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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

ASL Gesture Hands

Jaycob Campbell, aka "Gonketo", is a deaf artist from Australia. 
His style is Pop-art-ish, bold, bright, humorous, fun, animated, and meaningful. 







Gonketo

Our Project 



But first...

Journal PRACTICE

JOURNAL PART ONE

To help you with proportions, first Trace your hand. 

Being a good artist means being a great observer. 

You have to LOOK and VISUALLY study what you are going to draw. 



STUDY your real hand: 

How many sections/bending points are in each finger?

Which sections are the longest?

Which fingers are longest? 

What parts of the fingers have lines and creases?

What parts are smooth? 

Why are some smoothe and some not?

Divide tracing into smaller shapes. Add Details. Shade to complete as a form. 


Student Practice

JOURNAL PART TWO

Now, draw your hand with out tracing it using line, shape, and form ideas. 


Draw #2 Exercise from 
https://tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/11032


GREAT WEBSITES FOR DRAWING HANDS

https://blog.schoolspecialty.com/drawing-hands-101/

https://tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/11032

CRITERIA

1. Choose 3-5 ASL letters, words, or hand actions to use for your piece. 

Can't Decide? 

Your initials, your graduation year, your school initials (MHS), the word "ART", the word "LOVE". 

Or a hand holding something or 

finger doing something (like a monster puppet). 

2. PRACTICE them in your JOURNAL. 

Then, 

3. Draw 3-5 hand gestures on colored or white paper. 

Outline with black marker. 

4.Shade with ink techniques and/or pencil and blendy stump. 

5. Cut our and glue down on to paper that is a different color. 

OPTIONAL: Since Jaycob has so much fun with color, you can splatter paint the background!

See teacher first please. 

You can draw more hands on the background paper if you only drew 3 on separate paper. 

In the end you will need 3-5 hands.




Find More Pictures of ASL Alphabet HERE... 

https://tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/3251

If you are able, download this app for hand gestures...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.JindoBlu.HandDraw3DFREE&pcampaignid=web_share

NEED A HAND? 



Love & Peace symbol

Don't Forget symbol
Jaycob Campbell does not ONLY do sign language, 
he also does hand in action:
playing with finger monster puppets, riding mini-skateboards, or fingers getting long and silly. 
What hand actions do you identify with? 
I need to not forget, eat gum, and use my sharpie often.
So, here are some things I drew... 








Thursday, January 11, 2024

Balance and Symmetry



BALANCE- the visual weight of every element in a piece of art. Weight should be evenly balanced.
TYPES OF BALANCE- Symmetry, Asymmetry, and Radial. 

JOURNAL IT..





PRACTICE WITH SYMMETRY
You are drawing each square in REVERSE and FLIPPED! 
This may challenge your brain, but the key is take it square by square. 



LOST SOCK LESSONS ON SYMMETRY
Doodle Bug
https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2024/01/doodle-bug.html

Shiny Beetle 
https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2024/01/shiny-beatle.htmlArt Deco Symmetrical Insect

BUILD A BEETLE
https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2024/01/build-beetle.html

ART DECO SYMMETRICAL INSECT

https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2021/03/art-deco-symmetrical-insect.html

Kaleidescope Name
Radial Symmetry

https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2012/09/kaleidoscope-names.html