Noel Newquist

Emoji FUn Making Emotional Art

Today’s Learning Targets

1) use images to communicate your emotions.

2) use bold colors and patterns to create artwork that stands out.

Where did these things come from?

Emoticons were expressive faces made with only a few keyboard symbols.

(@_@)

IN THE OLDEN DAYS, YOU HAD TO TURN YOUR HEAD SIDEWAYS TO GET IT.

:-)

8^D

But nowadays, smart devices have extra keyboards with standard emoji pictographs.

Romero Britto

Britto was born a poor boy in Brazil, but now he’s a world famous artist!

Britto’s artwork features boldly colorEd patterns with thick black outlines.

BRITTO’S GOAL AS AN ARTIST IS TO BRING A SMILE TO PEOPLE’S FACES.

Let’s mash these ideas together!

Materials

Black permanent marker
Colored markers
Square paper
Circle tracer

Step 1

Trace a huge circle with the permanent marker.

Step 2

Still using the permanent marker, draw lines radiating out from the circle to the edges of the page.

Step 3

Still using the permanent marker, draw an emoji face inside the large circle.

Pick one of these, or draw your own!

Step 4

Use colored markers to color the emoji.

Step 5

Switch back to the permanent marker to draw patterns and line designs in the background spaces.

Step 6

Use colored markers to color your background patterns and line designs. Try to avoid using yellow, in order to make sure that the emoji stands out.

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