C block: Critique of Still life

Drawing finished by the BEGINNING of Class on Monday 9/21

we will critique and mount drawings on board.

Wednesday: hanging drawings over in BBLC

Friday: Intro to portrait drawing/proportions of human face

Next sketchbook check in: Sept. 26th

Pepper drawing

We will have four class days to complete a drawing of a bell pepper.

Your drawing should incorporate what you have learned about light and shadow.

The requirements:

Drawing ( including cast shadow) should fill 75% of the page

Show careful observation and execution of translating 2D form to 3D form

Not have heavy outlines

use 7-9 tones of value

Craftpersonship

Drawing Due: Sept.22nd

G block: 200 Drawing

Homework Due: Thursday, Sept 16th

1. Revision of value scale if necessary ( resubmit opportunity)

2. watch video of drawing sphere ( this will help with drawing the egg) same concept

3. draw 1 egg with form and cast shadows ( must use 75% of sketchbook page)

in pencil 4B ( no outlines)

work on transitions, and set up your egg using a single light source ( no back lighting); this is an observational drawing exercise

G block 200 level drawing Due Sept. 7th

Value scale 9 tone Due: Tuesday

9 inch by 1 inch squares... no heavy outlines and careful shading using 4 B graphite pencil no use of fingers to smudge tone together.

Graded on tonal observation, neatness and following directions

Draw Paint 300-400 C and E blocks

Fall 2010 Sketchbook prompts: C and E blocks

--Enlarge something small ( i.e. popcorn, insect, wing nut,etc.)—not from photograph( use magnifiying glass)
__Create a two page drawing of a scene while sitting inside a car… what is outside the window
--cut out a magazine picture and add on a drawing or drawings ( extend the edges of a magazine picture by adding on a drawing
--Draw 6 personal fears either realistically or using line to create emotion
--a self portrait
-- Do blind contour drawings of your hand, self portrait, objects
--draw something you think is ordinary or ugly and make it beautiful ( dead flowers, insects, kitchen utensils)
--Fill a page of different line qualities that express emotions
--in pencil or pen draw objects that suggest these texutures:
cloth, wood, reflective, paper,
 draw value scales in pen using crosshatching
 draw value scales in pencil using blending
draw your hand holding an object
Transform an ordinary kitchen object into something imaginary
Sketch your cat, dog or other pet
Draw views of favorite landscapes
Copy an old master painting as a drawing ( focus on the head or hand)

1st check in

E block: Sept. 14th: 3 drawings in sketchbook

C block Sept 15th: 3 drawings

G Block: Draw Paint 200: Contour drawing sketchbook assignment

Due: 8/31


Requirements: Done in pen, full page, Continuous line, no tracing, done from observation: to be done in the following order:

3 blind contour drawings of your hand ( spend 5 minutes on each one)

2 continuous line blind contour of a rose, or lilly ( 5 minutes on each one)

1-2 blind contour

Successful Examples below:

Draw Paint 300/400 sketch assignment: GESTURE DRAWING

Due: C block 8/30

Due E block: 8/31

http://www.sketchingeveryday.com/

In your sketchbook do at least 10 gesture drawings... spend no longer than 5-10min. per drawing.

Use any of your preferred drawing mediums... The goal is exploration! I recommend that you do this when you won't be interrupted, put on your favorite music and make sure that you look at the object that you are drawing, not the paper so much.