Drawords!?!

Mr. Flint Drawing I, II, & Honors III

Bay High School

BASIC PROJECT DESCRIPTION

You will complete a pen and ink drawing using words to determine values. By choosing a picture to work from with high emotional content and then selecting literature the reflect your emotional connection and that describe the picture's content. Words should be placed together tighter, made bolder etc. to achieve darker values.

DESCRIPTION:

STEPS – This instructs you step by step on the procedures to follow so you may successfully complete this project.

1) Select a picture that creates a feeling of emotion in you when you view it. The stronger you feel about the subject matter or theme, the better. If the picture is not black and white, a black and white copy should be made. In this stage, you will work on your thumbnail sketch. You may crop, enlarge, reduce, add details, leave out some details, create a composite thumbnail of several images, etc.

2)  Find  literature (i.e. Poem, quote, lyrics, Bible verse, or etc.) that describe the feelings or emotions of the image.

3) Investigate by experimenting with 8 different sketches using only the words from your chosen  literature, and from different areas of your chosen image. Words should be placed together tighter, made bolder etc. to achieve darker values. After we discuss your experimentation you will

4)  ,Complete a light line drawing of the picture. Be as accurate as possible. The finished product is never better than the original drawing.

5) Beginning with the darkest areas first, start laying in your words, obviously change the words as you go along, rather than repeating the same word over and over. Make the words tighter, more condensed, etc in the areas that need to be darkest. Spread them out as you get lighter. This is very much like stippling or pointillism, only you are using words instead of dots.

6) Complete the entire picture using words from your chosen piece of literature to define the picture and its different values.

7) Complete the self-evaluation rubric, tape to the back of your drawing.

REQUIREMENTS:

Check this often to make sure your project includes all of the requirements. 1) You must choose a picture that brings about an emotional response when viewed. 2) You must work from an approved thumbnail sketch. 3) All lines, shading, etc. are done with words only. 3) A full range of values must be present in the completed drawing. 4) The finished drawing will be completed in pen and ink. 5) The blog reflection.

Common Core State Standards:

·         Benchmark: LACC.1112.RST.2.4. Description: Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 11–12 texts and topics. Body of Knowledge/Strand: Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6–12.

·         Benchmark LACC.910.RST.1.3. Description: Follow precisely a multi step procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks. Idea/Standard: Key Ideas and Details. Body of Knowledge/Strand: Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6–12.

·         Benchmark: LACC.1112.RST.3.9. Description: Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible .Body of Knowledge/Strand: Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6–12.

MAIL CALL!

Facts of World War 1


Liberty Memorial Museum

The Liberty Memorial in Kansas City is the only museum in the U.S. dedicated solely to World War I.  Featuring the coolest exhibits and interactive displays that carries you through. The museum appeals to the biggest history buffs and those who find discomfort with conflicts and hard-to-remember time lines (like me).  I have always had a fascination with living history and first-hand accounts that told individual stories ...feeling as if I am right there with them. For my reading folks dealing with primary and secondary sources you are in luck. Liberty Memorial rocks with the primary sources i.e. diaries and letters that describe the laughter, love and pain absent from textbooks ...not to mention the emotion captured in the candid photos.

A collection of envelopes that had encased letters from a father on the front to his son in San Antonio is a focal point within the Liberty Memorial.  Skillfully drawn and addressed to Private Walter L. Myers, these miniature works range from comical to patriotic and capture remarkable everyday experiences, from one soldier to another.  The sketches carry a message through time and space, so that a century later we understand at first glance.  Connection in the face of conflict.  Textbooks document the dates and time lines, victories and losses, nationalities, maps, destruction and casualties.  But a comical sketch sent from “somewhere in France” or a photo of the artist drawing in a distant combat zone soars above boundaries like the hot air balloons depicted by Myers, an artillery scout.  It doesn’t matter if the soldier is French, American, German or Russian – he’s a man and a father, far away from home.

WWI Museum Gets Envelope Art




My Mail Call! Playlist.

Painted Envelope