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Students will create a design (realistic, abstract, or non-objective) and create a mosaic using the direct method of mosaic application on a light switch cover

Measures the success of paint application and story illustration in the illustrated myth. Shows student understanding of the project and orgininal ideas in drawing and painting. Shows inventiveness in the illustrations that portray the story.

We have explored and discussed creation myths...now it is your turn to create your own in the likeness of the Native Americans! TASK: You will create a myth that explains a natural phenomenon such as the reason behind a volcano's eruption, earthquake, echoes, rainbows, droughts, hail etc. As you brainstorm what to write, it is important to remember that Native Americans created their stories with a purpose. Everything they created had a reason. The main purpose of mythology was to explain the way their world worked or to help them understand mysteries of nature or human life. Your story should not only have beautiful language (personification, simile, metaphor, symbolism etc) but should also serve a function (explain something in nature). SPECIFICS: Your myth needs to be typed, double-spaced and be 2 pages in length. The illustration you include will be a painting which will be evaluated separately.

The student will create a relief printmaking block using linoleum or wood blocks. They will print the block in an edition of 10.

Using a digital photo of your self, grid the photo in a one inch grid. Then create a two inch grid on your illustration board to transfer your drawing to. After transferring your drawing using the grid, use two different mediums and color/shade your drawing. You will be graded on if you incorporate your own personal artistic style, use composition and design, craftsmanship, and effort.

After studying Robert Arneson, the students were asked to illustrate a place they had always wanted to live in order to follow the illustration and create a clay diorama of that place.

Choose a design, and modify it to create a Christmas Illustration of your own using watercolor. Identify the color scheme used in painting according to the color wheel.

Students will use sculpy to create a Santa figure in sculpy clay. They will use basic handbuilding techniques, additive and subtractive sculpture techniques, and textures to create their character. After they complete it they will paint it according to their own ideas.

Properly evaluates the artistic process through measuring the application of acrylic techniques in creating a painting

The students worked with shape and drew two random grafitti designs using the whole page of a 9X12 sheet of paper and then drew their names grafitti style twice in the same size space. They were to work on dimensional qualities, patterns, design etc.

Can with stuffed animal

After studying the handout on the element of line, students were asked to draw a fall still life, using contour lines to create the shapes of the gourds, corn and pumpkins, then they were to paint the still life in watercolor paint to complete the drawing. The point of the contour line was to enable the student to create the illusion of three dimensions. The success of the painting hinged on furthering that look with careful use of overlapping line, drawing the mat the objects were placed on drawing a horizon line to keep the objects from floating, using creativity in the background to create an interesting painting. The time allowed for this project was a week and two days, thus enabling every student to have a chance at success.