High School: Creating Digital Art using Google Drawing

Tap into your creative mind with digital art!

 

Google Drawing, a component of Google Suite, is a free graphic design and digital drawing application. Offering a suite of tools similar to the industry-standard Adobe Photoshop, Google Drawing allows users to experiment with Layers, Polyline tools, and Transparency options. Through engagement with this platform, students gain experience in formatting techniques, digital painting, and line manipulation. Students will create digital portraits, landscapes, still life scenes, and Pop Art projects.

What You Will Learn

Students in High School: Creating Digital Art using Google Drawing will:

• Create a self-reflection mini poster
• Learn about the history of pop art and create a piece of pop art using a photograph and bold colors
• Learn about the polyline tool and use it to create a nature mosaic
• Learn about vector art and create a final vector portrait using Google Drawing

 

Below are some examples of students' final assignments:

  






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Course Number: CSE-90163
Credit: 4.00 unit(s)

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7/8/2024 - 8/2/2024

$450

Online

Closed

• SECTION ID:

  181223

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Allen, Jeffrey

  Born and raised in San Diego, Jeff Allen has maintained a deep interest in computers and technology since childhood. He started programming with languages like Fortran and Java before progressing to networking, robotics and web-based interests. Jeff holds a master’s degree in education with a California teaching credential in computer science. He taught A+ Computer Repair at Abraxas High School in Poway and Networking Fundamentals at Remington College, and he was the robotics advisor at Northview High School in Covina before coming to Poway Unified School District. He currently teaches programming, hardware and operating system courses. Jeff teaches the Space Out! and JavaScript courses for Sally Ride Science Junior Academy.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  No UCSD parking permit required.
  No visitors permitted.
  Pre-enrollment required.
  No refunds after: 5/31/2024.
  

• NOTE:

  No supplies are needed for this course. If a student decides to drop from the course, they can receive a full refund until 5/13/24 and a half refund until 5/31/24. No refunds will be granted starting 6/1/24.

• DATE & LOCATION:

  7/8/2024 - 8/2/2024
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.