Art

= Art =

=Digital Self- Portraits=

** Technology Integration: **
Students will enjoy turning a digital picture into a digitally inspired self-portrait using scratch art. Technology integrated will include a digital camera, a computer, a printer and Adobe Photoshop software. // Materials include: // This lesson was found at [] 
 * Digital Camera
 * A Computer
 * A Printer
 * Adobe Photoshop (Can be obtained from the Adobe Education Store)[[image:http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2108462-10634299 width="1" height="1"]]
 * 8 x 10 Scratch Paper[[image:http://www.tqlkg.com/image-2108462-10495307 width="1" height="1"]] and Scratch-Art Tools[[image:http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2108462-10495307 width="1" height="1"]]
 * Pencil
 * Tape

**Curriculum Standard: **
Benchmark B: Apply and combine visual art, research and technology skills to communicate ideas in visual form. 2. Achieve an effictive balance between creating computer-generated images and drawing their own original images.
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Description of Lesson:
Objectives include: Procedure to follow for Studio project: 1. Steps to take: Teacher will take close up head shots of each student in class with the digital camera and upload images to the computer.(teacher can work on these next steps during their planning time or call students back one at a time to do their own) 2. Go to Adobe Photoshop. Open student picture. 3. Go to Image, click on Image size and change the size to 8 x 10. 4. Click again on Image, go to Mode and change photo to gray scale. Click OK to discard color information; 5. Click under Image again on Adjustments, scroll to Brightness and Contrast. Change the Brightness to at least 25 and Contrast to 25. I sometimes have to modify this for levels higher than 30 if the background is dark. Try to have a nice background that is not to busy. I try to take photos of the students when they are in front of a wall or outside. Click OK. 6. Go to Image again, scroll to Adjustments and scroll down to Posterize. Change level to a 2 or 3. You want a solid black/white picture. If it is to light, you can undue, and go back and add more brightness or contrast so that more areas will pick up when you posterize. 7. Print out each student's digital image once you are done. (Most of the pictures are printed after class is over, there is not enough time for each student to do this) 8. Pass out the 8 x 10 scratch art paper and the printed self-portraits. Place directly on top of the scratch art and tape to edges so it does not move around. 9. Using a pencil, trace directly on top of the printed picture- get everything and do not draw things that do not exist. If your picture does not have a nose, you cannot draw one on the picture. Draw all jagged lines etc. 10. After your face has been traced, lift off the printed picture, but do not discard, you may have to use it later for reference. 11. Begin to scratch away the white areas (use printed picture for reference as to where the white areas are located) 12. Mount on black mat or construction paper when complete. Hang in display cabinet with the heading of ‘Who Am I?” Kids get a kick out this project and is a hit every year.
 * Learn some of the basics of Photoshop software
 * Adjust a photograph for high contrast
 * Produce digitally inspired self-portrait using scratch art.

Supporting Research:
Ketchum, Daniel- eHow Contributor, October 2009  __How to Create Computer Generated Images on Personal Computers__ Read more: [|How to Create Computer Generated Images on Personal Computers | eHow.com] [] This article discusses how to create graphic images from your home /personal computer. This article gives quality instructions on how to download DAZ studio to your computer, then how to use this program to create graphic images.

Tried & True or New & Innovative:
The activities in this lesson are considered to be both “Tried and True” and “New and Innovative”. This activity is similiar to rubbings that have been done in art class for years"tried and true". The new and innovative part is taking the digital photo's and changing the way they look, to do the scratch art.

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