In your sketchbook or a scrap piece of paper, practice drawing simple to complicated lines, which you should then try to draw the mirror opposite of. This is a good simple starter to get your brain thinking perceptually.
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A simple, but great idea to get students creating portraits with the limitations of the rectangle. These are by the illustrator Adam Murphy, who is worth looking at.
Use the following video as inspiration to create a video trailer for sport at School 21. Think about:
What else did you notice? Kandel uses examples of brain damage to explain how the different hemisphere's of the brain are used during the creative thought process. I really like the idea of having a large chalk board in the art room, which can be used by students to try out large scale drawings. Students could be commissioned to do murals and it can then be photographed and changed. Pardon My Dust from SnowGlobe Studios on Vimeo. Came across this interesting blog post about getting students to cast their arm and paint on tatoo designs. I like the idea of visiting a local tattooist and asking about the types of tatoos people choose and their symbolic meanings. Could involve students doing a bit of independent research and interviewing people for homework. An interesting TED video about Alexa Meade, an artist who paints people and photographs them: |
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