SEMESTER  2  (QUARTER  3  &  4)    Sketchbook  Assignments  

I. Directions: Select Assignment and look at examples. See due dates below. Quarter 3: Complete 5 sketchbook Assignments by: Friday, March 1st Quarter 4: Complete 5 different Assignments by: Friday, May 10th II. Overview and Details:

• Each  exercise  should  take  between  20  and  30  minutes  to  do  because  the  purpose  of  a  sketch  book  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  in  your  abilities  will  increase  proportionally  to  the  amount  of  effort  and  care  you  put  into  your  work.    

• Full  shading  is  expected,  as  are  details.  Use  of  colored  pencils  or  other  materials  like  pen  and  ink  or  your  own  favorites  are  fine  !  This  is  your  place  to  experiment  and  grow  !  Remember-­‐  you're  only  limited  by  your  own  imagination  

 III.    The  10  Assignments:      

1. Draw  what  you  hear  –  a  song,  a  random  noise,    traffic  roaring,  guitar  screaming,  people  laughing.    How  will  you  symbolize  these  sounds?    Example  Below  illustrated  a  Basketball  Bouncing.    

           

 

2. "Pencil Shading"- Fill the page with overlapping shapes that run off the page on all sides. No pos/neg spaces larger than a thumbprint. Fill each pos/neg space with smooth pencil gradations(from light to dark). The Shading Do-Nots: Do not start out too dark - you can always get darker as you work.

The Do's: Do shade in one direction only... then shad the opposite direction on top. AND do shade from light layers to dark to avoid uneven transitions.

 

 

3. Bottle Landscapes Assignment: Take one bottle at a time to your table, and do a contour line drawing of it, starting anywhere on your page. Then do the same thing with another bottle. Fill your page with overlapping bottle shapes. Bottles that are meant to be in front must have a base that is lower on the page than the object that is behind it.

• Things that are further away from us look smaller. But what if you can't rely on size to tell the story?

• Uses plastic bottles, which can be any size. • Things that are partially covered by another object are seen as being behind the

object: (overlapping) • Things that are further away are drawn higher on the picture plane. Their bases

(bottoms) will be placed higher on the page than the bottles that are supposed to be closer.

     

                   

 

 

4. Design Your OWN Superhero! Your drawing must be in color and it should take up the entire page. Include your action hero's name, his/her superpowers and super-talents.

Your superhero must be original. Please do not turn in Superman, Cat Women, Spider Man, "Japanimation" or any other copies!

*Invent your own, please. Capes, tights are optional!

     5.    Spiraling  Spheres:    Overlap  circles  (or  other  shapes)  of  graduated  sizes,  moving  from  smallest  to  largest  (largest  on  top-­‐  draw  it  first)  to  create  an  illusion  of  movement  toward  you  from  the  surface  of  the  page.  Fill  the  page  with  various  sized  trails.  -­‐Shade  one  end  of  the  spiral  trail  gradually  darker,  one  end  lighter  to  enhance  the  illusion  of  movement  and  depth.  Your  choice  of  colors.-­‐Create  an  interesting  background;  perhaps  using  analogous  colors  or  monochromatic  tints  and  shades  to  develop  an  ambiguous  space.

     

             

6.  Illustrate  a  Joke  (ONLY  APPROPRIATE  JOKES  FOR  SCHOOL!):    Draw  the  visual  representation  of  the  joke  –  characters,  setting,  props,  etc.  

           -­‐  Color  is  optional.                                                7.    Practice  the  4  different  ways  shown  below  to  shade  a  Sphere:              *This  means  you  should  have  4  sphere  drawings  total!    

                 

8.    Create  a  Doodle  drawing  using  the  different  shading  techniques:  Dots  (stipling),  scribble  (scumbling),  Hatching  (parallel  lines),  cross-­‐hatching  (criss  cross  lines).    *Final  Example  of  drawing  on  right  NOT  left!  

 

   

 9.    Breaking  an  Object  into  4  Squares  and  Replicating  the  Photo:  Step  1:    Find  a  black  and  white  photo  of  an  animal  to  draw  from  online  or  in  a  

magazine.      Step  2:  Divide  your  sketchbook  page  into  4  squares.  Step  3:  Start  with  the  contour  (outline)  drawing  of  the  animal  or  object.  Step  4:    Add  more  shading  –  trying  to  replicate  the  photo  and  values.  *The  key  to  successful  shading  is  having  a  wide  range  of  gray  in  your  art.    

 

10.    Drawing  ONE  Eye  One  Step  at  a  Time:    5  steps  Minimum!                  *  This  means  showing  at  least  5  steps  to  drawing  an  eye.