Bachmann Computer Art

Wednesday, May 23rd – D2B1, D2B3  -  No early release.

Thursday, May 24th – D1B1, D1B3 – Early release at 1:15pm.

Friday, May 25th – D2B4 – Early release at 1:15pm.

Tuesday, May 29th – D1B4 – Early release at 1:15pm.

May 30 and 31st – make up’s

June 1 – Graduation

Graphic Art Design 1

Color Theory- analogous, complementary, primary, secondary, color wheel, color scheme, etc.

Photoshop – Layers palette, Image>Adjustments, and other palettes used during semester 2. A free trail of Photoshop can be downloaded to your home computer to help you study.

Game Design

Scripts and application layout terms for both Scratch and Stagecast Creator.

Scratch can be downloaded to your home computer to help you study.

An evaluation copy of StageCast Creator can also be downloaded to your home computer.

Graphic Art Design 2

Color Theory- analogous, complementary, primary, secondary, color wheel, color scheme, etc.

Vue Infinite Tools and toolbars.

A free personal learning edition of Vue can be downloaded to your home computer to help you study.

GAD 3 final exam will be a culmination of your second semester independent study.

GAD 1 – Learning to load bubble brushes into Photoshop, playing Photoshop Tennis, using cameras again. Study guides for final exam later in the week.

GAD 2 – Boolean continued. Learning to make new objects.

Game Design – Production quiz on Monday then moving on to shooter game scripts.

GAD1 – Scanning faces and making art.

GAD2 – Working with glass and broken glass.

Game Design – Remixed fish game is due on Thursday.

GAD1 – Scanning continues as well as manipulating the images using Photoshop.

GAD2 – Glass material assignment will be due this week.

Game Design – Finishing up the remix of the Fish game. Then we’ll we’ll learn the scripting for adding another level to the remix Fish game.

VCU just announced plans to build a new $32 million Institute for Contemporary art. Great since Goochland County has more and more students applying to their school!

Read more here

Students in my classes have been reintroduced to color theory and the color wheel. Let’s get beyond the basics and look at how Van Gogh and Renaissance artists have applied color theory. And then let’s look at how science is interpreting color and light. Enter Pigments Through the Ages web site. The interactive web site below will allow you to explore works of art through pigments, colors, timeline and more.

http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/visible.html

Students often talk about color excusively as red, yellow, blue, etc. What color is Azurite? Red Ochre? Vermilion? The more students know about color the better they will score when writing SOL English.

My favorite color is madder. I also buy Alizaran Crimson. You’ve heard about Starbucks using Cochineal as their red food coloring in a fav drink. Cochineal is my fav colorant for dyeing fabrics.

http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/

Think about how you dress each morning. All black/white with a splash of color? Complimentary? Analogous?  We sense what colors work. I’m trying to teach what colors work and work.

Game Design – Creating a document with 9 scripts to use as reference for Wednesday assignment. Students will be given a simple animation document then create the Scratch script. Scratch is free software. It would be helpful study aide  for students to download Scratch to their home computer.

GAD1 – Hands due Monday/Tuesday. Then we’ll be scanning faces for the remainder of the week.

GAD2 – Art theme: Despair due this week. Then we’ll focus on the glass materials in Vue Infinite.

Game Design starts learning about Scratch software. We’ll also have a test on StageCast Creator that we finished up with before Spring Break started

GAD1 – More scanning to create new works of art. Also a post test on color theory since we finished up that unit before Spring Break.

GAD2 – Color theory post test. Then we’ll start working on something I might call Art in a Day. One new artist prompt each day.

Jake King captured the big prize for Goochland County for his stunning Crime Stopper Poster. He will receive an additional $500.00 from the Richmond Merchants Association. You can view his poster at http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/teachers/kbachmann/2012/03/17/500-00-winner-crime-stoppers-poster-contest-2012/.