Samples of Handouts for Students

Outline below/ Planner / Reflection

Clone Yourself! Project Outline

Objectives:

Use the digital camera to obtain photos of yourself, pick the three best images for the project.

Use Painter Classic to alter these images in an intentional and creative way to create a Clone Yourself! Triptych.

Photo Shoot (refer to your Planner)

Remember: each image of yourself must show a particular facial expression to convey an aspect of yourself.

Begin Cloning!

Open image file in Painter Classic.

Go to File menu item: Clone Source: select your image file.

Find out height and width of image:
Go to Canvas menu item: Canvas Size, and make note of current size of image.

Create New File. Make it the same size as your image file.

Begin Cloning.
Use Cloners brush to reveal the image of yourself in your document. Keep in mind the expressive objectives of this particular image.

Grow your canvas: Add canvas to create additional background space for painting.
Go to Canvas menu item: Canvas Size: Adjust Size, add at least 50 pixels to top, left and right, click OK.

Continue painting, adding elements that support your emotions and ideas expressed in this image until you feel that you have completed this image.

Clone yourself two more times!

Repeat process in two other images, keeping in mind the different emotions and ideas that you are expressing in these images.

SAVE EARLY AND SAVE OFTEN!

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Clone Yourself! Portrait Planner

Each image of yourself must show a particular facial expression to convey an aspect of yourself.

Image One:

Aspect of myself:

How will I show that aspect?

What props do I need to bring for the Photo Shoot next class period?

What colors and or effects do I want to use in my digital self portrait painting that relate to my expressive objective (feelings and ideas)?

repeat for second and third image, and make room for their writing as needed

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Clone Yourself! Project Reflection

Name:

Using your Planner as a reference for what you intended to do, and the experience of working on the project, reflect upon the success of each self portrait image.

Image One

Your expressive objective for this image was:

You have communicated what you had planned: yes no

Describe what Cloners you used, and how they supported your expressive objective.

Describe how you used color, texture, and other Painter tools and effects to convey your expressive objective.

Based on what you have seen and heard from classmates, what changes, if any would you make to this image to make it more successful?

What proficiency rating would you give yourself for this particular image?
4= advanced
3= proficient
2= partially proficient
1= unsatisfactory

repeat questions for each image on subsequent pages

Clone Yourself! Project Reflection continued

Now that you have completed the project, reflect on the triptych as a whole.

Looking at the three images together, describe the similarities and differences between them in terms of visual elements and principles.

When a viewer sees these images displayed as a triptych, what do you think they will think of you?

What proficiency rating would you give yourself for the whole project?
4= advanced
3= proficient
2= partially proficient
1= unsatisfactory

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