Sketchbook #4-5

Take a large jar, and fill it with something. Alternatively, take a jar of something out of your kitchen pantry, or even your bathroom (ie. peanut butter, pickles, face cream, hair gel). Sketch the jar from the top view.

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Sketchbook #4-4

Make a detailed drawing of your eye and the area around it. include everything you see when observing closely in clear, even lighting.

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Sketchbook #4-3

Sketch a group of leaves. You may wish to do them right from a tree, or arrange them into a gathering. Try to get the details of the edges, and the veins.

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Sketchbook #4-2

Look at yourself in a spoon. Draw the distorted image you see.

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Sketchbook #4-1

Practice Contour Drawing - choose an everyday object to draw, such as a shoe, or kitchen object. Pay close attention to the outline, and follow it with your eyes as you draw. Try not to lift your pencil from the paper until you are finished. If you would like to try a Blind Contour drawing, do not look at your paper until you are finished.

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Term 4 Assignments

As usual, term 4 assignments can be found on the right, by scrolling down.

Art 10

Writing Assignment
Art Critique
Sketchbook

3 of the following 5 projects:
Papier-mâché fish
Mask
Decorative Art
Mosaic
Portrait Collage


Art 11

Writing Assignment
Art Critique
Powerpoint questions - 20th Century Art

Nature Sculpture Photography
Masterpiece Reinterpretation
Woven Photo
Photo Essay

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Sketchbook #4-1

Well, I have apparently been quite forgetful with the sketchbook posts! My apologies to the Art 10 students!

Draw the interior of your room and what's in it - from wherever you are sitting: on the floor, up on the bed, from a chair by a desk, etc, or from the ceiling looking down.

Bonus: anyone know whose bedroom this is? (famous artist)

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Sketchbook #3-4

Arrange 3 related objects (3 kitchen items, 3 shoes, sports equipment, etc.) into a composition. Draw on one page using a light source and shading.

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Sketchbook #3-3

Draw a winter scene, real or imagined

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Sketchbook #3-2

"My hands are full of . . ." You are to make a drawing of your hands holding something. It can be done in coloured pencil or graphite. You must use 3-D shading to create believable form. Figure you where the light is coming from  and make believable highlights and shadows.

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Term 3 Assignments

Here are your term 3 assignments. All assignments are due by the end of term. You can submit projects as you go, or at the end.

Art 10 Assignments - Painting
Cultures writing assignment
Art Critique
Sketchbook Assignments

Please begin the painting section by viewing the website on the Watercolour Introduction Link, watching the watercolour videos, and practicing the watercour techniques.

Watercolour Squares
Fauve Painting
Van Gogh portrait


Art 11 students, please be aware that some of these projects may be time consuming, so please leave yourself enough time to complete them.

Art 11 Assignments - Various Medium
Meaning in Art writing assignment
Art Critique
Powerpoint Questions - culture comparison
3-D Painting
Bas Relief Cityscape
Crayon Encaustic

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Sketchbook |#3-1

Copy the Mona Lisa, but make her contemporary. Consider the background and her clothing. How would she look if she was painted now? Make sure you keep the pose the same!

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Sketchbook #2-7

Choose an enclosed space, such as a kitchen cabinet, a television, an oven, a refrigerator, in a drawer or closet. What human qualities do the things in the enclosed space have when no one is watching? Do the mustard bottles dance? Do the socks play cards? Fill your page with details . . . be sure to show the interior of the space as well as the objects. Make sure your compsition is strong. Use shading to make things appear 3-dimensional.

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Sketchbook #2-6

Find a magazine cut-out of a person looking full forward. Try to get a picture at least 5"x8" in size. Cut the photo down the middle. Glue one side to your sketchbook page. Draw the other side using pencil and full shading

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Sketchbook #2-5

Design your own Christmas Card. Include a greeting, and a picture.

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Sketchbook #2-4

Draw a portrait of your pet.  Don’t have one?  Draw the pet that you WISH that you had. Use VISUAL TEXTURE to show how it feels.

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Sketchbook #2-3

One of Salvador Dali's most famous paintings, "The Persistence of Memory", depicts melting watches; Choose an object, and draw it melting.

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Sketchbook #2-2

Choose a favourite scripture verse, and illustrate it. Include the scripture somewhere in or beneath the picture.

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Term 2 Assignments

Please note that you have choices on which assignments to complete for term 2.

Art 10:
Essay – what is art?

Art Critique
Sketchbook
Parable Comic or Focus Drawing
Grid Distortion or O’Keefe Abstraction
Creation Handscape
Arcimboldo Portrait

Art 11: Essay – Ethical & Legal Consideration
Art Critique
Powerpoint Questions – Fascinating People
Choose 3 of the following:
Post-impressionist portrait
The Meaning of Lines
Matisse Portrait
Clues to a Life
Old Master / New Face

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Sketchbook 2-1

Pop some popcorn. Take a few kernels and look at the shapes and shades created. With pencil and smudge shading, study a few of the kernels and fill the page with them. This drawing should show a good sense of drawing skill and soft grays or some blending device.

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