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6th-Kawaii Art Doodles

Often mentioned alongside anime and manga, kawaii refers to a cultural style that incorporates bright, pastel colors and childlike imagery. In Japanese, the word kawaii has a meaning that sits more or less at the juncture of "cute," "tiny," or "lovable." The cute aesthetic—with its bold, nearly cartoon-like lines and rounded forms—informs a large segment of Japanese popular culture. As scholar Joshua Paul Dale writes, "[kawaii] communicates the unabashed joy found in the undemanding presence of innocent, harmless, adorable things."

The most famous example of kawaii culture is probably Hello Kitty, the ubiquitous white feline character whose image emblazons an ever-expanding range of products and accessories. The character was commissioned by a company called Sanrio, founded by Shintaro Tsuji, in 1974, with a plastic coin purse as the first product bearing the image. Now Hello Kitty is found on everything from backpacks to food trucks to duct tape to kitchen appliances to adult toys. Even though the character was originally intended for preteen girls, its limitless branding has pushed it into essentially every demographic and business sectors that have nothing to do with childhood.

But kawaii is about more than just fashion. It's often about endowing seemingly mundane things with personality..........Click to finish the article.

Top 10 list of Kawaii characters from Japanese culture

https://yumetwins.com/blog/top-10-kawaii-japanese-characters

You will create a Kawaii Doodle filled page based on a theme of your choice.

7th- Digital Art Parody

We will look at and discuss parodies for our next project. A parody (also called send-up or spoof), is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation. You will create two parodies of a famous classic artwork for your project this week.

Original

Parody

You will be randomly assigned one of these four artists/artworks for your parody:

1. Leonardo da Vinci- Mona Lisa

2. Grant Wood- American Gothic

3. Edvard Munch- The Scream

4. Rene Magritte- The Son of Man

Day 1 Complete Worksheet

Complete the parody worksheet and begin sketching/writing ideas for your parody.

Day 2-6 Complete your Digital Parodies

Your will have four days in class to complete your parodies. Create TWO parodies of your artwork using PIXLR.COM using some of the techniques discussed in class to manipulate the paintings.

Parody

Original

7th AR Standards: CR1.7.1 R7.7.2 CN10.7.1

5th- Roll a Monster

Our next project is a fun Halloween project. You will use the worksheets as a guide as you roll a die to randomly select the parts of a monster to draw. After you draw your monster you will need to color it in full color. You can also add extra details and textures to make your monster unique. Monsters need to be drawn on the provided paper and fill the page. (No tiny monsters!) You will create two monsters for this project.

DIRECTIONS: There are 3 different options below.

1. Choose one of the worksheets.

2. Using the virtual dice, roll for each part of your monster and draw that shape.

3. You may add details and extra additions to your monster at this point.

4. Add a background for your monster.

5. Color your artwork.

6. Repeat the steps above for your second monster!

Virtual Dice

OPTION 1

OPTION 2

OPTION 3

AR Standards: CR1.5.1 P5.5.1 CN10.5.1

6th Grade- Modern Day Hieroglyphics/ Cartouche Translations

http://www.ducksters.com/history/art/ancient_egyptian_art.php

This project will take a look at Ancient Egyptian figure proportions. You will create a modern day person (clothing, hair style) with Ancient Egyptian proportions, OR you will create a cartouche of your name.

This video discusses Ancient Egyptian proportion.

PROJECT 1

Using the video above and the picture below as a reference, create a modern day person using Ancient Egyptian figure proportions.

PROJECT 2
Cartouche

Follow The steps on the website to write your name in hieroglyphics.

1. Draw your cartouche using the example in class.

2. Fill the cartouche with color.

3. Write your name in hieroglyphics. Make the characters fill up the space in your cartouche

4. Color your hieroglyphic characters.

AR Standards: CR1.6.1 P4.6.1 P6.6.2 R7.6.2 CN10.6.1

5th- Design a Shoe

Shoe designers are fashion designers who develop original footwear for an independent label or a company. You must have a good understanding of texture, color and fashion while developing creative new concepts. You also need an extensive knowledge of shoe construction materials, the ability to identify attractive patterns through fashion trend analysis and an understanding of the fundamentals of footwear construction.

There are many shoe factories in the US alone, in fact there are over 900!

According to these stats on this website this is a thriving market in the US with lots of competition for artists and designers.

10 Sneaker Collabs

5 of the Most Expensive SB Nike Dunks

DIRECTIONS

For your project you will be designing a 3d shoe based on the Nike SB Dunk. You will be given the basic template and you will choose how to create your shoe.

You may use a brand that exists or. you may come up with your own brand and logo for your shoe.

YOUR SHOE NEEDS TO BE BASED ON SOME KIND OF THEME- (Mario, Basketball, Chess, Skittles, anything you can think of!)

You will completely color your shoe, cut it out, and fold it to create a 3d mockup of your shoe design. You will then add shoelaces using one of the many types of thread that I have.

8th Grade- Color Theory Soda Cans

During this lesson, we will take a look at graphic design, basic color theory and different color schemes used in art.

After completing a color theory worksheet you will create four unique soda can designs. Each can must include a different color scheme,different logo, design, and original name. We will also take a look at the graphic design process and discuss logos in society.

For now take a look at the websites below to get some inspiration and instruction in color theory and graphic design.

HERE is a site on basic color theory that lists some color schemes.

Here is a video that will explain all ten color schemes that are discussed in class and on your worksheet.

Day 1- Color Theory Intro

Compelete the worksheet on color theory.

Day 2-4 Soda Can Logo Designs

After looking at the color theory information and completing the worksheet, you will begin creating logos for your soda cans. Before you begin that here are a few examples of logos and a LINK to a website about logo evolution for you to look at.

As you create your logos for your soda cans, keep in mind that artists try and incorporate an image and text into one, easy to read, interesting design. Here is one more LINK to an article showing 50 different logos that contain a hidden meaning.