Sketchbook #4-4

>> Monday, April 28, 2014


Draw a scene from a bird's eye view. How would the scene appear by looking directly down on it. You may choose to sketch your house and yard, a place in your town, or you may make up a place.

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Sketchbook #4-3

>> Sunday, April 20, 2014


Look at yourself in a spoon, and draw the distorted image you see.

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Sketchbook #4-2

>> Sunday, April 6, 2014

What I see out my bedroom window

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Sketchbook #4-1

>> Monday, March 31, 2014

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 you paper until you are finished.

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Term 4 Assignments

Your term 4 assignments are posted to the right of the page. 

Visual Arts 10 - Complete the following:
Essay 
Art Critique
Sketchbook

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

Art Foundations 11 - Complete the following:
Essay
Art Critique
Powerpoint questions

Products of Nature
Painting Reinterpretation
Woven Photo
Photo Essay

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Sketchbook #3-7

>> Sunday, March 9, 2014

Take a photo and glue it onto the middle of your page. Draw outward from the photo, so that you are including the rest of the background. What was at the edge, but not caught by the camera. Feel free to be creative, rather than realistic.

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Sketchbook #3-6

>> Wednesday, March 5, 2014

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

>> Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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

>> Tuesday, February 11, 2014

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

>> Sunday, January 26, 2014


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

>> Sunday, January 19, 2014

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

>> Monday, January 13, 2014


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

>> Monday, December 16, 2013

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

>> Wednesday, December 4, 2013


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

>> Monday, November 25, 2013


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

>> Tuesday, November 19, 2013


“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

>> Thursday, November 14, 2013


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

>> Monday, November 4, 2013

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

>> Sunday, October 27, 2013


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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