Painting / Bitmap Projects
(Photoshop, Gimp, Paint, etc.)
Create your own drawings and paintings using painting/bitmap software.
Painting Projects and Ideas
- Optical Illusions: Learn the basics of the brush and paint bucket tools by creating some cool illusions.
- Impressionism Painting: Learn advanced brush tools by creating your own Impressionism painting.
- Photographic Letters: Learn selection tools and layers by cutting out objects from other images and manipulating them to spell letters.
- Colorization: Learn more selection tools, masks, layer blending to colorize a black and white image.
- Character Drawing. Draw and color a character layer by layer.
Painting Software
Photograph / Image Manipulation
After learning some of the basic painting software and tools, take your skills in a different direction. Instead of drawing and painting your own work, manipulate photos and images to create new works of art. The software is the same as the painting software, you just use it in different ways.
Photography Projects and Ideas
- Photographic Letters: Learn selection tools and layers by cutting out objects from other images and manipulating them to spell letters.
- New Animal: Use layer masks and adjustment layers to create a new animal out of various animal parts
- Movie Poster: Create a new movie poster or a poster of you and your team using a pyramid theme.
- School Remodel: Take a panoramic photo your your home or school and put in a new landscape.
Photography Software
- Photoshop (not free)
- Gimp (free)
Drawing / Vector Projects
(Illustrator, Gravit, Vector, etc.)
Drawing programs are a little different than painting programs. Rather than painting things down with brush tools, you create objects, move them around and manipulate them. This software is geared more to creating logos, line art, and artwork that can be resized easier.
Drawing Projects and Ideas
- Animal Drawing: practice creating, moving, and modifying basic shapes.
- Radial Designs: practice selection tools, groups, rotating, flipping and duplicating objects to create interesting patterns.
- Pen/Bezier Tool: learn how to draw your own custom shapes and objects using the pen or bezier tool.
- Landscapes: practice creating your own gradients and colors as well as creating shadows and reflections.
Drawing Software
Software that needs a computer
- Illustrator (not free)
Web based (runs on Chromebook) software that are free-ish. They may require the creation of an account and money to unlock pro features.