GRID PATTERN

Media: Sharpie on white paper
Size: 8 x 8"
Students choose one letter or a number from 1-9 and the font they prefer and activate it (crop so it touches at least 3 sides) within a 2 x 2" format. Using this same format they can rotate it, flip it (mirror image), or use a negative (white on black) so that the darks are linked to the darks and the lights are linked to the lights. When they have the pattern created accordingly, they color it in with a sharpie for the blacks.

EARTH WORKS

After studying Andy Goldsworthy, students go out and use natural elements to create their own earth works piece. They photograph it and bring in a digital copy of their work for the class to critique.

TEXTURE STUDIES

Students do rubbings of many different textures using the side of a dark crayon on newsprint.

Students then create a 3 x 3 grid of 2 x 2" squares and use black (sharpie) and white to recreate their texture patterns.

MIXED MEDIA

Media: mixed- paint, collage.
Size: 17 x 10"
Students chose a complimentary color scheme and created a composition using collage and paint. Variety in sizes and shapes and also creating line direction. (collage pieces painted in this example: fingernails, ballerina's leotard, comb and green background).