 3 from your 25 to spotlight and critique in the paper and in your iMovie slideshow. You will put all these images into a folder on your desktop and then into iPhoto.

Step 3: TYPE BIOGRAPHY - You will type a biography from the information you gathered using the program called Pages. This biography will also include the critiques of the three images you selected to spotlight.

Step 4: CREATE iMOVIE - You will create an iMovie slideshow featuring your artist's work. After your biography has been graded and edited you can include the highlights of their life and career in the slideshow as well.

Here are some excellent websites to use to find information about your artists and collect images:

The Line Design project is the first Photoshop project for Visual Design students. Check out what previous students have done with this project at our flickr site.

Check out the rubric for this project:

• Crop'n'Frame Give your iPhone photos a professional finish. Now with captions and metallic colors for frames, mats and type.
• PhotoSize It lets you inspect — directly on your iPhone or iPod touch — the actual pixel dimensions of any image saved to your Camera Roll or album.
• Phonto Phonto is a simple application that allows you to add text on image.
• Image Blender This is a simple and clean application with a single purpose, blending together images. You can use multiple blending modes like Multiply, Overlay, Screen and many more.
• Flowpaper "Flowpaper is an amazing physics-based art app that is capable of creating gorgeous works of art"
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• WordFoto You've probably heard the tired cliche about a picture being worth a thousand words. We've taken this phrase quite literally and created WordFoto, an app that turns your photos and words into amazing typographic works of art.
• Interlacer Interlacer combines alternating lines from multiple images and colors to make a new image. The end result can vary from a multiple exposure to a color tinted photo to a very abstract creation.
  
• TypeDrawing TypeDrawing is really easy to use, but it's perfect for creating TYPOGRAPHY ART and UNIQUE WATERMARK over your photos. If you love typography, this poetic visual art app is absolutely yours.
  
• Juxtaposer Juxtaposer lets you combine multiple pictures into fun photomontages quickly and easily thanks to its amazingly intuitive and responsive user interface.
  
• Grungetastic Clean Photos Are So Yesterday! Grungetastic for the Photographer that loves everything grungy. Simple, fast, and the output is something very much less than elegant.
  

A Filmmaking Workshop for High School Students...

• First Place winners in each grade category will receive $1,000. Second Place winners will receive $250. The teacher with the most entries will receive $100.
• Submission deadline is June 8, 2012.
• For contest guidelines or to download an entry form, go to Art & Essay Contest

Here are two examples of a David Hockney-inspired photocollage...

The most fantastic street art ever, Julian Beever Painting 3-dimensional pictures. This is breath taking, you must see this, how is it possible, watch and learn.

Learn more about Julian Beever.

Visit his official website.

Check out the stories on these websites about Acceptance:

Questions

- Why would animals that are normally not compatible form such strong bonds?

- What can we learn about acceptance from these examples from the animal kingdom?

Here is the review for the Chapter 1 Test:

Watch the video featuring Landscape Photographer Andy Katz and be prepared to discuss the key points from the video...

Your second photography assignment is to come back with at least 25 pictures of Landscapes. Check out these tips for taking excellent landscape pictures.

Yearbook Principles of Design

Download the following to your computer:

Check out the powerpoint: