Photoshop

  5th graders let the Lion out of the Art Room

... and boy, did he roam.



"Lion Love" by Jacklyn & Lauren






"Waiting for My Date" by Mohammed & Jack



"South Park Crew" by Alex, Noah & Sammy

"Narnia and Friends" by Sammy & Peter

By Austin P., Spencer D.

In class we were introduced to a new program called Photoshop and thought it was very creative. We put a picture of our Art Room's giant paper lion in another photo by adding layers. First, we went on Google images and found a picture that we wanted the lion to be in. Then, we copied and pasted the image to Photoshop and added the lion's image as a new layer. We changed the image size of the lion by making the percentage smaller so it fit with the background. Afterwards, we used the eraser tool to erase any parts of the lion that we didn't need, and flattened the two layers together to make one picture. This project allowed us to explore the creativity of photoshop and how technology has changed photography. We hope to do this project again.

HOW DO THEY DO IT? Using Photoshop, students adjust image sizes, create new layers, and apply the eraser tool.

"Lion Williams" by Brandon



                                                                                                                                            

See how Photoshop is used in Advertising!  http://youtu.be/iYhCn0jf46U

-- Rose P. (Senior Retoucher at Impact Digital, NYC) writes:

"I love that film!! It's why I do what i do - and proof that anyone can be a model!"

Wintry Paintings

First graders read “The Biggest, Best Snowman” by Margery Cuyler, and used a fantastic painting technique to create one of their own.

After drawing with a white crayon on white paper, students applied a dark paint color to make a wintry watercolor resist!

 

Danny and Sammy explain the painting process below:

The crayon will resist the paint, leaving white lines on the paper.

 

printmaking

By: Molly S., Rachel S., Ava J., Gabby D.

Lately in the art room, the 4^th graders have been working with ink and paper. We have been working on Printmaking! Printmaking is similar to a stamp. 

The steps for printmaking are…

1.       Draw your design on Oak Tag paper. Make sure in some way the paper is overlapping.

2.       Once you have your design, glue all your pieces of Oak Tag together.

3.       Wait 24 hours for your design to dry.

4.       Pick out a background color (paper) and an ink color.

5.      Once you have your background paper and an ink color, you must get a brayer and roll the ink on the design 15 times.

6.       Now flip your design over onto the background paper.

7.       Take a clean brayer and rub over the back of your design.

8.       Now peel your design off of the background paper and you should have a cool print! If you’re drawing letters remember to make them backwards.

We thought print making was….vivacious, cool, creative and ornate!!! Our favorite part about printmaking was seeing how the prints came out. The good thing about printmaking is it saves paper and you can use your design more than once. Your print may not come out good the first time, but there is always next time and never give up.  Some people's designs were initials, names, funny faces, and their favorite things. At first the ink was sticky. We loved printmaking and we hope to do it again.

What do you think about printmaking? Please comment on our post.