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Expectations:
Expectations:
C: Voice Level 0 (no talking)
H: Raise your hand
A: Work on the assignment
M: Stay in your assigned seat
P: Work till assignment is completed
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: How to start creating our final landscapes by thinking about composition.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: By learning and practicing composition you will create art in which every element is placed intentionally in the most pleasing manner.
HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will continue painting your imaginary landscape and begin adding color.
Imaginary Landscape - Due April 15
Imaginary Landscape - Due April 15
Criteria
Criteria
Contains a Foreground, Middle Ground, and Background
Contains a Foreground, Middle Ground, and Background
Painted in Color
Painted in Color
Contains shadows and highlights
Contains shadows and highlights
Uses Linear Perspective AND/OR Atmospheric Perspective
Uses Linear Perspective AND/OR Atmospheric Perspective
Has a Focal Point
Has a Focal Point
Uses a compositional principle
Uses a compositional principle
Is visually balanced
Is visually balanced
Effective use of class time
Effective use of class time
Steps
Steps
Draw line art
Draw line art
Choose a base color for the foreground, middleground, and background
Choose a base color for the foreground, middleground, and background
Add accent colors
Add accent colors
Add dark values to create shadows from a consistent light source
Add dark values to create shadows from a consistent light source
Add bright values painted to create hightlights from a consistent light source
Add bright values painted to create hightlights from a consistent light source
Make a Rule of Thirds Grid on Your Artwork
Make a Rule of Thirds Grid on Your Artwork
Click on the tab "View"
>Guides
>>New Guide Layout
In the popup window, adjust your settings to match this example.
This will create a 3x3 grid.
Use this grid to check the position of the focal elements in your composition.
FOCAL ELEMENTS SHOULD BE PLACED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRID LINES OR ALONG THEM.
Copy and Paste Your Best Thumbnail
Copy and Paste Your Best Thumbnail
You can use the Marquee tool to copy and past your favorite thumbnail into a new document or seperate layer.
You can use the Marquee tool to copy and past your favorite thumbnail into a new document or seperate layer.
The marquee tool looks like this. Use it to click and drag a box around your thumbnail.
Once you hav your thumbnail selected in a box. Hit CTRL+C to copy and CTRL+V when you're ready to paste.
Once you hav your thumbnail selected in a box. Hit CTRL+C to copy and CTRL+V when you're ready to paste.
In your new document or layer you can use the Move tool to resize your thumbnail and position it on the new canvas.
In your new document or layer you can use the Move tool to resize your thumbnail and position it on the new canvas.
Keep Sketching Your Landscape
Keep Sketching Your Landscape
Does your sketch have a focal area?
Does your sketch have a focal area?
Is your sketch balanced?
Is your sketch balanced?
Does it use a compositional principle like the Rule of Thirds?
Does it use a compositional principle like the Rule of Thirds?
How can you change your landscape to improve the composition?
How can you change your landscape to improve the composition?
Keep adding detail to your landscape until the end of the period
Keep adding detail to your landscape until the end of the period
Previous Lessons
Previous Lessons
Imaginary Landscape
Imaginary Landscape
Perspective Final
Perspective Final
PS Perspective Tools
PS Perspective Tools
How Colors Are Made - Video Questions
How Colors Are Made - Video Questions
Atmospheric Painting
Atmospheric Painting
Environmental Concept Art Analysis
Environmental Concept Art Analysis
Two-Point Perspective
Two-Point Perspective
Linear Perspective Vocabulary
Linear Perspective Vocabulary
Atmospheric Perspective - Project Reflection
Atmospheric Perspective - Project Reflection
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