[Connection] Design Lesson Plan

Student:

12^th grade, 15 students

Activity:

Student will create an original T-shirt by producing a design that expresses emotions.

Material:

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, vinyl cutter, iron, fabric, baseball cap

Objective:

Student will learn that different combinations of colors and patterns express different emotions. Students will also learn that art and design is closely related and applied in commercial product.

Students will plan color arrangement on Photoshop first to determine their color combination. They will then transfer their choice of colors into a form that they produced on Adobe Illustrator. The design could be abstract, representational, or cartoony. Students at the end would create a runway show exhibiting their design.