Galaxy Painting

 Description: For this assignment, we learned about the six types of way you can use watercolor. Practicing each one on a piece of paper to practice them and how they would look when they dried. Then we briefly talked about the different types of constellations in the sky and what exactly a galaxy is. Our goal for the project was to use at least three different types of watercolor strategies and create a galaxy and landscape with it, while also incooperating at at least one constellation in the sky. 

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Extension activity: As an extension activity, I would have us study in science what different locations look like at night,  and depending on the time of the year, what the sky looks like. Then they can create a picture that is based more on a real location and looks similar to what that actual location looks like. 

Perspective Drawing

 Description: For this assignment, we learned about what it means and what it looks like to draw from a different perspective, a bird's-eye view perspective. We started by drawing a dot in the middle and then making at least eight different boxes. The next step was to connect those boxes to the main point, making straight lines and making sure not to cross over the boxes. Applying Sharpie was the next step, making our lines stand out more. After Sharpie, we added a variety of different textures and patterns to the top of the boxes and then used analogous colors to fill in the buildings, showing how buildings look from on top rather than straight on. 

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Extension Activity: For an extension activity, I would incorporate math and have them use specific measurements to build their buildings, and also have them practice drawing them from different perspectives to get more practice in on both the math side and art side. 

Hidden Safari

Description: The Hidden Safari is a fun way to incorporate how colors contrast and react with each other. We started out by making our glasses with red film. Then we moved on to practicing drawing animals upside down to get more practice and confidence with drawing. Then we picked safari animals to draw on our page. After we drew them, we covered them with warm colors in a variety of different shapes to hide the true identity of our picture. Overlapping shapes and shades make seeing the animal almost impossible. Then we had to write down three clues to what our animal was. 

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Extensin Activity: You could use this for a science lesson that focuses on how red film filters differnt wave lengths. Looking at how it makes some colors stand out while making other colors disappear. We would practice with shining a white light through it, then comparing it to other colored film and observing what colors pass through them and which ones get blocked and why.