Portfolio Prep Lesson Plans
Mixed Media Newspaper Project
This project focuses on:
- using a variety of materials on newspaper to make a personal statement
- learning techniques of combining drawing with surface that are layered and stained
- reinforcing design concepts of emphasis, blanace, repetition, unity, variety and rhythm
Assignment: Make a mixed media collage upon a surface of gessoed newspaper. Combine image with mixed media materials to create a new image which has depth and ambiguous space. Consider composition and texture, and also the overall unity of the piece.
Porfolio Prep Topics
- About Portfolio Art
- Student Gallery
- The Research Journal
- Enrichment Opportunities for Students
- Toned Ground Landscape
- Mixed Media Newspaper Project
- Mixed Media Plaster Project
- Black Paper Bag Drawing Project
- White Charcoal on Black Gesso Bone Drawing
- Extended Line Drawing Project
- Figure Drawing Project
- Abstract Figure Drawing
- Still Life Painting Project
- Perspective Painting Project
- Grid Drawing Project
- Negative Space Drawing
- Pastel Self Portait Drawing
- Monoprint Project
- White Bottle Painting Project
- Sliding Plane Drawing
- Planar Analysis Project