Monday, September 5, 2016

sept 7_9

SSA and Tardies
3 times, then referral

Phones should be used for classwork only. If your phone is visible, you should be able to explain how you are using it for class work.

Headphones, earbuds, etc. are not allowed in class.

Return signed forms

Bathroom pass_sign out and sign back in

ADC/ACT word in sketchbook
http://stevecampbellhillwood.blogspot.com/2016/08/vocabulary-paper-sketchbook_22.html


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Standards:
1) Demonstrate the ability to comply with personal and environmental safety practices associated with art and design applications: the use of adhesives; hand tools; machines; and the handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals/materials in accordance with local, state, and federal safety and environmental regulations. Complete a safety test with 100 percent accuracy.
6) Categorize and describe the principles of design.
7) Analyze the elements of design by evaluating their purposes and applications in a variety of design applications.
8) Research rules of composition (such as the rule of thirds) and explain how the rules govern the elements and principles of design.
23) Apply the design process to complete projects of increasing complexity and of varying applications such as print, web, film, and marketing communications.

What I want you to know or do:
1. Create and save a Photoshop document correctly. (Correct size and into a folder)
2. Communicate the meaning of the art elements and principles of design.
3. Use Photoshop Tools correctly



What I want you to do today:
1. Open Photoshop

Open this document (or create one if you have not).
Name: Art Elements
Width: 17 inches
Height: 11 inches
Resolution: 72
Color Mode: RGB Color
Background Contents: White

Save it into the portfolio folder or onto your desktop and drag it into your portfolio folder.
File>Save As


Find an image of a geometric shape

Place this image in your Photoshop document.
If you want to resize in proportion, press and hold shift, and drag from a corner.

You will probably be on the Move Tool already.
If not select it. Where is the Move Tool?


Check Auto Select>Layer 

Move the image if you want to.

Go to the Horizontal Type Tool. Where is it?

For your typeface, choose Helvetica, regular, 14 pt. You choose the color.


Click hold and drag to make a text box, about the same size as the geometric shape image.

Go to the Navigator tool. 
Window>Navigator. This at the very top Photoshop menu.





Click on the "mountains" to make your document view larger or smaller.

Type: Geometric Shapes: Circles, rectangles, squares, triangles. They have the clear edges one achieves when using tools to create them. 

Also type: Shape: An art element described as two-dimensional and enclosing an area.

Then: Use the Move Tool to place Shape, Geometric Shape and Organic Shape together or close to one another.

Save this into your Portfolio folder.