Medium: Adobe Photoshop
Time: 1 Weeks
Grade: 9-12
Art Element: Line, Color, Texture, Space, Value
Artist Focus: Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo
Objective: Create a surreal illustration focusing {focus on Dodge, Burn and Gradient for dimension}
Tool: Pen, Brush, Selection, Dodge/Burn, Gradient, Tool & Filtering
Phase 1: Brainstorm ideas for illustration. Have students sketch ideas on paper.
Tip: It helps to suggest combining two or more elements/objects for their illustration
Phase 1 continued: Once student sketches are complete, discuss, critique and scan. Original drawings may be used as the base for their Graphic {requiring students to use their drawing as a graphic template will give the Finished graphic an illustrative look.}
* All artwork generated by the following students grade 9-12: [see below] [Aubrey L..] [Natalie T.] [Avalon N] [Mark G..] [Marcus M.] [Tempeste J.] [Kenny B.] [Deandre S.]
Time: 1 Weeks
Grade: 9-12
Art Element: Line, Color, Texture, Space, Value
Artist Focus: Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo
Objective: Create a surreal illustration focusing {focus on Dodge, Burn and Gradient for dimension}
Tool: Pen, Brush, Selection, Dodge/Burn, Gradient, Tool & Filtering
Phase 1: Brainstorm ideas for illustration. Have students sketch ideas on paper.
Tip: It helps to suggest combining two or more elements/objects for their illustration
Phase 1 continued: Once student sketches are complete, discuss, critique and scan. Original drawings may be used as the base for their Graphic {requiring students to use their drawing as a graphic template will give the Finished graphic an illustrative look.}
* All artwork generated by the following students grade 9-12: [see below] [Aubrey L..] [Natalie T.] [Avalon N] [Mark G..] [Marcus M.] [Tempeste J.] [Kenny B.] [Deandre S.]
Phase 2: Dodge and burn Tutorial [DEMO this tutorial after students finish their illustration sketches]
Step 1: Provide a graphic for the students to work on while you demo the Dodge and Burn tool
* I generated a simple telephone graphic using the Pen tool
Step 2: Select one of the layers
Step 3: Select the Burn or Dodge {soft edge brush and lower the opacity to 25 percent
Step 4: Discuss shading & value. Have students experiment using the burn and Dodge tool on the selected layer
Step 5: Allow students to create dimension with various layer styles on the remaining layers of the graphic.
Layer->Layer style->Bevel Emboss, Drop Shadow etc.
Class: Graphic Design I
Grade: 9-12
State: NJ
Teachers Artwork: [Website]
