Doodle 4 Google Lab Activity

EQ: What illustrations will my Google Doodle contain?
Instructions: 
Use your graphic organizer to brainstorm ideas which support your interpretation of the theme: "What I'd Like to do Someday...".

After you have finished the graphic organizer, search for images, symbols, pictures, or words which help to illustrate your ideas. For example: If I want to run across the country to raise money for cancer research, I would look up a US map, some symbols for money, images of runners, and symbols for cancer research.

When you find some images that are suitable for your ideas, make thumbnail sketches on your graphic organizer, or in your sketchbook.

Use the following link for more information about the contest: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

Use the following link for examples of past Doodles by Google graphic designers: http://www.google.com/logos/



HAVE FUN, and GOOD LUCK

Soda Can Value Study

For this project you will be drawing a soda can in four stages using different value techniques for each step.

Before you begin the soda can drawing, complete the value handout.  If you cannot print the handout, do it in your sketchbook.

Drawing 1



For your first drawing you will be using colored pencils and lead pencil to create a realistic drawing of an empty soda or juice can. Use the lead pencil to create shadows.

Remember: A pop can is a cylinder. The top will look like an ellipse (oval) and the bottom will be half of an ellipse.

The sides will be parallel lines.

Drawing 2


Partially crush your can for the second drawing. (*Do not “over crush” your can. You will be crushing it two more times.) Use only lead pencil to render a realistic drawing of your pop can. You can use a blending stump to smooth out the shades of gray.
*You should show at least 4 different values in your drawing. (Very dark, medium dark, medium light, very light)










Drawing 3


Once again, partially crush your pop can. This time use a thin line Sharpie to create your realistic drawing. To show value in Drawing 3 use hatching or crosshatching. Remember: Hatching is the use of lines drawn in the same direction while crosshatching is the use of criss-crossed lines to show shades of gray. Using more lines and placing them close together will create darker shades.
*You should show at least 4 different values in this drawing.










Drawing 4


Crush your can for the last time, but DO NOT flatten it completely. Draw your pop can realistically using pen & ink and use a stippling technique to create value.
Remember: Stippling is the use of dots to show shades of gray. Using more dots closer together creates darker shades.
*You should show at least 4 different values in this drawing.

Abstract Faces

For this project, you are going to create an abstract portrait in the style of Picasso.

You will need the following materials or substitutes:

pencil
paper
oil pastels
scrap mat board
plastic utensil

First here are some definitions that you need to know:

Abstract Art: Art in which the subject is color, line, and shape rather than recognizable forms or a picture you can identify.

Portrait: A work of art that represents a specific person, a group of people, or an animal.


Take a look at some Picasso portraits:
 

Notice how the faces look "scrambled" and how different paintings communicate different feelings.

 

Now begin a sketch in your sketchbook that uses just shapes to represent the face and facial features.  Turn your paper 90 degrees and continue adding facial details.  Turn your paper 90 degrees again and add some lines which show texture.  Turn your paper one last time and add some patterns for the background.  Remember to draw large, so that your composition fills the page. 

Make several sketches and then combine the best features and draw a final sketch on your mat board scrap with a pencil.  Then begin applying color using oil pastels.  You can blend and mix colors, and get different values by using your finger (or a piece of cloth over your finger to keep the pastel off of you).  After you build up some pastel on the surface, you can scrape it away to create lines that reveal the color underneath.  This is called a subtractive painting process.

Be creative and have fun!

Mr. Jordan

Need an Expert?

If you have a tough question about American art and even your brilliant art teacher doesn't know the answer, try the experts at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art:


Get a Voki now!


http://americanart.si.edu/research/tools/ask/

Mr. Jordan

Mark Kistler's Drawing videos

If you are using Mark Kistler's website at home to do some extra drawing be sure to check out the School of Imagination page:

http://mkisdraw3d.com/public/p_mksoi/

Now go draw, draw,draw,draw,draw,draw,draw,draw,draw.

Mr. Jordan

Comic Assignment

I hope you all have enjoyed creating your comics online!  Post comments or questions below about the assignments.