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Everybody knows what a dragon is

Create your own dragon using pencil, pen, or colors to emphasize composition, visual texture, colors, creativity, and craftsmanship. Explore the legendary beast in European and Asian folklore through your unique artwork.

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Everybody knows what a dragon is

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  1. Final Exam Beginning Art – Hyde Park MS • Everybody knows what a dragon is • It’s an enormous, fierce, bloodthirsty creature appearing in fairy tales and legends with brave knights who are always challenging him...

  2. Name …… Period ….. Date …. Requirement of the Assignment • Create a dragon • First you draw with pencil. • Use pen and ink, or just pencil or colors to add visual textures and details

  3. Copy modifying the picture that you like, or imagine and draw a new Dragon on your paper. Create visual texture using pencils first. Visual texture is the way a surface looks like or might feel .

  4. “DRAGON “ ART FINAL EXAM GRADING CRITERIA: • Composition : pt. 1-10 • Visual texture: pt. 1-10 • Use of Colors/Value: pt1-10 • Creativity : pt. 1-10 • Craftsmanship: pt. 1-10

  5. The dragon is a legendary beast in the folklore of many European and Asian cultures Legends describe dragons as large, lizard-like creatures that breathe fire and have a long, scaly tail.

  6. In Europe, dragons are traditionally portrayed as ferocious beasts that represent the evils fought by human beings.

  7. But in Asia, especially in China and Japan, the animals are generally considered friendly creatures that ensure good luck and wealth.

  8. According to some medieval legends: • Dragons lived in wild, remote regions of the world. The dragons guarded treasures in their dens, and a person who killed one supposedly gained its wealth.

  9. In China, the traditional New Year's Day parade includes a group of people who wind through the street wearing a large dragon costume. The dragon's image, according to an ancient Chinese belief, prevents evil spirits from spoiling the new year.

  10. Another traditional Chinese belief is that certain dragons have the power to control the rainfall needed for each year's harvest.

  11. However the dragon is also something else. He is admirable, intelligent and educated creature, who leads a most interesting life.

  12. He has some fascinating characteristics in addition to those occasional glimpses we are given through fairy tail and legends.

  13. In the world of fantastic animals, the dragon is unique.

  14. No other creature has appeared in such a rich variety of forms. It is as though there was once a whole family of different dragon species that really existed, before they mysteriously became extinct.

  15. Chinese Calendar Horse2002/90Ram 2003/91Monkey 04/92Rooster05/93Dog 2006/94Pig 2007/1995 Rat -96/2008Ox 97-2009Tiger 98/2010Rabbit 99/2011Dragon 2000/12Snake 2001/89 Note:Dragon (Chinese Year of the Dragon-2000/yr. 4698, Feb 5 and 6)

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