sketchbook assignments #1

Painting

Sketchbook Assignment #1

Due: Monday Nov. 20

1. Find a can or bucket of recyclables, look into it from above. Draw what you see, use a range of values from 1-10, fill up your entire page.

2. Set up a small still life. Use a desk lamp or other light source to light it from behind. Draw it, use values to accurately portray the direction of the light source.

3. Use the same set up as in #2, but this time move the light source to the side so that it is being lit dramatically from one side. Draw it, use values to accurately portray the direction of the light source.

4. Set up another still life of 3 different objects with 3 very different textures. Use value to imply the form of the objects, as well as the textures.

5. Find a quote about art, painting, or color. Illustrate that quote any way you feel appropriate. Find a way to incorporate the quote into the final composition. And please include the author.

Design Fundamentals

Sketchbook Assignment #1

Due: Wednesday Nov. 22

1. Create a page of different value scales. Divide your page using a ruler into 5-1x10” rectangles. Each 1x10” rectangle should be divided into 10 1” squares. Go from darkest to lightest using the following techniques:

Lines (pencil - one direction only), stippling (fine point black marker - tiny dots), crosshatching (pencil - criss crossed lines), “squiggles” (pencil), and smooth shading (pencil – pencil strokes should not be visible)

2. Draw an object in your room. Your drawing should touch at least 3 edges of the paper. Use pencil in a way similar to the way we used the charcoal pencil in the still life drawings to add value to imply the volume of the form. Do not use your finger to blend!

3. A blind contour portrait of a family member. This should take at least 20 minutes, so take your time, do not look at the paper, and fill up the entire page.

4. Find a crumpled paper or plastic shopping bag. Use a regular pencil to draw it, use a range of values from 1-10. Show every wrinkle, shape, edge, etc.

5. Make a really funny, goofy, angry or otherwise exaggerated facial expression. Use a mirror to draw yourself. Remember to use a value scale 1-10.

Junior Portfolio

Sketchbook Assignment #1

Due: Monday Nov. 20

1. A blind contour self portrait in a reflective surface (not a mirror). Super details! Take your time!

2. Draw 2 intersecting lines that divide your page into 4 different sections using light pencil lines. Over this, draw your unmade bed (wrinkled sheets and bunched up blankets and all). In one section use crosshatching (pencil or pen or marker) to add volume to the forms of the fabric, in the second section use just the pencil in a way that you get smooth transitions of value, the third use stippling (you may want to try a marker for this one), and in the fourth section experiment with expressive lines used in a way to suggest the forms.

3. Set up a small still life. Draw it without using lines. Use only shading and contrasting values to create the “outlines” of the objects and to suggest the volumes of the forms.

4. Set up a small still life (it can be the same one from #4, or you could try rearranging the objects or doing something completely different – and you will probably want to space the items out a bit for this one). Use markers, ink, or charcoal, (just because pencil will be a bit tedious, or you could give a whirl if you want) and draw only the negative space.

5. Look into a trash can (it will probably be a more interesting drawing if the trash can is full of stuff – freshly lysoled might be boring, but you make the call). Draw what you see, fill up your page.