Spring 2020 - Art 1 Sketchbook / Homework assignments
(All assignments full page 9"x12" with full color and /or full value scale as assigned)
3rd 9-weeks
1. Free Draw Full Page Full Color and Value Scale (Impress Yourself)................................. Due: 1/14-15
2. Blind Contour with Color Wheel...........................................................................................Due: 1/28-29
3. Everybody's Junk Drawer.....................................................................................................Due: 2/10-11
4. What's in Your Head?"........................................................................................................ Due 2/24-25
5. Magazine Reflection.............................................................................................................Due 3/9-10
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2. Blind Contour with Color Wheel...........................................................................................Due: 1/28-29
3. Everybody's Junk Drawer.....................................................................................................Due: 2/10-11
4. What's in Your Head?"........................................................................................................ Due 2/24-25
5. Magazine Reflection.............................................................................................................Due 3/9-10
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Sketchbook #1 - Due: 1/14-15
Sketchbook #2 - Due: 1/28-29
"Blind Contour with Color Wheel"
Perhaps use a floating rectangle behind as a way to unify.
The color can go on top or behind the contour figure.
Blend the color very carefully and smoothly.
You'll have to "make" some of the colors by carefully layering two colors on your page.
Maybe use some of the techniques you learned in some of your other sketchbook assignments. *Teaching points: blind contour, color wheel,
blending techniques, composition
The color wheel:
Violet, Red-Violet, Red, Red-Orange, Orange, Orange-Yellow, Yellow, Yellow-Green, Green Green-Blue, Blue, Blue-Violet
*Teaching points: blind contour, color wheel, blending techniques, composition
- Using your black felt-tip (not roller-balls) do two blind contours of your teachers. Use two pages; draw one on each page.
- Using colored pencils, turn the most interesting of the two blind contours into a color wheel.
- The colors must flow in the order of the color wheel.
Perhaps use a floating rectangle behind as a way to unify.
The color can go on top or behind the contour figure.
Blend the color very carefully and smoothly.
You'll have to "make" some of the colors by carefully layering two colors on your page.
Maybe use some of the techniques you learned in some of your other sketchbook assignments. *Teaching points: blind contour, color wheel,
blending techniques, composition
The color wheel:
Violet, Red-Violet, Red, Red-Orange, Orange, Orange-Yellow, Yellow, Yellow-Green, Green Green-Blue, Blue, Blue-Violet
*Teaching points: blind contour, color wheel, blending techniques, composition
Sketchbook #3 - Due: 2/10-11
"Everybody's Junk Drawer"
1. I think every household has a
"junk drawer" - that drawer that's filled with all the "stuff" no one knows what to do with. Open the drawer,
don't move anything, and draw what you see as a modified contour drawing.
--Do the drawing very lightly in pencil- no black marker
--You can make the drawing
in a 7" x 9" rectangle.
--Don't be obsessed with realism! Let the drawing be loose! Fill the page! (or the rectangle.)
2. After completing the pencil drawing, Now outline in felt tip marker.
Then layer colored pencil in interesting ways.
What color scheme/approach can you invent?
*Teaching points: contour (modified), observation, composition
1. I think every household has a
"junk drawer" - that drawer that's filled with all the "stuff" no one knows what to do with. Open the drawer,
don't move anything, and draw what you see as a modified contour drawing.
--Do the drawing very lightly in pencil- no black marker
--You can make the drawing
in a 7" x 9" rectangle.
--Don't be obsessed with realism! Let the drawing be loose! Fill the page! (or the rectangle.)
2. After completing the pencil drawing, Now outline in felt tip marker.
Then layer colored pencil in interesting ways.
What color scheme/approach can you invent?
*Teaching points: contour (modified), observation, composition
Sketchbook #4 - Due 2/24-25
"What's in Your Head?"
Draw the inside of your own head.
What are you like? Are you: Colorful? Plain? Accurate? Disorganized? Soft? Sharp? Poetic? Focused?
Musical? Funny? Dependable? Flightly? Spacey? Numerical? Cautious? Organized? Fashionable?
Rigid? Geometrical? Bright? Dull? Speedy? Mysterious? Exotic? Electric?
Please, No "Brain" Drawings, No Heads!!! Be imaginative!!! Be conceptual!!!
*Teaching points: Conceptual, Abstract, Symbolic
Draw the inside of your own head.
What are you like? Are you: Colorful? Plain? Accurate? Disorganized? Soft? Sharp? Poetic? Focused?
Musical? Funny? Dependable? Flightly? Spacey? Numerical? Cautious? Organized? Fashionable?
Rigid? Geometrical? Bright? Dull? Speedy? Mysterious? Exotic? Electric?
