ASL Gesture Hands

Journal PRACTICE

To help you with proportions, first Trace your hand. 

Then STUDY your real hand: 

How many sections is in each finger?

Which sections are the longest?

Which fingers are longest? 

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

Now, draw your hand using line, shape, and form ideas. 

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

CRITERIA

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

Outline with black marker. 

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

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

In the end you will need 5 hands.

Find More Pictures of ASL Alphabet HERE... 

If you are able, download this app for hand gestures...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.JindoBlu.HandDraw3DFREE&pcampaignid=web_share

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

Shiny Beetle

MOrgan Davidson 

American, Morgan Davidson is a very accomplished realistic artist; she injects so much color and light in her drawings, that it wouldn't surprise me if they were enough to illuminate a darkened room. 

https://www.designstack.co/2020/07/super-colorful-animal-pencil-drawings.html

1. FIND A BEETLE PHOTO

It must be symmetrical, colorful, and shiny/iridescent. 

HINT: Once you pick your beetle, you can identify it by name and search for a line drawing of it. 

This may help with the initial outline. 

Student Examples

Aniyah & Kyla

Jenifer Rodriguez 12th grade 

Sa’Niya J. 12th grade 

Mikayla H.               Victoria M. 

James                        Audrey 11th grade

Spencer.            Dawson 11th grade

Bethany A. 12th grade

William W. & Riley T. 

Begin..

I chose this one... 

2. Fold your paper to find the line of symmetry. 

With a pencil, Draw your beetle on the paper as symmetrical as possible. 

*HINT-  if you choose white paper, you can draw half, fold, and trace to other side. 

3.Outline your beetle with black marker. Draw in any spots that are black and fill in. 

4. Map out the shapes of your colors on your beetle with a pencil 

I labeled mine to help me later. 

5. Color in your beetle with markers. 

Alcohol markers work best to make smooth. 

6. Go over your areas that need more saturation, intensity and brightness with Prisma Color pencils. 

You may need to LAYER them and use WHITE mixed in to make them appear "lit up". 

Work until it is as close to the original photo as possible. 

Examples below from Mrs. Morgan, the Lost Sock Art Teacher

  

My art next to original photo. 

Notice the colors in the photo were not exactly symmetrical. 

I did change some to make it more the same on both sides. 

Here is a video to help you with the technique. 

THis video show you how to do it with Makers and Colored Pencils

THis shows you how to do it with only COLORED PENCILS. 

Here...