5/24

 Focus: Review shadow on low poly fruit and submit project.

Objectives:

• Select an animal portrait for your low poly animal project.  
• Copy and paste template into a new document.
• Using your preferred method, create your shapes and fill with color.  

Closure: Take some time to explore some low poly animal portraits.  Take note of the following characteristics: symmetry, shape style, shape size, color scheme, background.

5/20

 Focus: Check out these low poly fruits.

Objectives:

• Continue the low-poly fruit.
• Define shadows, midtones, highlights.

Closure: Research some low poly animals to prepare for the next project.

5/19

Focus: Demo tips for separating highlights, midtones, and shadow areas.

Objectives:

• Continue the low-poly fruit.
• Define shadows, midtones, highlights.

Closure: Option 3 for completing the low poly fruit.

5/18

Focus: Low Poly Tips

Objectives:

• Continue the low-poly fruit.
• Define shadows, midtones, highlights.

Closure: Define the shadows, midtones, highlights of this lemon.

5/17

 Focus: Identify Highlights, Midtones, Shadows

Objectives:

• Introduce the low-poly unit.
• Define shadows, midtones, highlights

Closure: Identify the highlights, midtones and shadows

Low Poly Image Instructions

 

1. Set Up Document

1. 8.5 x 11 (Landscape)

2. Choose an object to Illustrate

1. Paste into Doc.

2. Resize

3. Rename Layer (ex. Banana)

4. Lock Layer

5. Create New Layer

6. Rename- Geometric
   
   

How to Create a Geometric Illustration

7. Select Pen Tool

1. No Fill

2. Black Stroke

3. 1 pt

8. Create polygons based on color/value changes and shape of object

9. Once shape is closed, press Ctrl Shift A

10. Repeat 7 and 8 until the object is filled. 

11. Select Shape (Selection Tool - V)

12. Select Eye dropper (I)

13.  Choose color. 

14. Repeat 10-12.

15. If having trouble selecting shape, lock the other shapes by pressing Ctrl 2

16. Turn Eyeball off next to Object layer

17. Zoom in to make sure all polygons meet. (No Gaps)

1. Use Direct Selection tool (A) to move anchor points.

5/14

 Focus: Explore the work of Arinze Stanley.

Objectives:

• Discuss the work of Arinze Stanley
• Continue Line Art Assignment
• Requirements:
• 3 images (one on each art board)
• Use any drawing tools (Pen, curvature tool, pencil, brush)
• 1 image must be a face
• 1 image must be a bust (waist up)
• 1 image must be a full body action picture that depicts motion
• You must use a variety of line qualities (ex. line thickness, line weight, different brush strokes)

Closure: 

  

5/13

 Focus: Explore the work of David Hockney

 

Objectives:

• Discuss the work of Keith Haring and Bridget Riley
• Continue Line Art Assignment
• Requirements:
• 3 images (one on each art board)
• Use any drawing tools (Pen, curvature tool, pencil, brush)
• 1 image must be a face
• 1 image must be a bust (waist up)
• 1 image must be a full body action picture that depicts motion
• You must use a variety of line qualities (ex. line thickness, line weight, different brush strokes)

Closure:

5/12

  Focus: Keith Haring

Objectives:

• Discuss the work of Keith Haring and Bridget Riley
• Continue Line Art Assignment
• Requirements:
• 3 images (one on each art board)
• Use any drawing tools (Pen, curvature tool, pencil, brush)
• 1 image must be a face
• 1 image must be a bust (waist up)
• 1 image must be a full body action picture that depicts motion
• You must use a variety of line qualities (ex. line thickness, line weight, different brush strokes)

Closure: Bridget Riley

 

5/11

 Focus:  Observe the line quality in these drawings.

Objectives:

• Critique Line Quality
• Continue Line Art Assignment
• Requirements:
• 3 images (one on each art board)
• Use any drawing tools (Pen, curvature tool, pencil, brush)
• 1 image must be a face
• 1 image must be a bust (waist up)
• 1 image must be a full body action picture that depicts motion
• You must use a variety of line qualities (ex. line thickness, line weight, different brush strokes)

Closure: Review the line quality on your illustrations.  Are you using different line thickness, weight, and brush strokes on all three of your illustrations?