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Lesson Plans:
Day Four: Drawing Architectural Design Elemensts on the Computer
Author: Kathryn Maxwell
Grade Level: Art Class Grade 8
Indiana Educational Standards: Visual Arts Standards 3 (Criticism), 7, 8, and
9 (Production)
8.3.2
Rationale: Students in middle school like to imitate. Students enjoy
working with computers. Students are curious about drawing programs on
computers. Drawing objects helps students remember words and symbols. Therefore,
students can enjoy drawing architectural structures on a computer paint program.
Preparation: The teacher will reserve the computer lab for one class
period. The computers will have the "Paint" program installed. The teacher will
run off copies of the "Helpful Visual Architectural Dictionary" handout.
Allow one copy for each student. Students should also have their "Architectural
Styles" handouts and their "Architectural Vocabulary" handout.
8.3.1, 8.3.2, 8.7.1, 8.9.1, 8.9.2
Objective: Using the computer paint program, teacher guided
instruction, and an illustrative handout, students can learn to draw and label
eighteen basic architectural structures.
- The student will look at the "Helpful Visual
Architectural Dictionary" handout.
- The student will watch the instructor demonstrate how to
draw using the tools in the computer "Paint" program.
- The student will draw and label eighteen examples of
architectural structures in the "paint" program using the "Helpful Visual
Architectural Dictionary" handout as a guide.
- The student will ask the instructor for assistance with
some of the computer "Paint" drawing techniques as needed.
- The student will save their drawing onto a floppy disk
or save the drawing to their assigned personal computer folder.
8.8.2
Introduction: The purpose of today’s lesson is to learn how to draw
architectural structures that we have seen in the slide presentation and to
learn how to draw in a computer program.
8.9.1, 8.9.2
Activity: The students will assemble in the computer lab. They will
receive the "Helpful Visual Architectural Dictionary" handout. The instructor
will demonstrate the drawing techniques one can use in the computer "Paint"
program: clicking the drawing pencil icon to freehand draw, clicking the line
segment icon to create straight lines, clicking and dragging the circle icon to
create hollow circles, clicking and dragging the solid circle icon to made solid
colored circles, clicking the eraser to eliminate part of a line, clicking the
spray can icon to fill an enclosed area with color, clicking the broken
rectangle icon to cut and paste or create a copy of part of the drawing,
clicking the magnifying glass to zoom in on part of a drawing in order to make
fine detailed additions to the drawing, clicking the "T" icon to add text to the
drawing area, clicking and dragging the hollow or solid rectangular icon to
create a rectangular shape, clicking edit on the menu bar and then clicking
"undo" in order to eliminate the last technique drawn, and demonstrating how to
copy and paste sections of the drawing using the copy and paste icons in the
edit button on the menu bar. As the student becomes more proficient with the
tool bar, the instructor can individualize the demonstration of more complicated
operations. After familiarizing themselves with the paint program, students will
begin drawing and labeling the eighteen listed architectural visual examples.
Materials:
- Helpful Visual Architectural Dictionary handout
- Architectural Styles handouts
- Architectural Vocabulary handout
- A computer with the "Paint" program installed
Resources:
Optional: "Art Textbooks for Individual Student Exploration" handout
can be used by students in their spare time. |
