Mrs. Aulds Example Students in grade 7 are building on their graphic design skills by using Adobe Illustrator. We have been practicing making our own brushes, which is really easy, and the products are great. The brushes can be made really simple or really complex. After a brush is made it is applied to another shape (circle, square, or even a line). Students will be compiling what they have learned so far to create an abstract illustrator composition.
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Students in grade 7 are learning to use Adobe Illustrator. We started with some very basic skills using some tools and settings to create a spirograph design. For this task students learned to make a shape, about fill and stroke, how to rotate and copy and play with blending modes and opacity. A very simple assignment with great results. As they were more familiar some students branched out of the simple design and got creative like the one below. The grade 8's have been learning about typography and fonts. This assignment was a great way to get them thinking about designing their own letter. I got the idea from blick art - they called them 3D Architectural Letters. We basically used old matboard pieces and small disposable cups in between two layers of the same shape. We tried two different processes - one where students used gummed tape, like in the photo to the left and others went straight to newsprint and art paste. I like how the tape dries really hard, but not how it warps and bubbles. Cool idea, not that easy to use. We will be applying a layer of white acrylic as a primer and students will make their own design to complete the look. Watch for the final product in a week or so..... To begin our first hands on assignment making typography, gr. 7 students were given a selection of these awesome letters made by Markus at www.digitprop.com. They used the templates to build the 3d form. This was not always an easy task - patience and tiny hands are very helpful. The results were great and watching all the problem solving to make the papers come together was fun. After, Students were given a blank 3D template to decorate made by using a letter from a font called Punched Out by Tobias Sommer. So cool. You can download the font here ...http://www.dafont.com/punched-out.font |
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Ashley Auld is the grade 7&8 art + design teacher at Ridley College in St.Catharines, Ont. Before taking her position at Ridley she was the owner and lead artist of TCS art studio where she ran full year programs for preK to adult. Always looking to connect learning & technology this site is devoted to showcasing how fun art at Ridley can be! Archives
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