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8 - Graphics

Monday

Google Drawing Mountain - 30 minutes
We will watch the introduction videos then create a mountain landscape together. ​ Upload your final file to Google Classroom.
Mosaic Digital Art - 20 minutes
Let's learn how to make a mosaic together using Google Drawing. ​ Upload your final file to Google Classroom.
Dragon Eye - 20 minutes
Complete the tutorial below. Upload your final file to Google Classroom.
Google Drawing Fun - 30 minutes
Create something in Google Drawing using the skills you've learned in the tutorials. This is just for fun and you don't have to turn in anything.

Tuesday

MS Paint - 30 minutes
Back in the day, the only "paint editor" on computers was PAINT that was created by Microsoft. Using the software link HERE, draw an animal and fill in the parts as if it was a coloring book page. Fill up the white space completely. Turn in a screenshot to Classroom.

Pixlr X - 30 minutes
Create an account using your Google SCHOOL account for the PIXLR X version. After you made an account click on PIXLR X and open. Upload an ORIGINAL picture from your phone or have your friend send you one. You may not use a picture off the internet. Apply the following tools to your picture. Upload a screenshot of YOUR WHOLE SCREEN to classroom.
  1. Text
  2. Effect
  3. Liquify
  4. Draw

What Can You Find? - 30 minutes
Find an online graphics editor. You may not use any online program we've used in class: ie, Canva, Pixlr, MS Paint etc. Experiment with it THEN record a FlipGrid doing a tutorial using screen record options. You should be explaining HOW to do the tutorial.
  • 2 minutes long
  • Shows at least 5 of the tools in the editor

Wednesday

​​Google Doodle Introduction - 15 minutes
1. Explore what a Google Doodle is. (Information and examples here: g.co/doodleforgoogle/about 
2. Introduce the Doodle for Google contest. (Instructions here: g.co/doodleforgoogle/how)
Brainstorm - 10 minutes
1. Discuss this year’s theme “I care for myself by...”.
  • What does this theme make you think of?
2. Talk about different media or materials students could use for their doodle. Hand-drawn, Illustrator, Google Drawing
3. Conceptualize and organize ideas for Doodles that reflect the theme.
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Start Doodling - 60 mins
1. Create your Doodles using: Hand-drawn, Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator
2. Your artistic work should be well-executed, creative, and related to the theme. Pay attention to detail.

Wrap Up Doodle - 5 mins
​1. Refine and complete their artistic Doodles. Turn in your JPG file to Google Classroom. If it is hand-drawn, take a picture and upload to classroom.
2. Get your entry forms signed by a parent or guardian so you can enter the contest.
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Thursday

Collaborate - 10 mins
We will watch the video and discuss.
​Write an Artist’s Statement - 30 mins
1. Think about your artistic work and how it conveys meaning. Answer in a GOOGLE DOC and upload to classroom. You will be using this doc for all the assignments today.
  • ​What were you thinking while making your Doodle?
  • Why did you choose to include the objects and other elements in your Doodle?
  • How did those things help explain this year’s theme?
  • How does your Doodle show what the theme means to you?
2. Write or type an artist’s statement in the SAME GOOGLE DOC ABOVE. An artist’s statement is a short description of a work of art that explains what the art shows or represents. As you write your artist’s statement, use your responses to the questions as a way to analyze and interpret your own artistic work as it relates to the theme. Limit your artist’s statements to 50 words or less.
Present and Reflect - 45 mins
1. You will present your work to the class without discussing your own intent behind your Doodle. To find intent and meaning in each piece, ask youself the following questions in the SAME GOOGLE DOC ABOVE.
  • What do you think of when you look at this piece?
  • How does this Doodle make you feel?
  • Do you relate to this Doodle?
  • Can you see how it connects to the theme?
  • What do you think is the most interesting thing about this Doodle?

Wrap Up - 5 mins
1. Reflect on how you evaluated the work of your peers.
2. Submit student work to the contest by following these guidelines: g.co/doodleforgoogle/how
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