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"Expressive Lines"

  • Try to make as many types of lines as you can.
  • Repeat each type of line several times.
  • Try all types of lines: wavy, curly, jagged, dashes, fat, thin, etc.
  • Fill your page with as many lines as you can.
  • Teacher: assign as color or B/W.

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"Directional Lines"

Unlike the expressive, directional lines are very precise. Lines should all be the same thickness. These lines look as if they are bending and overlapping. This is not "free" like expressive lines) but calculated constant, and even.
  • Start anywhere on your paper. Move in a certain direction. stop and begin in a new direction
  • Keep lines in a group the same distance apart.
  • Try to go in every direction at least once
  • Teacher: Assign as color or B/W

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"Echoes"

Begin by drawing an abstract, free-form line on the page. Then use other lines to echo the original line, flowing with it, into it, and away from it. Add color on or between the lines.
  • Even very young children can merely trace outside a line. You must create new variations away from your first lines to make it look different !

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"Draw What You Hear"

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"2-D and 3-D Arrows"

  • Create a full page composition using a combination of 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional arrows. Use overlapping to break up the spaces into interesting positive and negative shapes.
  • Outline with felt-tip pen.
  • Think up an interesting color scheme and fill the shapes with colored pencil

6. Create a visual metaphor for each Element of Art and principle of design (that is 13 drawings in total). Use pencil, marker, or colored pencil, whatever type of medium you would like. Somewhere in the design or on the back of the page write what element or principle it is. What is a visual metaphor? It is an image that describes something without using words. A visual metaphor gives your artwork a spiritual aspect and makes your subject matter your own visual language.

7. Describe how you feel at any given moment. You can write or draw your description of your feelings.

8. Create a value scale with pencil showing 5 shades of gray.

9. Do a blind contour drawing of a complicated subject of your choice. Look only at the subject you are drawing. DONOT LOOK AT THE DRAWING. THIS WILL FORCE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE CONTOURS OF THE OBJECT. Contour drawings never look good at first, but with practice, the quality of your drawings, as well as the quality of your perceptual skills will improve.

10. free drawing of your choice