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What am I looking for in a sketchbook assignment?
Students should spend one to two hours on each sketchbook assignment. You will have an opportunity to do some of the work in class, but sketchbook assignments are generally considered homework assignments. Usually, sketchbook assignments are worth 100 points. You don't want to blow them off. A zero is hard to recover from if you don't turn in a sketchbook assignment. |
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Need some ideas? |
The term ASAD means draw with
"all shading and detail." Fill the page,
at least one hour a week of sketchbook work is expected!
Challenge Yourself!
| Due Dates | 1st Quarter Sketchbook Assignments |
| August 25/26- Monday/Tuesday |
First Assignment- Everyone's sketchbook looks very
similar, create an interesting cover that allows yours to really stand out
from the crowd. Drawing, painting, spray paint, collage , etc. are a few
solutions. Fill the cover, if you need to cover the artwork with a clear
contact paper, see Mr. V. |
| August 25/26- Monday/Tuesday |
What kind of lines and shapes capture the personality of
a particular shoe, such as running shoes, construction worker’s shoes,
dancer’s shoes. Look at Vincent Van gogh’s Shoes, 1888. How do the lines and
their direction change the action of the drawing? Are these shoes a self
portrait of Van gogh? What can you tell about the artists personality from
the drawing? Pick three different types of shoes and do a drawing using qualities of line to express the personality of each shoe. This should be one drawing and not three separate ones. Pile the shoes up together and draw it. List four to five adjectives that describe each show you draw before you begin to help with ideas. Example: Bold lines for work boots, fast lines for sneakers, thin elegant lines for high heels.. |
| Sept. 2/3- Tuesday/Wednesday |
Your Room Draw a corner of your room. How does the edge of the floor and ceiling angle towards corner? What is in the corner? If nothing is there then put something there. |
| Sept. 8/9- Monday/Tuesday |
Create a new design for your favorite CD. You can use color and refer to photos when designing this but don't copy someone else's work. Think of something that shows how the music effects you. What you think and feel. |
| Sept. 15/16- Monday/Tuesday |
Magnification or reduction of an object. Choose an object with an interesting surface. You will make 6 drawings of this object, the first being an entire view including its surroundings. For each drawing after this one keep increasing the scale of the object ( get closer and closer) until the final drawing shows a magnified close up of just the surface of the object. You may want to use a magnifying glass to help with these close up views. Keep in mind texture, value, details! Before you begin draw 6 3"sq. boxes on your paper and draw each drawing inside one of them. |
| Sept. 22/23- Monday/Tuesday |
Junk food with wrapper. Spill a bag of chips, take a bite of that candy bar, Can you resist those french fries? Create a drawing that fills the page that is inspired by your junk food. |
| Sept. 29/30- Monday/Tuesday |
Part of any object (mystery draw) Can you trick me? If you can I will give you 10 extra points! The object has to be a real one. one I would know. |
| Oct. 6/7 - Monday/Tuesday |
Piece of Furniture Draw a piece of furniture in your house. Sit in an area and observe the lines and shapes of this piece of furniture. Draw details of furniture lines, decorations or grain of wood. Establish a format or background for this piece. Include textures, gradations and interesting shapes. This detailed study can be in pencil or color. |
| Oct. 13/14 - Monday/Tuesday |
Your Mother or Father's choice. Ouch. this could be painful! |
| End of Quarter Oct. 16 |
