Grade 9 Art - Day 31: Animate Your Paintings Using GIF CAM

As we transition into the painting unit, I want to work on integrating emerging technologies into our work with traditional media.  We will begin today with simple watercolour paintings, which we will take photos of and animate using GIF CAM, a free app at the iTunes store. Here's the direct link to the app:

https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/gif-cam-for-messenger/id967144358?mt=8

This is a new process for all of us, so we will have to collaborate to ensure success!

Start with a Theme or Topic.  You may choose to make this timely (like Halloween) or choose a subject something that is important to you at this time.  When you have decide on your theme and drawn it out on your page, we will begin our simple watercolour painting.  Try to incorporate silhouettes in this task...as I want you to learn the difference between opaque and transparent use of watercolour. Opaque: not see-through. Transparent: see-through.

When your painting is complete, we will take a picture of it import it into GIF CAM and add some fun animations to them.  

Here is an example, just in time for Halloween!

Stay tuned for results!!

I would like to thank ipadartroom.com for the inspiration for this lesson.