Day 1: (50 minutes) Demonstrate on the board how to draw large block letters that stretch across the entire page. I show them how to make stick letters, and then drive around the outside of the letter like a car, and erase the inside. Students may need to experiment with size and lay out in sketchbooks. Use this layout: First letter must touch bottom and left side of paper. Second letter should touch the first letter and the top of the page. Third letter should touch the second letter and the bottom of the page, etc.
What is negative space? Pattern? Line? Symbols? Students will fill the negative space between his/her letters with all three. Students will brainstorm ideas in his/her sketchbooks for symbols that represent personal interests or traits.
Day 2/3: (70 minutes) Students will create his/her name design on 12 x 18 drawing paper. Letters should be left white or colored black. Stress the importance of DENSE pattern, symbols, and lines in the negative space. The negative space could be black or colored using markers. The name should jump off the page because of the dense negative space.
Materials:
Sketchbook
Pencils
Markers
12 x 18 60lb white drawing paper
Line and Pattern ideas sheet
Vocabulary:
Block Letters
Pattern
Line
Symbol
Negative Space
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