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Looney Tunes Grid Drawings

Learning Targets

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• Create an original Looney Tunes Grid Drawings using drawing techniques learned in class
• Use color combinations (neutral, complementary, analogous), shape variation (geometric, organic, free form), and space (positive, negative) inspired by Looney Tunes (1930-Present) Warner Brothers
• Use grid method (proportion, scale, square, diagonal lines) and design principles (composition, proportion, balanced) based on American Animation
• Define Cartoon (a drawing, illustration, or animated film that uses nonrealistic, stylized, or exaggerated art to entertain, tell a joke, or offer political and social commentary)

Lesson One
Day One, Art Start

1. Daffy Duck (1937) Tex Avery and Bob Clampett

2. Read Learn To Draw Looney Tunes: Learn To Draw All Your Favorite Looney Tunes Characters by Walker Foster

3. Discussion Questions "Why do artists create artwork about cartoons and pop culture? How do artists master the basic principles when drawing favorite characters? Which specific character (Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester) would you like to draw? Can you tell me the history of the characters and the men who created them? What do you know about the Warner Brothers Animation? How was the animation unit established and how did it go? Did you know Hugh Harman helped design animated characters like Bosko, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck? Did you know Rudolf Ising was the lead animator for Looney Tunes? Did you know Rudolf Ising served in the army as part of the animation and film division? Did you know the first Looney Tunes series launched in the 1930s? Did you know Rudolf Ising became famous from his interviews with historian Mark Kausler? Did you know that Bosko was the first character to say "That's All Folks?"

Lesson Activities

1. Choose 12" X 15" Drawing Paper

2. Use pencil to add line types (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) to the subject matter (character, foreground, middle ground) of the Looney Tunes Grid Drawings

3. Use line types (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) to add details (hat, facial features, accessories) to the positive space (foreground, middle ground, character) of the Looney Tunes Grid Drawings

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Looney Tunes Grid Drawings for Assigned Tables 

2. Tweetie Pie (1947) Bob Clampett

3. Discussion Questions "What colors do you see? What kinds of lines can you find? What kind of shapes can you find? What new title would you give this artwork? Why do you think the artist made the artwork this way? How would you tell someone about this artwork? What are some mathematical techniques you could incorporate into your own artwork? Does an artist need firsthand experience to represent it successfully? How might an artwork be interpreted differently at different moments in history? Do you think artists see the world differently than non artists? Is being an artist a stewardship? Do artists have a responsibility to share their artwork with the world? Can artists interact with cartoons as subject matter in different ways?"

Lesson Activities

1. Use drawing techniques (blending, smudging, smearing, shading) to add highlights (highlights, light source) to the Looney Tunes Grid Drawings 

2. Use drawing techniques (blending, smudging, smearing, shading) to add shadows (reflective shadow, cast shadow, shadow) to the Looney Tunes Grid Drawings

3. Use neutral colors (black, grey, brown, white) to add contrast to the positive space (foreground, middle ground, characters) of the Looney Tunes Grid Drawings

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Looney Tunes Grid Drawings for Assigned Tables 

2. Set Up Studio Area (oil pastels, pencils, erasers, grid paper) 

Lesson Activities

1. Use drawing techniques (blending, smudging, smearing, shading) to add value (lightness, darkness, tints, shades) to the Looney Tunes Grid Drawings

2. Use drawing materials (kneaded erasers, conte crayons, pencil sharpeners) to blend in the positive space (foreground, middle ground, character) of the Looney Tunes Grid Drawings

3. Use drawing materials (kneaded erasers, conte crayons, pencil sharpeners) to blend in the negative space (background) of the Looney Tunes Grid Drawings 

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