FRIDAY SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENTS
Sketchbook Assignment / Date Due / Points / Notes / Suggested Material / Example(s)
  1. Positive Negative space
/ 8/29 / 10 / Create a design using whole sheet of drawing paper in your sketchbook. Then draw a grid or a set of 3 to 5 lines across the paper and the design. Darken in areas and leave white areas; alternating so that you have a checker board-style design. No white spaces should touch white spaces and no black spaces should touch black spaces. Look at the example attached. / Pen and ink
pencil /
  1. Decorate sketchbook cover
/ 9/5 / 10 / Decorate the first page of your sketchbook in a way which reflects your personality and interests.
INCLUDE YOUR NAME CLEARLY (first and last) / Student choice
Can include but not be limited to collage, mixed media etc. /
  1. Observation Drawing
#1Line / 9/11 / 10 / Do an observational drawing of your choice. You should spend at least 30 minutes making a fairly well –developed drawing with some detail. / Pen and ink or
Pencil
FOCUS ON LINES ONLY (no shading). You can apply contour line drawing, continua’s line drawing or weighted line drawing.. /
  1. Observational Drawing LINE
/ 9/19 / 15 / Do the best observational drawing possible of 3-4 objects which holds meaning for you. These will be an inanimate objects. Beneath the drawing include a brief description of what they are and what it means to you.
KEEP TRACK ON HOW LONG YOU WORKED ON IT then write the duration time on the bottom of the page.
Concentrate on looking at specific shapes. The more time taken to draw this the better. This should take at least thirty minutes / Pen and ink
Pencil
FOCUS ON LINES ONLY (no shading). You can apply contour line drawing, continua’s line drawing or weighted line drawing. /
  1. Value and Form
/ 9/26 / 15 / Draw and shade a 9 zone value scale
Also create a 4 zone value scale using hatching and create a 4 zone value scale using cross hatching. Draw three sets of a sphere, cylinder, cube and cone.
Apply shading techniques: hatching, cross hatching and value rendering / pencil /
  1. Value Drawing: Shading from Observation
/ 10/3 / 15 / Take a photo of your bedroom. Experiment with different viewpoints (birds eye view, ants eye view or eye level)
Glue the photo into your sketchbook page and then draw from the photo applying shading techniques.
Must show a wide range of values including black and white, no outlines, no negative space / Pencil
Photograph /
  1. Metamorphosis
/ 10/10 / 20 / Draw a four square grid. Create a drawing that shows gradual transformation of an inanimate object, for example, a pair of scissors into another object-like scissors into a shark- DON"T USE THIS EXAMPLE- it was not your own idea. Details are needed in the drawing- color is optional.
Prompt: If you got a holiday card from one of these artists what would it look like? Pablo Picasso Berthe Morisot Salvador Dali Georgia O’Keefe Vincent Van Gogh Frida Kahlo / Student choice /

  1. Who am I?
/ 10/17 / 20 / Identify an object that relates to your identity. Create an artwork that uses the image of that object (or the actual object) as the SINGLE FOCUS of the artwork. Open media.
Fill in the blank…
"I am a ______in this world." Use the text of the completed sentence to inform the artwork. Open Media. This can be a 2 page spread
· Answer these questions with an image:
At age six I was ______
At age twelve I was ___
Now I am ______
At age 25 I will be ____
At age 75 I will be ____
Arrange these images in a composition that communicates your identity. Images should span inan some order that communicates the answers to the questions. / Student choice
  1. Dreamscape
/ 10/24 / 15 / Illustrate a dream you have had using only 5 symbols (single images that communicate ideas) This may take one or two pages. Consider what you know about composition, emphasis, etc. as you build the images. / You may use color or black and white to complete the image. / Look at works by Salvidor Dali, Man Ray and Frida Kahlo
  1. Hand Drawings
/ 10/31 / 15 / Make a detailed drawing of your hand holding something related to the fall season OR related to school. Make the drawing large enough that it touches all the edges of the page. / You may add color or use shading /
  1. Hello Holidays
/ 11/7 / 10 / What does the holiday season really mean to you? Your image can be abstract or realistic; you may choose the media. AVOID common images- meaning if you choose to show holiday gifts- SHOW THEM IN A CREATIVE WAY! / Student chosen media including collage or image transfers /
  1. Student choice art piece
/ 11/14 / 10 / Your choice- create a one or two page drawing that demonstrates several of your strongest art skills. This is your chance to create your own assignment. / Student chosen media
  1. Collage
Take it to a new level and do image transfers / 11/21 / 10 / Create a design using elements from magazine or newspaper images. Cut and paste the images onto the page in your sketchbook to create the design. / Collage
Student chosen drawing materials /
  1. Still life to scale
“Edge to Edge” / 12/5 / 10 / Practice observational drawing skills by drawing from the following list:
  • Shoes
  • Corner of a room in your house
  • Create an arrangement of objects, use a lamp or other light to make dramatic shadows,
  • Your pet
  • Creative views of your car, bicycle, skateboard, etc.
Make the image reach all the way to the edges of the page. Demonstrate what you know about point of view, emphasis, composition, positive and negative space, perspective etc. / Student chosen drawing media /
  1. What is in my
imagination? / 12/12 / 10 / Practice drawing from your imagination by drawing from the following list:
  • What would you see if you grew wings and flew over our town?
  • What if your big toe became its own person?
  • What if you suddenly became very very small?
/ Student chosen drawing media