 Is it possible to create a mixed media work of art digitally? It is when you are using a wonderful collage based app combined with a drawing/painting app!
Pretty soon, my students will be creating mixed media portraits using our art room iPads! In the past, we've created artwork using the app Faces iMake, however, we were always so pressed for time being that we only had a few iPads. In the interest of trying to give everyone a few minutes to create a collage portrait, students often felt rushed.
Now that we are fortunate enough to have a class set of iPads in our art room, students will be able to work on projects from week to week using their very own iPads.
They will start out using the Faces iMake app
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/faces-imake-right-brain-creativity/id439641851?mt=8
and will select, size and arrange various objects to make a face.
Then, they will save their work and import the image into the Brushes app
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brushes-3/id545366251?mt=8
Using our styluses, students will outline and paint new details over their collages. Be sure to visit our Artsonia Gallery to see these works of art when they are finished! http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=602387#
Faces iMake is one of my favorite apps. It invites people of all ages to create digital collages using images within the app as well as your own photos. It has received great recognition and won numerous awards, such as the prestigious "Parents Choice Award". http://www.facesimake.com/
The app developers who created this app (iMagine machine and artist,Hanoch Piven) have just released FaceWorld! FaceWorld allows digital artists to share work within the app and even collaborate to create new collages within the Faces iMake app. Once an artist is finished with his or her creation, there is an option to post the artwork to FaceWorld. Others can then view the artwork in the FaceWorld gallery and can even decide to use some of the new objects or images to make another collage. Learn more about the app developers and about FaceWorld here
http://bit.ly/PtSTJJ
I was thrilled to share Faces iMake and my students' digital collages at the National Art Education Association Convention in NYC this past March, but am even more excited about sharing the new possibilities that FaceWorld will bring.
As a teacher, I am required to infuse technology into my lessons and teach 21st century skills to best prepare my students for the future. Faces iMake teaches students how to pinch, zoom, resize, move, turn, flip, duplicate, send to back, bring to front, add, remove and delete on an iPad, all while making creative choices to compose digital works of art. In doing so, students meet these National Technology standards:
1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct
knowledge, and develop innovative products and
processes using technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas,
products, or processes
b. Create original works as a means of personal
or group expression
Now, because of the sharing and collaborative features in FaceWorld, students will be able to meet even more of our National Technology standards:
2. Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to
communicate and work collaboratively, including
at a distance, to support individual learning and
contribute to the learning of others.
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers,
experts, or others employing a variety of digital
environments and media
b. Communicate information and ideas effectively
to multiple audiences using a variety of media
and formats
I've been communicating with these talented app developers and consider myself fortunate to have been invited to try FaceWorld as it was in its beginning stages. Needless to say, I am crazy about the app and am having a lot of fun making my own creations and posting them to FaceWorld. My digital collages under the name, "Tiedemania" are featured on the "Featured Artist" page in FaceWorld, which is also very exciting! I've posted my work at the top and bottom of this blog article, but what I am looking forward to most is seeing how my students will collaborate, create and share!
See how B.A. 1st graders used Faces iMake last year here: http://baart.weebly.com/1/post/2011/11/1st-graders-used-ipads-to-create-veggie-portraits.htmlIf you already have the Faces iMake app, be sure to apply the latest update so that you can access FaceWorld! If yo don't have it yet, it is available in the iTunes Store. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/faces-imake-premium!/id389101695?mt=8
Have fun!
1st grade artists are in the middle of a unit inspired by the book, "The Lima Bean Monster" by Dan Yaccarino. Students are painting vegetable and fruit portraits to remind us that we should eat our veggies and fruits to stay healthy. Veggie and fruit portraits are also being created on our iPads using the app Faces iMake.
Watch a 34 second video clip of 1st graders creating "Veggie and Fruit Portraits" below and view more app artwork in our Artsonia gallery
artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=459430
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