7th Digital Art: You Are What You Eat!

We will be making self-portraits inspired by the work of artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, and studying what we eat (healthy or unhealthy foods?).

Research
1. Go to this website to answer the questions on your worksheet about the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

2. Learn about healthy foods and create a healthy meal HERE. Create a 4 star meal. When you are done, write down what foods you choose on the back of your packet and show Ms. Fowler. Divide them into food groups.

3. Play Dining Decisions.

4. Go shopping for healthy foods and read nutrition labels at the Virtual Grocery Store.

5. Go HERE to review the rules of facial proportions, and draw a face on your worksheet.

Brainstorm

Brainstorm a list of all of the foods you can think of that you eat. Which foods are healthy and which are unhealthy? Write them in your bubble map.

Design

Look at student examples of collages HERE

Save copyright free photos of the foods that you eat to your folder. Use morguefile.com

Start creating your portrait in Photoshop

1. Go to File > New

2. Name your portrait "YourLastNameFood"

3. Make your file 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches high.

4. Open your food photos and cut and paste each into your document. Mrs. Fowler will demonstrate how to do this. You can use Image > Transform to change the size and rotation of your pictures.

Save your project to the "HAND IN FINAL WORK HERE" folder. Have fun!