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Sketchbook Assignments
You are required
to draw outside of class in this course.
To improve your drawing
skills you must practice regularly. Please submit your drawing
sketchbook to the teacher each week, usually on Friday during class.
You will earn a maximum of ten points per week for your work.
You should always date your work and include a written assessment
explaining
your drawing problem and how you solved it.
During the first quarter, you should spend a minimum of 30 minutes
a week drawing outside of class, especially if you want to see
an improvement in your drawing skills! During the second quarter, you should spend a minimum of 60 minutes a week drawing outside of class to reinforce your drawing skills and apply what we are learning in class to new situations.
- HANDOUTS & NOTES include Classroom Expectations, Elements of Art, and Principles of Art DUE FRIDAY, 8/22/08.
- CLASS RULES! Illustrate a Classroom Procedure or rule DUE FRIDAY, 8/29/08.
- BARE FEET...Draw your bare feet DUE FRIDAY, 9/5/08.
- KITCHEN TOOL...Prop a kitchen tool up (like eggbeaters, cheesegrater, etc.) and do a contour line drawing, then lay it on its side and draw it. DUE FRIDAY 9/12/08.
- OBJECTS FROM NATURE: Using a variety of lines, draw objects from nature. Hopefully you are in the habit to draw for 30 minutes in your sketchbook! DUE FRIDAY 9/19/08.
- FORESHORTENING...Draw any object or person from life using foreshortening. DUE FRIDAY 9/27/08.
- UNNATURAL OBJECT OF CHOICE...Since we have been focusing on so many natural objects, now is your chance to choose any unnatural object to draw. Remember, unnatural objects are man-made objects. DUE FRIDAY, 10/3/08.
- FRUITS & VEGETABLES...Draw a NON-SPHERE fruit or vegetable and apply value to create form. For example, a banana is like
a cylinder and a pear is like a cone. Remember you should be spending
30 minutes on this drawings. DUE FRIDAY, 10/10/08.
- USING COLOR THEORY...[in class assignment due to short week] Draw the color wheel with all the primary, secondary, and intermediate colors in order. Shade an orange using analogous color schemes. DUE WEDNESDAY, 10/15/08.
- MY BEDROOM...Look around your bedroom. Sketch at least 3 objects that are grouped together. Use your pencil to shade value and add details. Be sure to establish where your light source is and add cast shadows. DUE FRIDAY, 10/24/08.
- ROOM IN 1 POINT...Draw a room in one point perspective (make-believe or realistic). Be sure to add at least 5 objects also in perspective. Use value (black/white or color) to help show depth. DUE FRIDAY, 10/31/08.
- ROOM IN 2 POINT...Draw a room in two point perspective (make-believe or realistic). Be sure to add at least 5 objects also in perspective.
- A DOORWAY TO...Draw an open doorway with details. Where does this door lead to? It can be the entrance to another room, place, land, event, dream, or to the future. Draw at least 8 items that fit your theme and explain in your evaluation the meaning or connection to these items and your doorway.
- REFLECTION OF YOU... Draw yourself reflection, either in a mirror, a shiny object, or water, etc. Add some value! Remember this is a 30 minute drawing assignment.
- ABOUT ME...List 5 action words that describe you. Pick one of these words and complete a drawing that reflects this word.
- WRAPPED...Place a towel, blanket, or cloth over an object. Allow a portion of the object to peek out to give a clue is being hidden. Draw what you see and use value to shade the folds.
Be sure to check back often as weekly assignments may adjust to correlate with what we are learning in class that week.