Sculpture I. Drawing & Painting Crafts & Pottery,
Miss McLaughlin 2015-16
Think of your sketchbook as a visual diary. To keep the steady flow of ideas coming, you must work in it everyday. Practice and improve your skill levels. Be a committed observer everywhere. Don’t rush through- stop. Look. Think. And do!
· You are expected to work independently at home. This is a homework assignment. You will NOT get credit if you are drawing homework in class!
· You will complete 9 drawings per marking period, or at LEAST 1 every week. Drawings must have evidence of observation skills and value changes.
· Draw from life as much as possible.
· Draw in malls, churches, restaurants, subways, and street corners.
· Vary your line through pressure.
· Try to create a sense of energy, intense contrast and use a wide variety of marks. Look for different ideas as well as technical approaches.
· Anchor figures to the surrounding space through overlapping
· Integrate perspective with the principles of balance, movement, rhythm, contrast, emphasis, pattern and unity.
You can change the same sketch by:
· - Drawing close-ups, or 'long-shots'
- changing the light source, direction & intensity, including night-time
- drawing only outlines or including shading & shadows [2-D v/s 3-D effect]
- using different types of pencils, charcoal, &/or colors - water, oil, acrylic, crayons, pencils, glass paints, mosaic-work,
- changing the perspective & angle
- using surrealism, cubism, abstract forms.
Maybe you can go wild ;-)) use diff techniques & media - including pastels, crayons, oils, cut-n-paste, mosaic, cartoon-drawing, symbolism, etc.....
- check out old greeting cards, magazines, net images, comic books, etc. to get some ideas. Use these ideas to create your own drawing.
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· You could make a 'series' of any one thing. Different ways of going about it:
flowers - have 15 different types of flowers;
or, have the same flower [i.e., rose] but depicted in different ways -. In close-up, in a garden, with a bee humming over it, as a bouquet, in a dried-petal arrangement [glued] along with dried leaves/herbs, & so on;
or you could change the light source, light intensity, colors [from black n white to monochrome to multicolored]
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- You could paint a series on school-related stuff. Like the different rooms in your school, or the different articles of school usage, the school colors & emblem, different activities at school, different moods of students at school, & so on.
SketchbookIdeas
1. Draw the inside of your closet
2. Draw the contents of your desk drawer
3. Just before your room is cleaned, draw it
4. Draw the contents of your medicine chest
5. Before the dishes are washed, draw them
6. Draw a pile of laundry waiting to get washed
7. Draw your hand in multiple positions
8. Draw your hand holding a variety of objects
9. Draw a piece of cake and make it look delicious
10. Draw one popcorn kernel, draw a bag of popcorn
11. Climb a ladder, draw what is below
12. Lie on the floor, draw what is eye level
13. Draw an object that is lit by a candle
14. Draw an apple, pear, banana
15. Draw two squares of a sidewalk and make it look interesting
16. Make a detailed drawing of five square inches of grass
17. Make a detailed drawing of five square inches of hair
18. Make a detailed drawing of five square inches of a feather
19. Make a detailed drawing of five square inches of a dollar bill
20. Make a drawing of grass, hair, feathers and a dollar bill
21. Make a drawing of a mechanical structure or machine
22. Draw a chair
23. Draw a bed
24. Make a drawing of all your drawing materials
25. Make a detailed drawing of a rock
26. Draw your portrait from the reflection of a shiny chrome object i.e. toaster, bowl,
27. Draw a moving object
28. Draw a detailed drawing of a nut and bolt
29. Draw your biggest fear
30. Draw how you feel right now
31. Draw an image of what your anxiety would look like.
32. Draw your anger
33. Draw yourself in your dream job
34. Draw a picture of our family doing something together
35. Draw a jar of peanut butter (or jelly)
36. Draw something plaid
37. Draw what your stress looks like – visually describe where you feel it in your body.
38. Draw your dream house/condo/apt.
39. Draw a picture of yourself on your dream vacation
40. Draw yourself participating in your favorite sport or activity.
41. Your choice – anything that is 3-dimensional.