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Projects allow students to demonstrate competence and understanding of concepts and skills by completing a career-related task. For example, the assignment might be to create a mural, a package design, a speech, a film review, or a movie set – you name it! These creative projects are about applying your learning acquired through in-depth research to real-world career tasks.
Each competency will be addressed through a project based on a real-life career task. Here are the careers you will explore: Forensic Artist, Merchandise Displayer, Illustrator, Photographer, and Cartoonist.
Projects
Forensic Artist
You will take on the role of a forensic artist applying for a job opening at your local police department. You will create a self-portrait to include with your application.
Merchandise Displayer
You will take on the role of a merchandise displayer for a local zoo, tasked with creating a unique, artistic window display for the souvenir shop. In your window display, you will create a black and white drawing of a featured animal of your choice, using the pointillism technique.
Illustrator
You will take on the role of an illustrator for a company that publishes children’s educational books. You will create drawings of a three-stage life cycle of a plant or animal of your choice for a children’s book.
Photographer
You will take on the role of a photographer for a clothing line, tasked with creating sketches of the poses that the models will use to best display the clothes during an upcoming photoshoot.
Cartoonist
You will take on the role of a cartoonist for a comic book company, tasked with creating your own comic strip for a kids magazine.
Competencies
Self-Portrait
Students will demonstrate an understanding of self-portrait drawings by examining and explaining the proportions of the human head and creating their own self-portrait.
Pointillism
Students will demonstrate an understanding of pointillism by explaining the techniques for creating a variety of values in pointillism and using ink to create a pointillism drawing.
Color
Students will demonstrate an understanding of using color in their drawings by analyzing the different groups on the color wheel, mixing colors to create desired colors, and using colored pencils in a three-stage drawing.
Figure Drawing
Students will demonstrate an understanding of figure drawing by examining and explaining the proportions of the human body and using charcoal to create their own figure drawing.
Cartooning
Students will demonstrate an understanding of cartooning by explaining common characteristics of cartoons and applying them to their own cartoon creation.
