Book of Home project at LaGuardia Senior Center.16 8/10/2021

 

LMCC - Creative Learning Grant

Accordion Book

 Blog 16 8/10/2021

Using a grid to transfer an image is a great skill to master. To warm up our imaginations we selected something from our list of everyday objects and mimed how it is used. Helping mimed writing using a pen, while Alice mimed cutting with scissors. Lily read an open book and Chi sewed with needle and thread. Situ brought an imaginary teacup to her mouth while Sam Sam used her brush to paint. Yu Lan entranced us with Chinese folk-dance movements as she loves to sing and dance. 

Spica and I shared examples of the finished product, a transferred image, color blocked and silhouetted. From their packet of materials, students took out grid paper and transparency and used a paperclip to attach them. Using a ruler and black sharpie they traced the lines onto the transparency and numbered it. Next, they took white paper and used the transparency to transfer the numbered grid. An object was selected that had a little more detail and the transparency clipped over it. Next, students used the grid as a reference to draw the object onto the white paper. Once complete, they outlined their image with a black sharpie and erased the grid. 

Chi selected an amazing drawing she had done of an apple. Hilping selected to transfer a photo of a transistor radio, while Lily chose a pump bottle of cleanser. Both did an excellent job in drawing the details of their chosen object.

Using this technique, students will complete a second image for homework or challenge themselves to try enlarging the object.



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