Sketchbook #3-6

Draw the interior of your room and what's in it- from wherever you're sitting: on floor, up on bed, from ceiling looking down.

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Sketchbook #3-5

Draw a board game set set-up and partially played. You may want to use your favorite game from childhood.

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Sketchbook #3-4

Choose a single object and draw it from several views with significantly different light sources in each view. Light different sides, from the top, from the bottom, at different angles, etc.

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Sketchbook #3-2

Draw a series of animals in motion. Such as a cheetah running, a rabbit hopping, a bird flying. This can be in any media and you can use just three views or images in a row.

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Term 3

Term 3 Assignments - click the appropriate link on the right to find the assignment description

Art 10:

Composition - Art in Different Cultures
Art Critique #3
Sketchbook
Watercolour Squares
Fauve Painting
Van Gogh Portrait


Art 11:

Composition - Meanings in Art
Art Critique #3
Powerpoint Questions - Culture Comparison
Bas-relief Cityscape
Painting Reinterpretation
Crayon Encaustic

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Sketchbook #3-1

Draw a winter scene, real or imagined.

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Sketchbook #2-6

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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Sketchbook #2-5

Christmas! What images do you get when you hear that word? The nativity? A Christmas tree? Gifts? Food? Family? Sketch whatever the word Christmas means to you. You may have multiple images, but make sure you arrange artistically.

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Sketchbook #2-4

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 objects in the enclosed space assume when no one is watching? Do the mustard bottles dance? Do the socks play cards? Fill your page with details…be sure and show the interior of the space as well as the objects. Make sure you have a focal point to the drawing and that your composition is strong. Use shading to make things appear to be three-dimensional.

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Sketchbook #2-3

Select a word that brings to mind a mental picture. Sketch what is brought to mind, and include the word somewhere on your page.

The word could be anything from summer, to love, to peace, to dry, to cozy, to salty. Pick a word, and draw what you think of.

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Sketchbook #2-2

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

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Sketchbook #2-1

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

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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 #1-7

Divide a piece of paper into squares. Any amount from 4 - 16.

Find an everyday object in your house. In each of your squares, draw the object in a different way. You might try looking from a different angle, focusing in on one part, distorting the object, altering the colours, etc. Let your creative juices flow!!

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Sketchbook #1-6

Draw a pile of laundry waiting to get washed. Pay attention to the shades and tones of the colours, as well as the lines.

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Sketchbook #1-5

Size Distortion
Choose two ordinary objects at home which have a relationship to one another but are not the same size at all. (Like: the front door and a key -- or -- the refrigerator and an apple.)
Draw the two different sized objects as if they are the same size, and draw them so they have a new relationship at the new size. (So: the key is as big as the door in the new relationship, and can only lean upon it!)(So: the apple could be so big that it occupied the entire inside of the refrigerator!)
Be inventive! think up your own two related objects, and observe and draw their details carefully. Plan an interesting composition on the page.

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Sketchbook #1-4

Draw what you see in your cars rearview mirror. Include the mirror in your sketch. Make sure you develop the foreground as well as the background.

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Sketchbook #1-3

Draw a picture of a keyhole, extending out to the edges of your paper. Then draw what you may imagine may be through that keyhole.

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Sketchbook #1-2

Clues to your future - think about what you life may be like 10-15 years in the future. Draw a picture of what your bedroom could look like. In the picture, give clues to what kind of life you may have. Think about your job, family, daily life, economic status, etc. Think about the little details that you can include as hints. The bedroom should let the viewer know as many things about your possible future as you can think of.

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Sketchbook #1-1

The purpose of a sketchbook is to make you look harder at things, use your imagination, and explore ideas and techniques that interest, challenge, and stimulate you. You will find that practice does indeed pay off and your confidence and abilities will increase proportionately to the amount of effort and care you put into your work. Shading is expected, as are details. Use of coloured pencils or other materials like a pen and ink or your own favourites are fine! This is your place to experiment and grow!

Draw a word as the shape of an object, such as the word apple in the shape of an apple, or apples spelling out the word.

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