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Why is this painting called Gothic?
Learn more about American Gothic by Grant Wood
| The Art Institute of Chicago | NPR on American Gothic |
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Transforming American Gothic For this project you will download an image of Grant Wood's painting American Gothic and use the tools available in Photoshop Elements to trace and then transform the image. Click on the link below to download an image of American Gothic. When you get to the web page displaying American Gothic hold the mouse down on the image. When the option to "copy image" appears select it. Then you will launch Photoshop Elements. In the File menu you will see a "From Clipboard" option. Choose that option and a new file will be created with the image of American Gothic. Create a new layer by selecting "New Layer" from the Layer menu. Call the new layer Drawing and be sure you are working on the Drawing layer while you are copying the image. When your drawing is complete you will make a copy of your drawing and use the painting tools to transform American Gothic. See the example below.
Why is this painting called Gothic?
Learn more about American Gothic by Grant Wood
The Art Institute of Chicago NPR on American Gothic See more examples of American Gothic transformed by students
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