Sunday, December 4, 2011

dec 5-9

Check Gradespeed or check with me for your grade.

Food & beverages.

Color wheel assignment. Due today.

Work in your sketchbooks. This is due on December 8. To be considered for a 100, you should have at least 9 pages (front and back) filled with sketches. This grade counts 10 times. One, large, simple sketch on a page does not count as a page "filled with sketches".

Here is a link to how your sketchbook will be graded:

Both you and I will grade your sketchbook.

Midterm exam review
http://digitalarthillwood.blogspot.com/2011/11/midterm-exam-review.html

I have a hard copy for the exam review if you would like one.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

nov 28-dec 2

Timesheets and ACT words.

Work on the Shape drawing assignment.

This should take three periods at least. Due Friday.

Work in your sketchbooks. This is due on December 8. To be considered for a 100, you should have at least 9 pages (front and back) filled with sketches. This grade counts 10 times. One, large, simple sketch on a page does not count as a page "filled with sketches".

Here is a link to how your sketchbook will be graded:

Both you and I will grade your sketchbook.

midterm exam review


Digital Art
Midterm exam review_2018



An image is considered high resolution if it has horizontal or vertical pixel dimensions (ppi) of 1000 ppi or larger

Before you begin working on a Photoshop document, it is a good idea to go to Windows and place a check mark by Workspace>Essentials, Layers, Application Frame, Options, Tools

What should you do if you have resized an image and do not want to keep that size?
Click the cancel button in the options bar

To resize an image, go to 
Edit>Free Transform

In the layers palette, what are the visual clues that tell you a layer is visible  and active?
An eye is visible and the layer is highlighted blue

How do you make a layer invisible?
Click once on the eye on the layers palette

Compositing is another word for layering several images in Photoshop.

To scale an image using Edit>Free Transform and keep the exact proportions, press and hold the shift key while dragging from a corner. 

The best Photoshop tool for erasing solid color backgrounds surrounding an image is the Magic Eraser Tool
 
For the exam, know the following Photoshop information:
To create a new document in  Photoshop go to File>New

To move type or shapes on a layer you should select the desired layer and select the Move Tool on the Tools Palette 

To create the correct Photoshop workspace for this class, go to Window>Workspace>Essentials or 
Window>Workspace>Design.

To type words on a new Photoshop layer, select the Typing Tool and click once in the document window

To resize an image in Photoshop, go to Edit>Transform>Scale or Edit>Free Transform. If you do not see handles on the resize box, go to View>Fit on Screen. When the image is the size you want it, click on the check mark in the Options Bar to apply the transformation. If the transformation is not what you want, click on the cancel button. 

When you have resized type or a custom shape, click on the check mark in the Photoshop Options Bar to Apply the Transformation.

The best way to open a JPEG (JPG) file is drag the jpeg file icon to the Photoshop icon. Double clicking a JPEG file is not the best way to open this file to work on it in Photoshop.

In the layers palette, the two the visual clues that tell you a layer is visible and active are: 
1. you see an eye,  and 2. that the layer is highlighted blue. 

You make a layer invisible by clicking once on the eye on that layer. You can make it visible again by clicking on the blank space where the eye was originally. 

Artwork: A work of art, artwork, art piece, or art object is an aesthetic item or artistic creation. The term "a work of art" can apply to:
 an example of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture
 a fine work of architecture or landscape design
 a photograph, film or visual computer program
 a work of conceptual art or performance art
 a production of live performance, such as theater, ballet or opera
 an interactive game

Still life: A  work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on).

Line: a line is a path left by a moving point

Shape: a two dimensional area with identifiable boundaries.
Geometric shapes: mechanically drawn lines, squares, rectangles, circles.
Organic shapes: shapes based on forms of nature, which are usually rounded, irregular and curving.

Emphasis is given to an area within the design because that area is meant to be seen or is more important to be noticed when compared to other places of the design. Emphasis creates a center of interest.

Composition: The act of organizing the elements of an artwork into a harmoniously unified whole.

