•  Homework Due Dates:

     

    ASAP- Sign up for Google classroom (instructions on my website) 
     

    Sketchbook Assignment

    9.25.17

    Due 10.4.17


    Vocabulary:

    Objective- Object centered representation.

    Non-Objective- Abstract art is defined as art that has no reference to any figurative reality.


    Process:

    Please take one of the inspiring quotes from the box.  Glue it somewhere in your sketchbook and create a work that is inspired by the quote.


    You must complete the following:

    • Create an objective or nonobjective work
    • Can be in color or not.  It depends on the quote!
    • A brief written explanation about how you came to your idea- this can be on the page opposite of the artwork so it doesn’t interfere with work, unless of course, it is part of the work.

    Gourd Drawing DUE 12.5.17

    • Draw your gourd from three different perspectives.  Each drawing must occupy a page in the sketchbook.
    • Begin with a light pencil sketch to define the form, textures and patterns, and highlights and shadows related to your gourd.
    • Add color using colored pencil to increase the three dimensional quality of your drawings and to familiarize yourself with the gourd’s surface.

    Step 2:

    • Explore resources in Google classroom and independently collect images
    • Begin to develop a final design.

    Find your own web sites by using keywords such as gourd, gourd baskets, gourd art, etc.

    Step 3 (1 sketchbook): DUE 12.8.17

    • A final drawing of your gourd design demonstrates the following:
      1. In color.
      2. Expresses clearly through color, value, line and shape, the textures and techniques you intend to use.
      3. Is completed on a full sketchbook page and is handed in on time
      4. An area where the gourd is pierced.
      1. A surface technique such as painting, collaging, dying, staining, gold-leafing.
      2. A basketry technique.
      3. An area of wood burning
      4. The inclusion of at least 2 materials other than the gourd itself.

    Due 2.12.18

    3-D

    At least 10 images based on tracings.

    The images must be drawn to demonstrate a stylization of basic form using organic forms

    Colored in to block in the positive spaces (any color you want)

    Sculpture:

    3 different printed images (can be black and white, but color is encouraged if possible) of the characters) you are considering for your next sculpture project