Lesson 1

Ako - To know:

• Watch the video on graphic design tools and rules - what did you already know?

Waihanga - To create:

• Identify 2 more good posters and 2 more bad posters on the drawing - make your own copy

• Tell me why you think that

• Choose 6 rules or tools to draw an example of on the grid

Lesson 2 & 3

Ako - To know:

• Artist Study - Aleksander Rodchenko and constructivism - what is this?

Waihanga - To create:

TASK 1:

Cut out a range of geometric shapes - arrange 4 thumbnails and include an image from a magazine as your focal point.

Make sure you focal point is in a new place each time and arrange your shapes to draw your eye towards it.

Photograph each new iteration and upload these to your drive.

TASK 2:

da font - how does the style of type effect the message we are conveying?

Use 2 different styles of font to change the meaning of a word or phrase

Choose a word from the following:

- Hello

- See you tonight

- Sweet dreams

- goodnight

Task 3:

using your photographs from the previous activity, add text to these using styles from dafont.

start playing around with placement and hierarchy

- pattern

- symmetry

- leading lines

- scale