pixlr scary fall tree picture
The third grade students learned how to use the FREE online photo editing program Pixlr. Like Photoshop, Pixlr allows students to draw, blend, save, and afterword, add effects to their pictures. Watch the instructional video below to see how the this project was created. Enjoy!
Scary Tree Assessment:
All steps should be completed as the steps were shown in class or the video tutorial above.
1. Create a canvass that is 800x600dpi ____/5
2. Use the 200pt. blurred brush tool, and at least 2 colors to create a scary sky. ____/5
3. Use the circle selection tool to create a moon in your picture. ____/5
4. Use the 20pt sharp edged brush tool and black to draw in your tree. ____/5
5. Save the picture to YOUR account art folder. ____/5
_____/25
Remediation:
Students may use 1 color for their scary sky
Enrichment:
6. Draw an Owl and a monster in the background. _____/ Extra Credit!!!!
Standards/Objectives
Perceiving/Knowing (PE) Observe, listen, attend, Discriminate
1PE Notice and point out details and respond to expressive features in artworks.
2PE Distinguish the subject matter and artistic style of two or more visual artists.
7PE Generate artmaking ideas from their daily experiences and the environment.
Producing/Performing (PR)
1PR Demonstrate increasing skill and craft in the use of art tools and materials with attention to their diverse qualities.
3PR Create artworks based on imagination and observation of familiar objects and scenes.
4PR Demonstrate flexibility in their creative processes and use of art materials.
5PR Identify, select and use art and design elements and principles to express emotions and produce a variety of visual effects (e.g., nuances of surface, contour, pattern and tone).
Responding/Reflecting (RE)
1RE Use basic self-assessment strategies to improve their artworks.
All steps should be completed as the steps were shown in class or the video tutorial above.
1. Create a canvass that is 800x600dpi ____/5
2. Use the 200pt. blurred brush tool, and at least 2 colors to create a scary sky. ____/5
3. Use the circle selection tool to create a moon in your picture. ____/5
4. Use the 20pt sharp edged brush tool and black to draw in your tree. ____/5
5. Save the picture to YOUR account art folder. ____/5
_____/25
Remediation:
Students may use 1 color for their scary sky
Enrichment:
6. Draw an Owl and a monster in the background. _____/ Extra Credit!!!!
Standards/Objectives
Perceiving/Knowing (PE) Observe, listen, attend, Discriminate
1PE Notice and point out details and respond to expressive features in artworks.
2PE Distinguish the subject matter and artistic style of two or more visual artists.
7PE Generate artmaking ideas from their daily experiences and the environment.
Producing/Performing (PR)
1PR Demonstrate increasing skill and craft in the use of art tools and materials with attention to their diverse qualities.
3PR Create artworks based on imagination and observation of familiar objects and scenes.
4PR Demonstrate flexibility in their creative processes and use of art materials.
5PR Identify, select and use art and design elements and principles to express emotions and produce a variety of visual effects (e.g., nuances of surface, contour, pattern and tone).
Responding/Reflecting (RE)
1RE Use basic self-assessment strategies to improve their artworks.