Sketchbook Assignments for2nd Semester 2010-2011
                         Sketchbook assignments are due at the start of class- on dates listed below.
                          If you are absent on a due date, they are due the next school day (yes you have to come in on your own).
                             

 
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.

Think about your drawing as you plan it... have you used several of the elements of art (line, shape, form, space, value, color, and texture) in a special way?

Tips:
Use the entire page... don't draw little in the middle. Fill the picture plane in an interesting and beautiful way. That's what makes a good composition.

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 3rd Quarter Sketchbook Assignments
Jan. 10
Monday

Design a simple landscape that features one tree or bush that has a personality. Show us the branches and the root system. Make it interesting--show us the bulges, the swirly textures, the way the forms twist and turn. OUR EMPHASIS IS ON LEARNING TO SHADE THINGS AND MAKE THEM LOOK THREE DIMENSIONAL. Nothing in the drawing should look flat. Use a wide range of values--light and dark tones. Position your form in the foreground and show us what is in the background. Do not position your focal point in the center of the page.
Jan. 18
Tuesday

No School- Monday

 Find a magazine or newspaper photograph of a person looking full forward.  The photo should be at least 5" x 8".  Cut the photo down the middle.  Glue one side down to your sketchbook page.  Draw the other side using pencil and full shading.

 
Jan. 23
Monday

Fears and Phobias Sketchbook Assignment


After perusing the list of fears and phobias below I'm sure you came across quite a few that seemed just a bit silly to you. Choose the most outrageous phobia from the list on the attached link and dedicate a page in your sketchbook to a design about the silliest phobia you found. Feel free to incorporate text, images, materials, etc, anything that will 1)assist you in creating an awesome design which moves our eyes purposefully throughout the space and 2)best represents the silliest phobia.

The Phobia List

 
Jan 31
Monday

Nostalgia Collage Homework

 
Objective: Make a collage combining collage techniques (layering, juxtaposition, and/or appropriation) and drawings that expresses a story or collection of stories from your childhood.

Pre-planning and Brainstorming:
Interview someone (or multiple people!) who watched you grow up, particularly between the ages of 1-5 years of age. What were you like? What is something that they remember you doing/saying/etc. that you never knew before? Was it funny, cute, annoying, scary, silly? Is there a particular story that they remember that you may not because you were so young?
Use the information you gather as the starting point for a collage.

What to consider:
LAYER, LAYER, LAYER! How much will you show? How much will you hide? Draw over your collaged areas, incorporate text if you want, but above all else PLAN!
Consider a sense of VISUAL MOVEMENT and how you will move our eyes throughout your piece with purpose and intent (in other words, don’t just slap a bunch of materials down, plan out your composition!)
Consider using text. What words are vital to the story you are trying to communicate?
Feb. 7
Monday

Personal Collection Homework






"Whoever wants to know something about me (as an artist, the only notable thing) ought to look carefully at my pictures and try and see in them what I am and what I want to do." - Gustav Klimt
Think carefully about your belongings, however meaningful or trivial they may seem at a quick glance, and consider what they say about you, your personality, and your life. Set up a still life consisting of similar objects that will communicate some personal component of who you are.

Things to Consider:
-a light source. Dramatic lighting can enhance contrast and mood within an artwork (consider using a flashlight, table lamp, spotlight, candle, clip lamp, etc.)

-COMPOSITION! Always, always, always consider how you will arrange your composition and create a sense of VISUAL MOVEMENT throughout your artwork

-Repetition of similar objects or shapes to help move your eye around the work

-a wide range of value, from the darkest darks to the lightest lights

-Background! What is in your background? Consider using fabric, different heights for your objects, etc. A drawing with no background is not a complete drawing, but rather objects floating in nothingness.

-a sense of space (foreground, middle ground, background)
Feb. 14
Monday		 If you had a candy bar named after you, what would it look like and
what would it be called. Show great detail in the creation of the logo and the label of your bar.
Extra credit add color!
Feb. 21
Monday		 Create an artwork using non-traditional materials or media.  These might be:  make-up; food substances; natural substances – crushed flower petals, berries, etc.; and other materials such as white out or shoe polish.
Feb 28
Monday/		 Make a work of art that is composed only of writing.  You may use some meaningful statements, poetry, quotations or ideas for work.  Your idea should be both visually complete and work with the text.
End of 3rd Quarter Thursday March 3, 2011