Adjustment Layer
A layer that lets you apply color and tonal adjustments to your image without permanently changing pixel values

Background Layer
The bottom most layer in the Layers palette, the background layer is always locked, meaning you cannot change its staking order, blending mode, or opacity convert it into a regular layer

Filter
Automated ways to alter the look an image, for instance, to make it look like a mosaic add unique lighting, apply distortion, and so on

Gradient
Any of the several methods for achieving a smooth transition between two adjacent colors, including black an white

Layer
Layers are like stacked, transparent sheets of glass on which you can create images. You can see through the transparent areas of a layer to the layers below. You can work on each layer independently

Resize
To change the physical dimensions of an image, a canvas, of a window

Scale
To change the proportions of an image. To scale an image in proportion, press and hold the shift key as you drag the image up or down from a corner.

Selection
A part of an image selected for manipulation of any kind - duplication in a layer, color correction, deletion, rotation, and so on. The selection consists of all the pixels - fully or partially selected - contained within the selection boundary

Transform
To scale, shrink, enlarge, skew, distort, rotate, or change the perspective of a layer, selection, or shape

Zoom
To magnify or reduce the view of an image. Zooming does not affect image size

Collage

Compositing

Portfolio

AUP

Image resolution

geometric shapes

organic shapes

pattern

center of interest

Be usre these are checked when you begin Photoshop
Workspace>Essentials
Layers 
Application Frame (and/or Application Bar)
Options
Tools

composition

rule of thirds

organic shapes

geometric shapes

move tool

layer

filter

Be familiar with Photoshop Tools
http://stevecampbellhillwood.blogspot.com/2015/12/photoshop-tools-explained.html

Know how to make a new fine in Photoshop

Know how to save a Photoshop document

Know the "best" place to save a Photoshop document

How to make a layer invisible
Image resolution
Compositing
Transform
Move Tool
AUP


Magic Wand Tool































Saturday, November 12, 2011

nov 21 & 22

Check your grade. Talk to me if you want to make up past due work.

Sketchbook is due December 8. 9 pages, front and back.
Counts 10 times.

Show me sketches for Shape drawing assignment today.

No ACT words today.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

nov 7-11

SSA

I will not be writing hall passes for a while, so please do not ask.

ACT words & Timesheets due today.
11/7, 11/9, 11/11

Finish Aboriginal Art assignment in Photoshop

Nov 11
Group B. Download scanned artwork and color it in Photoshop.
Your class artwork may be already downloaded.
Downloads may take a while when lots of people are downloading.
After you have downloaded, we need to open the file in Photoshop. We will do this together. Do not begin adding color until I tell you to.

Go to the information in Nov 9 if you need to download.

Group A. Work in sketchbooks. You choose what to sketch.

Click here to download:

Class and block A1


Class and block A2



Objectives and grading for Aboriginal Art assignment:
1. The drawing should have the appearance of "aboriginal art".
2. Fill the entire space.
3. Have a center of interest.
4. Show pattern and motif.
5. Use a variety of lines.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

november 3

Hall passes: One per day for the class.

Your grade: This nine-week grading period, what you earn is what you get.

Keep new sketchbooks in a separate bin, not in your folders. Work in your sketchbooks when you are not working on assignments. For an "A", 18 pages (that's 9 pages front and back). These should be filled with sketches.

Due today:

1. ACT words. This should be on a new ACT sheet.

2. Timesheet for this week. Fill in every column for every day you were in class. If you were absent, write "absent" for those days. Dates are 10/31 and 11/3.

3. Finish, in ink, and scan the aboriginal art drawing. If you do not do this assignment, you cannot do the next Photoshop assignment as well.


Objectives for Aboriginal Art assignment:
1. The drawing should have the appearance of "aboriginal art"
2. Fill the entire space.
3. Have a center of interest.
4. Show pattern and motif.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

october 25

If I see cell phones, earphones, or other electronic devices, I will ask you for them.

Make new sketchbooks. Keep sketchbooks in a separate bin, not in your folders.

Fill in Timesheets at the end of every class.

Tardies.

Today's assignment:

Ink and scan the Aboriginal Art assignment. Due today.

Work in your sketchbook.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

October 11 & 13

No ACT words or timesheets this week.

