Digital Art Free Scratch Coding Activity

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   Go to the Scratch website: https://scratch.mit.edu/

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   Sign in or register for Scratch

   If you already have a Scratch account, click ‘Sign in’ and enter your login details. Otherwise click ‘Join Scratch’ and create your free Scratch account.

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   Open this starter file: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/961645205/

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   Click the 'Remix' button to make your own copy

   
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   First we'll need to add the 'Pen' extension to our project.

   This allows us to use special blocks that help us create art.

   
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   Start by adding this bit of code to set up the 'Shape' sprite.

   We're going to use this single sprite to make an awesome pattern!

   
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   Now we can use a 'repeat' loop to make 10 stamps of our sprite in a row.

   Don't forget to test out the code by pressing the 'Green Flag'.

   
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   Next, add another 'repeat' loop around the first one.

   This will let us make 10 rows of circles.

   
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   Place these blocks inside the second loop so that each row will start in the right position and be lower down than the last one.

   
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    Let's test it out! Press the 'Green Flag' to see 10 rows of circles covering the stage.

    
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    Now let's try customizing the pattern by adding the change color block.

    
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    You can also make the pattern start with a random color so that the result is different every time.

    
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    The ghost effect makes our sprite transparent, creating a cool overlapping effect.

    
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    Finally, try editing your sprite's 'costume' by opening the Costumes tab.

    You can try adding to the costume or making a new one altogether.

    
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    Now run your project one last time and check out your awesome artwork!