Online Safety
Sunday, October 25, 2020
With so many of us online these days it is important to know some safety. This booklet has a lot of great information: click here to read “Talking with Kids about Being Online,” a Federal Trade Commission booklet
When young adults and children learn positive online behaviors early-on, social media can be used in productive ways and can effect positive change.
- Key Points:
- Kids need to think critically and act in a way they can be proud of
- Listen and talk about feelings and be honest
- Teens and young adults should exercise judgement about being safe online and act with manners and positive ethics.
- Not everything you see online is true
- Information or images that are shared can be seen far and wide
- People online may not be who they appear to be or say they are
- Once something is posted online it is nearly impossible to "take it back"
- Be cautious with who you friend online
- Cyberbullying and rumors can ruin people's lives and hurt their feelings
- Children under 13 are protected by COPPA to protect their personal information
How to Draw Facial Proportions
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Step-by-step video
Her tutorial covers the basic guidelines for facial proportions. Learning where features are placed on the face and how to use our pencil as a measurement tool allows us to create more accurate portraits. In this video, I am using a plain old HB pencil! Try to stay within the HB-2B range for general sketching. Too hard of a graphite (the higher the H, the harder the graphite) is really light and can indent the paper easily if you press too hard. The higher the B, the softer the graphite, which will create darker marks!
More resources: https://www.whataportrait.com/blog/best-drawing-tutorials/
More resources: https://www.whataportrait.com/blog/best-drawing-tutorials/
Watch videos about famous portrait painters:
Kehinde Wiley On President Obama's Official Portrait
Kehinde Wiley
Who was Frida Kahlo
Who was Vincent VanGogh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBLvusSwHRk
Anime resources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791205/mediaviewer/rm897924608
Assignment #1 Facial features worksheet video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=781&v=QQRbomgeVXw&feature=emb_logo
Assignment #1 Facial features worksheet video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=781&v=QQRbomgeVXw&feature=emb_logo
Assignment #2:
Choose 1 Option: use value shading or color
Choose 1 Option: use value shading or color
1. Draw a Self-portrait using a mirror to look at
2. Use a photograph of someone you wish to draw
3. Draw an Anime portrait cartoon portrait - must have a face
4. Hero's Journey is a comic strip drawing for advanced students who already know how to draw portraits.
V Below http://electricalivia.tumblr.com/post/78072192342/deviantart-face-patterns-tutorial-by-snigom
Quizlet
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Review the Studio Art Vocab:
https://quizlet.com/_69qryf
I did not like Vocabulary.com so I made the new vocab quiz
How to draw a three-dimensional Apple
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
How to draw a three-dimensional Apple

Shoe Contour Drawing
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Shoe Contour Drawing:
Not looking at what you are drawing is one of the most common errors an Art student can make. Many students try to draw things the way that they think they should look, not the way they actually do look. The only way to draw shape, proportion and detail correctly is to look at the objects. You must observe: your eyes must keep dancing from the piece of paper to the object and back again. Not just once or twice, but constantly. As you start your drawing do not use dark lines since it’s harder to erase dark lines if you need to change something.
Contour: the edges of an object.
Contour drawing: A slow careful drawing showing the edges of an object.
Observational drawing: looking at the object(s) and drawing what you see
2 Point Perspective Architecture House
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Architecture House Drawings Lesson Plan
Objectives
Students will draw a detailed 2 point perspective architectural house with pencil and then outline it with sharpie. Draw 2 sides of the house! They then will add color or outline with Sharpie.
The students will:
- Use the whole page
- Draw a house accurately
- Use rulers to draw straight lines.
- Show accurate 2 point perspective.
Art Standards
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
Vocabulary
Horizontal Line: the horizon is where the land (or sea) and sky meet. In painting perspective, it's the level your eyes are at, an imaginary line to which things recede.
Linear Perspective:The illusion of depth, representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface by means of intersecting lines that are drawn vertically and horizontally and that recede from one point (one-point perspective) two points (two-point perspective) or several points on a horizon line as perceived by a viewer.
One Point perspective: the drawing has a single vanishing point
Two Point Perspective: is a type of linear perspective. In two-point perspective, there exist two points from which an object’s lines recede from; the sides of the object vanish to one of two vanishing points on the horizon line.
Orthogonal Lines: Perspective diagonal lines that point to the vanishing point.
Parallel: side by side lines and having the same distance continuously between them.
Recede: go or move back or further away
Vanishing Point: a point on the horizon line where the orthogonal lines appear to meet.
Art Materials
- Pencils
- Erasers
- Black sharpies
- Color sharpies
- Rulers
- Packets with various house photos or drawings
- Packets with architectural element information
Assessment
Criteria
Did the students:
- Draw 2 sides of the house
- Draw a house accurately
- Use rulers to draw straight lines.
- Show accurate perspective.
Castle Drawing
Friday, September 13, 2019
Castle Drawing
Objectives:
Students will draw the facade (only the front) of a castle with pencil using rulers and accurate measurements.
The students will:
- Use the whole page
- Draw a house accurately
- Use rulers to draw straight lines.
Handouts:
Choose from the following buildings:
Vacanta, Moscova
Boldt Castle Alexandria Bay
Other castle handouts
Resources:
Materials:
Paper
Pencil
Rulers
Architectural elements vocabulary on the back ----> turn over
Element of Art:
Texture - use stippling, shading, or cross hatching to show texture
Line - use rulers or a steady hand for straight lines
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