Please, No "Brain" Drawings, No Heads!!! Be imaginative!!! Be conceptual!!!
*Teaching points: Conceptual, Abstract, Symbolic
Sketchbook #5 - Due 3/9-10
"Magazine Reflection" OR "Draw What You Hear"
Step 1 Use facing pages in your sketchbook.
Side by side if your book opens that way, or up-down if your book opens that way.
Step 2 Find a full page magazine photo (not a magazine illustration) that you like. B/W or color, but B/W is easier on this.
Cut the photo into 10 pieces that are about the same area. They don't have to be the same shape. Shapes can be regular or not. Try to cut through interesting areas of the photo (like the face!)
Step 3 Select alternating pieces, and paste them in their correct positions on the right side of the paper. Paste the remainders on the left, also in their correct positions.
Step 4: Choose one side and shade in the missing areas in pencil, using the opposite page of pieces as reference for what to draw. Try to recreate the values (lights and darks) of the original photo.
*Teaching points: value, pencil and shading techniques
"Draw What You Hear"
Full page drawing with color! BALANCE COLOR!!!
Step 1 Use facing pages in your sketchbook.
Side by side if your book opens that way, or up-down if your book opens that way.
Step 2 Find a full page magazine photo (not a magazine illustration) that you like. B/W or color, but B/W is easier on this.
Cut the photo into 10 pieces that are about the same area. They don't have to be the same shape. Shapes can be regular or not. Try to cut through interesting areas of the photo (like the face!)
Step 3 Select alternating pieces, and paste them in their correct positions on the right side of the paper. Paste the remainders on the left, also in their correct positions.
Step 4: Choose one side and shade in the missing areas in pencil, using the opposite page of pieces as reference for what to draw. Try to recreate the values (lights and darks) of the original photo.
*Teaching points: value, pencil and shading techniques
"Draw What You Hear"
Full page drawing with color! BALANCE COLOR!!!
Spring Break----- March 16-20
4th 9-weeks
6. Drawing Design plan in color for "Chalk-it-Up".................................................................................Due 3/30-31
7. Full page drawing of favorite "Animal" - use shading values to show dimension ...................................Due 4/13-14
8. Continuous Line Face - Full page, balanced color, be creative ..........................................................Due 4/27-28
9. Landscape Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible
or Still Life Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible
or Portrait Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible ....................Due 5/11-12
10. Extra Credit Free Draw- Impress Yourself! (Show What You Have Learned)....................................Due by final
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4th 9-weeks
6. Drawing Design plan in color for "Chalk-it-Up".................................................................................Due 3/30-31
7. Full page drawing of favorite "Animal" - use shading values to show dimension ...................................Due 4/13-14
8. Continuous Line Face - Full page, balanced color, be creative ..........................................................Due 4/27-28
9. Landscape Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible
or Still Life Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible
or Portrait Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible ....................Due 5/11-12
10. Extra Credit Free Draw- Impress Yourself! (Show What You Have Learned)....................................Due by final
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Sketchbook #6 - Due: March 30-31 Chalk-It-Up drawing/design with Color
***(Required Homework: even if you do not participate in Chalk-It-Up Event)
Sketchbook #7 - Due: April 13-14
Full page drawing of favorite "Animal" - use shading values to show dimension ..
Sketchbook #8 - Due: April 27-28
"Continuous Line Face"
Draw a face using lines that go all the way across the page from the left side to the right side without stopping. They can wander, double back, repeat, echo, curve, and change direction but they can't stop before they get to the other side. Use your imagination.
Do a whole face and make it big on the page! Use color! Fill the page!
Exaggeration is good; gargoyles OK; remember to skip the demon/vampire icons, please.
*Teaching points: contour line, pos/neg shapes, face features, exaggeration"Continuous Line Face"
Sketchbook #9 - Due: May 11-12 Choose only 1
Landscape Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible
or Still Life Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible
or Portrait Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible
#10. Extra Credit Free Draw - Impress Yourself! (Show What You Have Learned).........................By Final Exam
Draw a face using lines that go all the way across the page from the left side to the right side without stopping. They can wander, double back, repeat, echo, curve, and change direction but they can't stop before they get to the other side. Use your imagination.
Do a whole face and make it big on the page! Use color! Fill the page!
Exaggeration is good; gargoyles OK; remember to skip the demon/vampire icons, please.
*Teaching points: contour line, pos/neg shapes, face features, exaggeration"Continuous Line Face"
- Include color
- Fill the page
Sketchbook #9 - Due: May 11-12 Choose only 1
Landscape Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible
or Still Life Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible
or Portrait Drawing or Painting - Full page, included as much detail & value as possible
#10. Extra Credit Free Draw - Impress Yourself! (Show What You Have Learned).........................By Final Exam