Photoshop and Animoto

One of my first camps this summer was the digital art camp. This is the second year having this camp and it is one of my favorites. The kids get to do things that are completely new.

One of my favorite projects was inspired by Video Art in Photoshop and Video Art and Photoshop for Kids by Nicole Dalesio. She is another great educator and blogger. She has some fun projects using video and Photoshop that are very easy to follow.

For one of the projects the kids picked a theme that would be easy to film short clips. For this project the them was “kids at play”. The kids went out in groups and picked something to play on in the playground. I showed them how to film at different angles to get more interesting compositions. It was important that they keep the videos short.

 

Then, I taught them how to edit the length of their clips and apply adjustment layers to their videos using Photoshop.

Once all the videos were complete, I finished the project by uploading the video files to Animoto. Here is the final result.

Check out Nicole Dalesio’s website to see how to apply the filters to video in Photoshop.

Back from a Blogging Break

Hello all! It has been a while since I posted anything substantial, mainly because of a busy summer. I have been working hard trying to finish a professional certification program, teaching five camps, and cleaning and preparing for the new school year. The great part about not writing for a while is that I have some new things to share with all of you. I will be posting real soon (tonight). Hope you all enjoy and learn something new.

I couldn’t resist.

“70 Million” Music Video

I could not resist posting this music video from a band called Hold Your Horse that show the band members posing as different famous paintings. I first saw the video on Free Technology for Teachers blog and thought it was great.


70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

6th Grade Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest

Every year the Rotary Club has a sidewalk chalk art festival in May. They unfortunately canceled this year’s event because of scheduling conflicts. I had one of my student’s parents mention holding something on the school campus. At first, there was no way I was going to attempt a chalk art event because of the upcoming art show to worry about. It was last minute that I changed my mind and decided to throw something together for my 6th grade students because I knew they would have a fantastic time and gain some lasting memories of their 6th grade art class.

I decided to group the 6th grade art class into teams of two and they were to pick a picture of a masterpiece to reproduce with chalk. When I told the kids that I got permission from their teachers to take them out of class all day they were excited! We did a little practice and they were told to dress comfortably because they would be sitting on the ground drawing all day. Here are some of the pictures from this fun day for chalk drawing.

The beginning of the day. The pavilion was a blessing because it was shaded and there was always a breeze.

First, set up a grid and then sketch the drawing.

Building up the color.

Blending and mixing color.

Chalk art is the best! YAY!

Everyone finished and pulled up the tape around the artwork and taped down the original image.

Christina and Bethany

Picasso

3rd Place - Nicole and Chris S.

Van Gogh

2nd Place – Chase G. and Hunter

Warhol

Patrick O. and Chase M.

Dow

Luke, Michael, and Scott

Kandinsky

Cal and Billy

Munch

Jamie, Katherine, and Whendy

 

Here is the square I worked on. I just love working with chalk pastels. I couldn’t resist.

Georgia O’Keeffe

“Asian Poppies”

It was an awesome day and we had some great parents that brought drinks and snacks for everyone to enjoy. I could not have asked for a better day of art.

2nd Grade: Mono-print Houses

Here are some of the prints from this year’s 2nd grade print houses. I posted instructions here in a previous post. Enjoy!

3rd Grade: Cereal Box Design

This is one of my favorite projects and probably one of the student’s favorite projects. We talk about cereal box designs and advertising and how color, cartoons and tempting toys are used to entice a buyer. Students were to think of something gross to eat and try to create a design that would be tempting to eat. The kids get so creative with it.

Bulletin Board: Artists in Action

I saw a bulletin board I liked so much that I had to make one just like it. It is found here at Bulletin Board to Remember. I really love this blog because it is so easy to find BB examples. Some times a teacher needs a little inspiration.