Learning the Art of Grafitti

Middle School art teacher Elissa Donovan is using a street art lesson to teach students the ins and outs of font design. The students chose a word of significance to them and, using curved upper and lower guidelines, wrote the word in capital letters to a consistent size. They boxed out the letters and explored overlap, severed angles, connecting letters together, and the art of adding decorative serifs. After writing the words on a large scale in their newly created font, the students added color to their pieces using marker and colored pencil.