bell work nov. 10th, 2015 1. have you ever wanted to have better hand writing? explain your answer...

Bell Work Nov. 10th, 2015

1. Have you ever wanted to have better hand writing? Explain your answer

2. Have you tried calligraphy before? yes or no

3. Do you want to add lettering to your artwork?

4. What’s your favorite quote or song lyric(keep it school appropriate)?

5. List as many types of lines that you can think of or draw them:

Agenda

✦ Bell Work

✦ Agenda

✦ Share Bell Work

✦ Introduction - Guest Artist

✦ Basic Techniques

Guest Artist - Mrs. Brown

✦ Mrs. Lyon’s Mom

✦ Teaching License

✦ 42 years teaching experience

✦ Started and Owned own Company

✦ Written and Published Two Books

✦ Specialized in:

✦ Graphic Art - not on computers

✦ Fabric Art - clothing design

✦ Consultant for HP

Tools✦ rulers

✦ 1 index card

✦ 5 piece of lined paper each

✦ scissors

✦ glue

✦ nib and pen holder

✦ ink/watercolor liquid

✦ colored pencils(optional)

Basic Techniques

✦ Loading the pen

✦ nib = the metal tip of the pen

✦ Angle of pen

✦ Review - using the whole arm

Notebook Paper #1

✦ Make vertical lines on your paper with your pen

✦ Make horizontal lines on you paper with your pen

✦ Remember: hold pen at 45 degree angle and use your whole arm

Notebook Paper #2

✦ Fill half the page with diagonal lines

✦ /////////////////////////////////

✦ Fill the other half the page with diagonal lines going the other way

Notebook Page #3

✦ Fill half the page with

✦ ((((((((((((

✦ Fill the other half page with

✦ ))))))))))))

Notebook Page #4

✦ Fill the page with circles of various sizes

Checker Board

✦ Five nib widths high

✦ Review a nib is the metal part of the pen

✦ DEMO

Notebook Page #5a

✦ Practice writing the letter - a

✦ on your paper 20 times

✦ DEMO

Notebook Page #5b

✦ Practice writing the letter c

✦ on your paper 20 times

✦ DEMO

Checkerboard Again

✦ Five additional nib widths high

✦ Review a nib is the metal part of the pen

✦ DEMO

Notebook Page #5c

✦ Practice writing the letter - b

✦ on your paper 20 times

✦ DEMO

Checkerboard Again

✦ Five additional nib widths high

✦ Review a nib is the metal part of the pen

✦ DEMO

Notebook Page #5d

✦ Practice writing the letter - p

✦ on your paper 20 times

✦ DEMO

Practice

✦ The entire alphabet

✦ Remember: hight guideline, related to the checker board

3X5 Card

✦ 3x5 cards

✦ Make a window in your card that is 2x4

✦ DEMO

Index Card Framing

✦ Find a composition that you like and frame it with your index card

✦ Draw a line around the entire index card

✦ DEMO

✦ Cut out along the last line you drew

Glue

✦ glue what you cut out on the frame

✦ embellish with colored pencils

✦ DEMO

Example:

✦ Example:

✦ Visiting Artist share alphabet appropriation(adapting something else to fit your style/coming up with your own style)

Take your BW quote Q#4 or Name

✦ Try writing this out and for the capital letters do one of the following:

✦ Copy the example paper

✦ -OR-

✦ Appropriate your own style to the capital letters

Exit Pass 11.10.15✦ Below your bell work answer the following

question:

✦ 1) What part of today did you enjoy the most?

✦ 2) How will you apply what you learned today?

✦ please turn in all your papers with this too, thanks! And thank Mrs. Brown for visiting!