The Paint Assignment

These assignments will demonstrate that you are using all of the tools and options of Windows Paint:

1. The Wild West (15 marks) You are assigned to design the storefronts for a new Clint Eastwood western. You must have 3 storefronts including a Saloon with curved swinging front doors, a General store and a Blacksmith's shop in a single image. The first two buildings have two stories with rooms on the second floor and include a balcony on one. Some windows will have curtains (i.e. arcs or parts of an ellipse or circle).

   Use the rectangle tool to create building outlines. You should use the select tool to copy windows, doors, and other shapes. The ellipse tool (along with the eraser) or the circle tool can be used to create arcs.

2. The Self Portrait (15 marks) You are schizophrenic. You commission a portrait of yourself to be painted by your "other" self. It will be a picture of your head only. You will copy and flip both your eye and your ear to create copies for the other side of your face. You will use the curve tool to create your nose and mouth. Use the ellipse tool to create the outline of your head. Custom colours may be created to give good flesh tones, eye colour, etc.

3. The Scape (15 marks) You will create a landscape or seascape (i.e. underwater) containing at least 15 different elements such as plant and animal life, human activity, and forces of nature (i.e. weather, etc.) Again, try to make use of as many different tools as possible. Also don't forget about the select and copy function to create "herds" of animals, etc. Try to create "vibrant" colors if possible.

4. The "Action" Choice (15 marks) You will create an image suggesting "action" of various sorts such as a skier going over a jump, or a race car going around a corner or a sports action of some kind, etc. The type of "action" is entirely up to you, but marks will be given for creative choices and demonstrated use of several different tools.