Working with Images

Painting Software Tool for: drawing pictures and making illustrations Editing digital pictures

Click this icon to open MS Paint

Toolbar This is a picture of the screen when you are using the paint program. These are the tools you can use to create the shapes and colours that make up your pictures.

You Try them! Explore the tool bar and see if you can create a picture of ……..

The most important tool of all!!! Undo button!

Gallery Walk Take a look at our pictures. What have you discovered about this painting program? What have you learned that you can do with this program? Is this program similar to others you have used already? Explore paint some more.

These are the tools The pencil tool The eraser tool The paint bucket The typing tool The magnifier tool The colour picker

These are the brushes The brush The oil brush The calligraphy 1 pen The air brush The marker The crayon The water colour brush The calligraphy 2 pen The pencil

More Painting Tools This is the shapes tool bar. Click and drag to make shapes of different sizes. Can you make a ….. pattern, change the size 2

How do you draw these shapes? How are they different from the other shapes? What tool can you use to make them look like this? What did you learn about this tool? 2

Make Colours! The foreground colour The background colour The colour palette Mix your own and edit colours

Saving your work! 1. File Menu 2. Save As 3. JPEG format 2

Why is Saving Your Work Important? Save it for later Save to share with someone else Save so you can make some changes later Other reasons?

Can you draw this? What did you learn about the pencil tool? Did you use the eraser tool? Zoom tool? What did you learn about the paint bucket tool? Did you use the undo button? Why? 3

Did this happen to you? Use the magnifier tool to check for “leaks”.

Some tools are tricky! Text tool Change the size, type and colour as you would with a word processor.

Some tools are tricky! Curve tool 1.Click 2.Drag 3.Click 4.Click!

Some tools are tricky! Spray Can Press and drag…. Slow Fast Faster

Editing a Picture by Someone Else

My Project Stage One Draw a subject of your choice. Use as many tools as you wish Include your name in the illustration Save and close your work Stage Two Open saved work Make changes Use save as to save a copy using a different name for your work.

My Project Stage One Draw an illustration for the story we are reading. Use as many tools as you wish filling out the whole scene (including foreground and background) Include your name in the illustration Save and close your work Stage Two Locate and open saved work Add or delete characters from your illustration, make any other changes: size, colour, position, etc. Use save as to save a copy using a different name for your work. Print your work.

Practice and Review What is MS paint? What are the features? What can the tools do? What effects can you create with them?

What did the artist do to create this pattern? Chris Anderson From :

What did the artist do to create this pattern? By Suzanne Carpenter From :

What did the artist do to create this pattern? Dara Toh From :

What do you notice about this pattern? Nele Tullus From :

How was this pattern created? Kaufman From :

Using Paint to Create Patterns Manipulate images by rotating and flipping then copying and pasting

Modifying Imported Images

Creating your own Pattern Stage One Create a pattern using cut, copy and paste Make your pattern interesting by using flip and rotate. Save your work Stage Two Open and rename the file to create a new version Modify your picture by using some editing features such as resize, etc. Save your work with a new name.

Paintings with MS Paint By Hal Lasko, 97 years old

Paintings with MS Paint By Hal Lasko, 97 years old

Creating Paintings Stage One Select a picture to copy. Use a variety of brushes and tools to create your painting. Use the edit colors feature to create new colours. Save your work at regular intervals. Stage Two Be prepared to share your work and explain how and why you used the painting techniques that your did. Be prepared to answer questions about your choices.

Different picture file types choose-jpeg-files-for-your-dog-photos.navId html choose-jpeg-files-for-your-dog-photos.navId html

Creating a Publication using Original Art Create a book or magazine cover for a particular audience Use graphics software to create an original piece of artwork Use desktop publishing techniques and software to create a first draft of the book cover Save and submit for feedback from the class Modify to include improvements/recommendations.

Click this Icon to Open MS Publisher

Explore Publisher Features

Sample Book Covers

Drawing tools on the Web paint/ paint/ Also see the Art Smart Board activities on MOED.BM