Monday, December 12, 2011

Grade 7: Silhouette Project

1. Take a picture of yourself doing something that interests you with a camera

2. Collect at least three "i verb" words. Cut the letters out of magazines and put them safely in an envelope with your name on it (examples of words are "i eat" "i sleep" "i ride").


3. Trace your silhouette (which will be projected onto the board) onto a piece of 18 x 24 paper

4. Go over you silhouette with a Sharpie marker

5. Divide your background into sections such as : horizontal or vertical lines, contour lines, lines converging at a vanishing point, etc.

6.Choose a pair of complementary colors (ex. yellow and purple, red-violet and yellow-green)

7. Practice making tints and shades of a color with a partner

8. Paint the background of your silhouette tints and shades of one color/hue. Paint your silhouette with the complementary color



9. Glue down your "i verb" words

10. Retrace silhouette with Sharpie marker