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Creative Arts · Grade 6

Digital Painting and Image Layers

Learners discover how digital images work and how digital painters organize them. They compare raster and vector images, calculate pixel dimensions and print sizes, use layers with stacking order, opacity, masks and blending modes, follow a painting workflow from sketch to flats, shading and details, choose colors by hue, saturation and brightness, and save layered working files and the right export formats. No particular app is required; paper layers work too.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 125 minutes
  • Digital painting and layers check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Explain how raster and vector images differ, and calculate pixel dimensions and print sizes from resolution.
  • Organize a digital image in layers, using stacking order, opacity, masks and blending modes to edit without destroying work.
  • Follow a digital painting workflow and choose brush settings and colors (hue, saturation, brightness) for a purpose.
  • Save layered working files and export in a suitable format (PNG, JPEG or SVG) with clear version names.

Lessons

  1. Pixels, vectors and resolution 6 steps4 practiceabout 30 min
  2. Working in layers 7 steps4 practiceabout 32 min
  3. A digital painting workflow 6 steps4 practiceabout 32 min
  4. Saving, exporting and healthy habits 6 steps3 practiceabout 31 min
  5. Digital painting and layers check 10 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Color by NumberA little color. A beautiful discovery.
  • Paint StudioBrushes, stamps, shapes and a paint bucket for any picture you can imagine.
  • Pixel StudioMake pixel art square by square, with mirror tools and a frame strip.

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