Art Lesson: Using Video Demonstrations to Teach Sketching Skills
To assist the art staff at the distance learning school where I work, I created a short video explaining warm-up exercises and line styles. I worked with the in-house subject matter expert (the head art teacher, Dorothy Emry) to develop the storyboard and script for the content. Using a basic Panasonic video camera, I recorded Dorothy demonstrating specific sketching techniques. Then, I edited the video files in iMovie, including importing music, adding a voiceover, and optimizing the audio. In the video, she demonstrates ways to hold a pencil while sketching as well as different line style techniques.
To be an effective teaching tool, the video follows the learning objectives for the course unit in which these skills are covered. The video is currently a supplement to the drawing course’s print-based instructional materials.
Here is a clip:
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Golden Gate Bridge – A Short Video
Using iMovie, I created a short video montage of some photos I took of the Golden Gate Bridge in 2015.
The royalty-free music is by the very talented Kevin MacLeod, music composer and owner of the site Incompetech. Kevin deserves an abundance of thanks and donations for providing his fantastic musical pieces to the public; they’ve been a boon for educators in creating instructional and informative videos for all levels of learners.
Golden Gate Bridge: Some Quick Facts from Sunila Samuel on Vimeo.
Video Copyright © 2016 Sunila Samuel