Sketchbook due October 13. It counts 10 times a normal grade. Look at the grading rubric.
You should have 5-10 "full" pages for an "A".


Missing assignments are zero unless you were absent on October 7.

Exam review

In lieu of the color wheel portion, I will ask you a few questions about aboriginal art. Go to this link to prepare.

Friday, September 30, 2011

October 5

art 1 block A1

Mute computer sound

Cell phones, iPods, etc. will be collected and held until the end of class

Sketchbook due next week. It counts 10 times a normal grade. Look at the grading rubric.
You should have 5-10 "full" pages for an "A".


Today:

ACT Words

Finish Name in Line in Photoshop. Zero after today.

Aboriginal line drawings in ink and scan them next class.

Sketchbooks



digital art

Mute computer sound

Cell phones, iPods, etc. will be collected and held until the end of class

Sketchbook due next week. It counts 10 times a normal grade. Look at the grading rubric.
You should have 5-10 "full" pages for an "A".

Today:

ACT Words

Finish Photoshop collage in Photoshop. Zero after today.

Aboriginal line drawings in ink and scan them next class.

Sketchbooks

Friday, September 23, 2011

september 27

art 1 A1

ACT Words

Form groups for computer use. Group A and Group B.
When Group A is on computers, Group B should be working in sketchbooks.

and/or


Today:
Group A_finish Name in Line in Photoshop.

Group B_work in sketchbooks. Aboriginal art sketches



digital art

ACT Words

Form groups for computer use. Group A and Group B.
When Group A is on computers, Group B should be working in sketchbooks.

and/or


Today:
Group A_finish Photoshop collage in Photoshop.

Group B_work in sketchbooks. Aboriginal art sketches.



Sunday, September 11, 2011

september 23

art 1_block 1A

Food and beverages will not be permitted if.......................

Some of you are failing this class, or you are very close to failing. Timesheets and ACT words are having an impact on your grade. You may not make up these two grades.

You are responsible for knowing what your assignments are, even if you are absent.

Art fee

Flash drive. You need a 1 - 4 GB flash drive for this class every day.

ACT word of the day


Fill out time sheets
Write on time sheets:
Last week
9/13 Name in Line & sketchbook
9/15 Sketchbooks

This week
9/19 Name in line, sketchbooks, ACT words
9/21 Name in line, sketchbooks, ACT words
9/23 Name in line, sketchbooks, ACT words


Today

Turn in the assignment:
On regular 8.5 x 11 paper, use a variety of lines draw your name, fill it in with pattern and motif, and create a background using line. Complete this in ink. I will give you the pens.

Objectives:
1. Draw your name using creative lettering with line.
2. Show a variety of lines
3. Show pattern and motif
4. Have a background.
5. Use the entire space.


Turn in time sheets

Turn in ACT words

Color your Name in Line assignment in Photoshop.

If you are not working on a computer, work on sketchbook assignment:
Use a variety of lines to create art that shows pattern and emphasis.
Refer to the hillwoodpics link for ideas
Work on this while you are not working on computer. Do this each day.

Color Wheel assignment coming up.




digital art_block 2A


Food and beverages will not be permitted if.......................

Some of you are failing this class, or you are very close to failing. Timesheets and ACT words are having an impact on your grade. You may not make up these two grades.

You are responsible for knowing what your assignments are, even if you are absent.

Flash drive. You need a 1 - 4 GB flash drive for this class every day.

ACT Word of the day

art fee

Time sheet.

Fill out time sheets
Write on time sheets:
Last week
9/13 Scanning tracings & sketchbook
9/15 Sketchbooks

This week
9/19 Line art in Photoshop, sketchbooks, ACT words
9/21 Line art in Photoshop, sketchbooks, ACT words
9/23 Line art in Photoshop, sketchbooks, ACT words

Today

Color collage tracings in Photoshop or work in sketchbooks. Let me know when you have finished your Photoshop work so I can give you a grade.

Sketchbook assignment:
Free drawing or, use a variety of lines to create art that shows pattern and emphasis.
Refer to the hillwoodpics link for ideas


Put keyboards and mice away.





