6th grade
GRAFFITI mola
Your task:Graffiti Molas
You will create a mola, an ornate art form that originated as a textile art with the Kuna people of Panama and Columbia. Mola inspired art is now found throughout North and South America and can be made of various art media; textiles, paper, paint, etc. We are going to make our mola inspired art out of paint.
The biggest thing I'm looking for with this artwork is that you draw your image using good composition skills and you keep your brushwork, line quality and edge-work clean! Everyone can have success with this work if you just go slow and are mindful. Coming up with cool and colorful designs sure helps!
You will create a mola, an ornate art form that originated as a textile art with the Kuna people of Panama and Columbia. Mola inspired art is now found throughout North and South America and can be made of various art media; textiles, paper, paint, etc. We are going to make our mola inspired art out of paint.
The biggest thing I'm looking for with this artwork is that you draw your image using good composition skills and you keep your brushwork, line quality and edge-work clean! Everyone can have success with this work if you just go slow and are mindful. Coming up with cool and colorful designs sure helps!
Learning about Graffiti:
1. In your own words what is graffiti?
2. Where do you typically see graffiti?
3. What types of graffiti are there?
4. What are the pro's and con's of this art form?
5. What questions do you have about graffiti?
1. In your own words what is graffiti?
2. Where do you typically see graffiti?
3. What types of graffiti are there?
4. What are the pro's and con's of this art form?
5. What questions do you have about graffiti?
Examples: |
How to start Lettering:
**Try using your eraser crumbs for Step 1.**
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Final Sketch Directions
6. Add color with paint, markers, colored pencils, or any combination of those.
OTHER TIDBITS:
- Drawing large in pencil only on your choice of paper.
- Do not forget to add your 3D edge. See image below at this point, you should not have large gaps or huge empty spaces.
- You may lightly plot out your background, but you do NOT need to color it yet.
- Use permanent marker to outline your lettering, and block in your 3D edge with any color of your choice.
6. Add color with paint, markers, colored pencils, or any combination of those.
OTHER TIDBITS:
- Think symmetry. You want your graffiti to be balanced and eye-catching.[1] Play around with the letters so they fit together well; they don't have to be the same size. Mix up capital and lowercase letters to make them fit together nicely.
- The first and last letter should balance each other out. For example, if you're writing the name "JOSEPH," play with the "J" and the "H" to create a frame for the rest of the letters. You can add a hook to the second leg on the "h" so it matches the hook on the "J."
- A lot of graffiti artists write words in an arch, rather than a straight line, to give the design some extra punch.