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Portfolio covers: middle and high school. (Clipcard).


Materials

Newsprint newsprint

low grade paper used for newspapers. Old newspapers are fed to cattle as an alternative roughage and may occasionally be ingested by dogs. Significant amounts of lead are accumulated in tissues; no cases of poisoning have been recorded in cattle, though it has been
 paper, felt-tip pens, markers, India ink, HB pencils, crayons, acrylic paint, yardstick, compass, and Bristol board Bristol board
n.
A smooth, heavy pasteboard of fine quality.



[After Bristol, England.]
.

Process

1. On a sheet of newsprint, create at least six thumbnail A miniature representation of a page or image that is used to identify a file by its contents. Clicking the thumbnail opens the file. Thumbnails are an option in file managers, such as Windows Explorer, and they are found in photo editing and graphics program to quickly browse multiple  sketches-representing three to six interest areas of the student: sports, arts, hobbies, favorite courses of study, kinds of music or art preferred, nature, travels, etc.

2. Draw four rectangles on a second sheet of newsprint. Compose a different design in each, incorporating name, three or more images, and label for course, year, and storage shelf number. It is helpful to discuss the overlapping of images, integration, variations on size, use of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed.

See also: Color
 and value for emphasis, balance, and interest.

3. Draw a final "rough" for the preferred composition, refining lettering and images, choosing colors. This is to be discussed with and stamped or approved by the teacher before proceeding. All rough work is to be kept as the process is part of the final mark.

4. Draw design onto Bristol board lightly with HB pencils, using yardsticks and compasses when required, especially as guidelines for letters. Stress light lines so that they can be erased e·rase  
tr.v. e·rased, e·ras·ing, e·ras·es
1.
a. To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping.

b.
 easily.

Evaluation

What are you pleased with? Be specific. What do you wish were different? Explain. What would you do differently if you were to do it again? What have you learned during this project? Design process followed?

Criteria

Degree of experimentation, variety Interest of final design (dynamic/contrast/variety/intensity/balance/etc.) Use of Medium (neatness) Labels: neatness of lettering, completeness of information

Clipcard submitted by Catherine Clugston Blake, and art teacher at Arnprior District High School in Arnprior, Ontario Arnprior (2006 Population 7,158; UA population 9,076) is a town in eastern Renfrew County, in eastern Ontario, Canada at the mouth of the Madawaska River, as it enters the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. As of the 2006 census, it had a population of 7,158 people. , Canada.
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Author:Blake, Catherine Clugston
Publication:School Arts
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2002
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