Saturday, August 27, 2011

september 2_digital art

If I see cell phones, earphones, or other electronic devices, I will ask that you give them to me. If you refuse, I will write a referral. I am sorry, but that's the way it is.

Get a flash drive if you can. Bring it to class with you, especially now that we are beginning to scan.


Why we do timesheets?
Fill out each part.
Do you have questions?


Do today:

Finish tracing your collages.
Look carefully at your traced lines. Close all shapes.

Begin scanning.

We will make sketchbooks today. Work in sketchbooks.
Go to this link for ideas using line and pattern.

Click on:

Turn in time sheets at the end of class.

Return keyboards and mice at end of class.

Monday, August 22, 2011

august 23_collage

Please buy flash drives.


Look at folders. Look at time sheets. Check Gradespeed.


Collage assignment


standards & indicators:

Standard 1.0 Media, Techniques and Processes

Students will understand and apply media, techniques, and processes.


Standard 2.0 Structures and Functions Students will use knowledge of both structures and functions. Course Level Expectations (CLEs) The student will

2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of art and the principles of design.


description of activity: a collage that represents your personality and shows a center of interest.


assignment objectives:

1. Reflect your personality if you want a theme.

2. Have a center of interest

3. Demonstrate pasteup capability. No non-pasted edges.


the assignment: Pasteup the magazine photos you have collected to create a collage.

The collages should have a center of interest and should demonstrate good pasteup skills, meaning that all the edges should be flat on the surface. The size may be 8.5 x 11 or 11 x 17.


vocabulary:


collage_an artwork onto which materials such as textured paper and materials have been attached.


emphasis_a principle of art that makes one part of a work dominant over the other parts.





assessment:

Based on the objectives.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

august 17

Can you buy your own flash drive? That would be sooooooooo sweet!

Put 2A on your folder.

Fill out time sheet from last class.

Collect collage photos_at least 20 pages.

Work in sketchbooks. Show me what you might like to do.
Some of the magazine pages you collect might be used for sketches, etc.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

first class

Attendance_take roll
Seating chart


How the class works
1st 10 minutes_get folders and work in sketchbook or a quick assignment
Remainder of class_work on assignments
Last 30 minutes_ I will usually grade assignments
Clean up
Put folders up during last 5 minutes. Keep your folders out until then.

Expectations

Grades
Extra credit

Sketchbooks

Internet - for assignments, not games. Tied to your grade.

Safety and computer rules

Tardies follow school policies_bring note from teacher or administrator

Food & drink -
No food and drink near computers
As long as room is clean
Hall passes
Must have ID displayed
Emergency only - none for food and beverages










What is this class about?
Form groups and answer………….

What is art?

What are art forms? (What major art form did the textbook's definition leave out?)

What was the earliest art form?

Who were the first visual artists?







Discussion from groups
What is art?

The arts are a basic form of human communication. The visual arts, music, literature, and poetry may be considered the means by which people, past and present, express themselves in unique sights and sounds that capture the interest, imagination and appreciation of others.

In the visual arts, fine arts refers to painting, sculpture, and architecture.

Experts say that art should:
Mirror reality or look like something in the real world
Be pleasing to the eye, even if it is not realistic
Express the artist's ideas, beliefs, and feelings so that others can understand them

Source: Art in Focus, Gene A. Mittler, McGraw Hill, 2006.

Do you agree?

Can you add other "should's"?


Why should you involve yourself in the creation of art?
Self-expression and creativity
Decision making and problem solving
Real world connections. The business world cites a need for creativity and problem solving.
Creating a work of art involves problem solving:
Clarifying the problem
Identifying possible solutions
Selecting and applying the most appropriate solution
Determining whether the solution resolves the problem



Traditional art. Drawing and painting.
Digital art. Scanning, photography, Photoshop.



Go over room layout, equipment, etc.



Fill out personal info sheets & make individual folders (Name & Period)
Write schedule on back.
Keep in folders:
Time sheet
Assignment sheets

Bring other forms back for grade.

Collect magazine photos for collages. Keep them in your folders.

Clean trash out of desks.



















