Week 1
Lesson 1
Introduction to the Work Space & Repair Tools
Objective: Students will learn the basic layout and functions of the Photoshop Work Space and will create a project using repair tools for photographs.
Activities:
  - Introduction to the workspace: Saving, image sizing, tool location, menus.
  - Demonstration of repair tools for repairing photographs
  - Application: Repair a photo utilizing the tools learnd.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Master Artist Recreation
Objective: Students will learn how to recreate a master artist painting using a variety of tools and approaches.
Activities:
  - Introduction of cropping images, adding multiples images to one composition, focusing on placement and positioning.
  - Application: Recreate a master artist painting of your choice.
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Alter Ego
Objective: Students will learn how to organize images, text and shapes to create a composition that is a reflection of an alternate version of themselves.
Activities:
  - Image sizes/pixels, layering, coloring, adding text.
  - How to create effects of seamless layering through gradients and various tools.
  - Application – create an Alter Ego composition.
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Master Artist Manipulation
Objective: Students will explore how to add and change elements of existing artworks to create new meaning and imagery.
Activities:
  - Introduction to artist manipulation strategies.
  - Tools: Blur, smudge, blend, liquify
  - Project: Alter and existing work of art to create a new meaning to the original composition.
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Logo Design
Objective: Students will explore how to use Photoshop tools and marketing techniques to design their own logo.
Activities:
  - Introduction to elements of logo design and marketing.
  - Tools utilized for shape and color creation.
  - Project: Create your own logo design utilizing the learned strategies and tools.
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Metaphorical Self Portrait
Objective: Students will learn how to organize images, text and shapes to create a composition that shows who they are in a visual manner.
Activities:
  - Review of blending images together (transparent eraser, layering, color adjustment)
  - Discussion of how to create visual metaphors in your work.
  - Project: Create a Metaphorical Self Portrait that shows multiple parts of your interests and personality.