No, not that kind of framing! I’m talking about when you have parts of the picture parallel with the edges of the picture to create a “frame” in the image itself, rather than putting a frame around the picture after it’s printed. A good frame should be on at least two sides of the image, but more works, as well!

This lesson was also on looking at things from a vantage point that most people don’t use. My students were encouraged to take pictures doing anything other than standing and holding the camera directly in front of them.

As always, this led to some interesting results.

My apologies for being a bit behind schedule with uploading student photos. The following are from our lesson on cropping / getting closer to / zooming in on the focal point in order to improve the composition, as well as using linear elements (lines) as focal points themselves.

I know I should be used to it by now, but I’m still taken aback by some of these shots. These kids do good work.

This assignment was a follow-up of the last one in that it still required students to find a good focal point. This time, however, they were also told to find a way to avoid “camera shake” (The blurriness you get when the camera moves while taking the picture) without using a tripod.

Our first art club lesson was abbreviated due to the usual things that need to be covered in the first meeting, but we still managed to select pseudonyms for ourselves and take pictures that each had one good focal point. (Focal points are the things that stand out more than anything else in a picture.)

Here’s most of the photos. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger version.

Students were asked to design flags for the Youth Art Month Expo. These are the three I selected from our group.

This is the 4th animation completed by an Art Club student.  There are more animations, but those students need more time to finish.

 

 When to panic [0:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here’s the 3rd in our series of animation projects – there’s more to follow.

 

 The Rabbit [0:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Originally uploaded by TheArtGuy.

A while back I was asked to have my students make ornaments for the MD Governor’s tree. Each art teacher was asked to bring in 5 ornaments that fit the theme “Maryland in Miniature,” so we made miniature lighthouses using felt and fabric markers.

Of the lighthouses that the Art Club kids created, these are the five that were picked to be on the tree.