Wednesday, August 3, 2011

expectations

Expectations

I hope you have fun and learn something beneficial to you. At the least, you can get a good laugh when I make a fool of myself......which happens several times every day.

1. Be considerate. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

2. Start assigned work when the bell rings. Usually there is a 10 minute warmup, then a daily assignment. I usually grade your work during the last 30 minutes of class.

3. Be seated and listen when I am giving instructions. If you need to ask questions, raise your hand.

4. Work on your assignment the entire period. If you have finished assignments, work in your sketchbook or tutorials.

5. Follow all school rules and safety rules.

6. There are district and school rules related to cell phones and electronic devices. If you violate those rules, I have the right to take up, hold, and turn the devices in to an administrator. If you refuse, I will contact a campus supervisor.

7. If you have been absent, it is your responsibility to find out about missed work and make it up.

8. Treat desks, walls and equipment with the respect. Even accidental destruction is very expensive. You are expected to pay for damage and destruction and to replace any items you destroy at full replacement value.

9. Help maintain a visually pleasing room. This even means that everyone will participate in cleanup each day.

10. Please do not have food or beverages near the computers.

Monday, May 16, 2011

final exam review


Photoshop work………..

To move objects in Photoshop, you should use the Move Tool

Compositing is another word for layering several images in Photoshop.

The best Photoshop tool for erasing solid color backgrounds is the Magic Eraser Tool.

To add new layers into a Photoshop document, you can click, hold and drag; or copy and paste.

Before you can make changes to a photographic layer in Photoshop the layer must be rasterized

To rasterize a layer, go to Layer>Rasterize>Layer or All Layers

To resize an image, go to Edit>Free Transform

To scale an image using Edit>Free Transform and keep the exact proportions, press and hold the Shift key while dragging from a corner.


Artwork: A work of art, artwork, art piece, or art object is an aesthetic item or artistic creation. The term "a work of art" can apply to:
 an example of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture
 a fine work of architecture or landscape design
 a photograph, film or visual computer program
 a work of conceptual art or performance art
 a production of live performance, such as theater, ballet or opera
 an interactive game

Still life: A  work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on).
Line: a line is a path left by a moving point

Shape: a two dimensional area with identifiable boundaries.
Geometric shapes: mechanically drawn lines, squares, rectangles, circles.
Organic shapes: shapes based on forms of nature, which are usually rounded, irregular and curving.

Emphasis is given to an area within the design because that area is meant to be seen or is more important to be noticed when compared to other places of the design. Emphasis creates a center of interest.

Pattern: Two-dimensional decorative visual repetition. Motif is a unit that is repeated in visual rhythm (suggest movement through repetition). Units in a motif may or may not be an exact duplicate of the first unit.

Composition: The act of organizing the elements of an artwork into a harmoniously unified whole.

Know that: 
Artists keep sketchbooks for ideas.



Be able to:
Create a simple drawing that shows: a variety of lines, shapes (geometric and organic), pattern, a strong center of interest created by using emphasis. 



On a computer, be able to:
1. Create a new folder and name it according to directions
2. Open Photoshop if it is not open on your computer
3. Download a document  and open it in Photoshop
4. Color the document using the Paint Bucket tool
5. Save the document into your new folder according to directions.

http://stevecampbellhillwood.blogspot.com/2015/05/final-examphotoshop.html

The grid system

Use of the grid is an artist's method of enlarging a small image and transferring it exactly onto another surface. The grid method is an inexpensive, low-tech way to reproduce and/or enlarge an image that you want to paint or draw. The grid method can be a fairly time-intensive process, depending on how large and detailed your painting will be. While the process is not as quick as using a projector or transfer paper, it does have the added benefit of helping to improve your drawing and observational skills.

In a nutshell, the grid method involves drawing a grid over your reference photo, and then drawing a grid of equal ratio on your work surface (paper, canvas, wood panel, etc). Then you draw the image on your canvas, focusing on one square at a time, until the entire image has been transferred. Once you're finished, you simply erase or paint over the grid lines, and start working on your painting, which will be now be in perfect proportion!

Be able to enlarge a drawing using the grid system