End of the 1st Quarter

Attention AP Artists: 1st Quarter Requirements

By the end of the 1st Quarter you should have:

   4  Completed, portfolio quality pieces towards your SUMMER HMWK
   2  Completed Reworks (showing significant evolution)
+ 1  New Concentration piece
   7  New pieces representing your 1st Quarter portfolio
       and
All previous works from your High School art career to present NEED to be:
PHOTOGRAPHED and SAVED to your U drive NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 1st.

We will be using all Photographed works will be turned into a CONTACT SHEET during class. The CONTACT SHEET will be used to identify your strengths, to determine the direction for your concentration for the remainder of the year, as well as to assess your grade for 1st quarter.

Digital "How to" week

Deadline Alert
10/15: Be prepared that 10/15 will be your first FRIDAY UPLOAD .
You will be asked to upload your progress on at least 1 of the following assignments:
Reworked Experiment #1 or #2,
Concentration Piece.

ONE of the above assignments should be COMPLETE by the following FRIDAY.



 
 
AP Art's Digital How to Classwork:

Monday, October 4thBy the end of the period you should know:

How to identify the basic SYMBOLS and TOOLS used in PHOTOSHOP.

Where to SAVE and how to NAME your files on the shared drive.
How to OPEN your files in PHOTOSHOP.
How to ROTATE your files in PHOTOSHOP.
How to CROP your files in PHOTOSHOP.
How to use the NAVIGATOR to easily zoom in, out or around an image.
How to ADJUST the LEVELS of your files in PHOTOSHOP.
How to DODGE and BURN your images in PHOTOSHOP.
How to use the HISTORY bar to undo parts of your work.
How to change the IMAGE SIZE and QUALITY (dpi) in PHOTOSHOP.
How to change the CANVAS SIZE in PHOTOSHOP

Tuesday, October 5th
By the end of the period you should know how to:


Create, duplicate, rename and discard PHOTOSHOP LAYERS.
Change the ARRANGEMENT, OPACITY, COLOR, CURVE and MODE of a LAYER.
Permanently MERGE selected elements on a layer.
TRANSFORM, to SCALE, SKEW, STRETCH or DISTORT any particular layer.
Use the RUBBER STAMP or MAGNETIC LASSO to duplicate, reproduce or repair imagery.

Thursday October 7th
By the end of the period you should:


By the end of the period you should:
Have created your own digital portfolio on Blogspot.com by:

1. Go to: www.MephamArtCenter.blogspot.com (Kane)
    Go to: www.MephamArt.blogspot.com (Grana)

2. Click on the Blogspot.com link under the first post
3. Click on CREATE A BLOG (big orange button)
4. Enter your full BELLMORE MERRICK EMAIL ADDRESS exactly as it is (lowercase)
5. Enter your full BELLMORE MERRICK PASSWORD exactly as it is (lowercase)
6. Enter your chosen DISPLAY NAME (your first and last name)
Ie: C Kane (this is how your name will appear when you comment on someone’s post)

7. Enter your BLOG TITLE this is the TITLE at the top of the blog
8. Enter your desired BLOG ADDRESS (No_Spaces_You_May_Use_Underscores)
9. YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR BLOG!
(it may ask you for your phone #, you do NOT have to do this just sign out and in again)

10. Click NEW POST in the upper right hand corner of your webpage then

CLICK THE SETTINGS TAB
• Add your Blog to our Listings? NO
• Let search engine find your blog? NO
• Show email post links? No
• SAVE SETTINGS

Click NEW POST in upper right hand corner of your webpage then
Click the SETTINGS tab (once again)

• Comments: SHOW
• Who can comment: REGISTERED USERS or USERS w/ GOOGLE acct
• Comment Moderation: ALWAYS

Enter:

EMAIL ADDRESS: WCMephamART@gmail.com  Ms.Kane’s classes

EMAIL ADDRESS: MsGrana.APart@gmail.com  Mrs. Grana’s class

• Comment Notification:
YOUR EMAIL (if you would like to be notified you get a comment)
AND
EMAIL ADDRESS: (SEE CLASS SHEET FOR EMAIL FOR :  Ms.Kane’s classes)
EMAIL ADDRESS: (SEE CLASS SHEET FOR EMAIL FOR :  Mrs. Grana’s class

11. Select your desired BLOG TEMPLATE, BACKGROUND & LAYOUT, FONT TYPE, e
12. Have learned how to edit an existing post to add or change information (for Reworks Before & After)


Friday, October 7th:
Now that you have created your blog your job is to:
1. Edit your all 4 summer HMWKS (Crop, Adjust the levels)
2. Save your 4 Summer HMWKS in your EDITED FOLDER as: lastname_title
3. Created a new POST called 4 Summer HMWKS and uploaded all 4 in their current state.
4. Have created a POST called CLASS EXPERIMENTS and upload at least 2 as they are.