Materials: color pencils (can also use paint), paper, cellphone, application 'Vine'
-First pick two colors that will mix and produce a new color when combined (I used red and blue to produce purple)
-You can choose a shape (I chose circles) and draw on the first sheet of paper with two colors pencils, one at each opposite ends of the paper.
-Grab a new piece of paper and move the shape a little bit forward towards each other
-Keep getting a new piece of paper each time you draw the shapes as it moves towards each other little-by-little
- When they are starting to get closer, you can start thinking about how the two colors are going to combine to produce the new color (I decided for the blue and red circles to dance around before colliding to make purple)
-After you have all of your drawings grab you phone and open the app 'Vine'
-Find a place you can photograph your drawings without casting a shadow or weird multiple lightings
-Starting with the first drawing of the two colored shapes at opposite ends of the paper and tap on the screen of Vine to "record" the drawings. (I tapped twice to make the video a little longer than .5 seconds)
-You can also explore with the "ghosting" feature on Vine to make sure that the shapes are not jumping too much at a time
-Repeat with all of the drawings and discover the excitement of stop-motion
I really like how descriptive your process is! This is a great project to involve students in different activities. Students would get to mix colors and use a camera to make a stop motion video in the classroom. This would be a great lesson to then have a discussion at the end of the class and have students recognize the differences amongst each students' or group's final product and experience.
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