Beginning Painting

On one of your altered sketchbook pages:  complete ONE of the sketchbook assignments from the list:

Cover of your sketchbook,

Pile of Shoes,

Drapery Study,

Natural object from observation

Collage of your family

ONE of these is due each week:  The first is due Thursday, Jan 29th

Intermediate and Advanced drawing skin tones from torn magazines

In your sketchbook create a "skin tone palette of as many different darks, midtones, and light skin tones. You can base it on your own skin tones for reference if you wish.

Just create a tone scale like you did in paint but with magazines

Due: Monday

Intermediate and Advanced Drawing

In your sketchbook create an image that crosses two facing pages. The drawing can be realistic or abstract BUT each side must relate in some way. Here are a few examples as seen in this post:

Prompts:
Growth
Alter-egos
Transformation
Chaos Vs: Serenity

Plan on spending 90 minutes on the actual creation

1 page is due Tuesday, the other is due January 20th

Drawing and Painting F G blocks: Drawing of a shiny object in pencil

Draw a shiny object ( an object with reflections etc.) in your sketchbook full page.  Use pencil or color pencil  ( either medium is fine, but make sure that you are familar with the media first--what you drew in Draw Paint such as your weave drawing).   Set up your object under a light and so that there is a cast shadow.  You are to observe the tonalities and draw the reflections of the object. Make it as realistic looking as possible.   You will need a 4B pencil and a kneaded eraser ( both of which you should have at home).  Make sure that you make it fill  65% of the page.  Include at LEAST five values: dark light and midtones

Plan on spending 90 minutes  on this drawing.  Due  Jan. 12th.

Gallery Report ALL draw paint classes Due; November 20th

Requirements for Gallery Report ( 1 each semester) :

Each report must be 1-2 page typed pages, double space, 10 point font HANDWRITTEN PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Describe a work of art seen from your gallery or museum visit. Be sure to include the name of the artist, title of the painting, and medium ( what it's made from). Write your own reaction to it. Include language that describes the work: using the elements and principles of art and design ( line, shape, form, value, color, pattern, movement, balance, emphasis, texture, etc.) Use adjectives!!! Craft the paper as an English class essay ( make it a BS free zone).

IMPORTANT!!! Must have a picture of you at the gallery infront of the art work. also Include any promotional material from the show you are reviewing – postcards, etc. ( if you don't have this stuff you will not receive full credit for the paper).

Beginning drawing F and G blocks: Complete a 3 inch by 3 inch square of your scratchboard
Last day in class to work on Scratchboards is this Thursday, November 19th.

beginning drawing F and G blocks

If you haven't done so already research 3 images for your scratchboard:

Images need to be 5 X 7 inches to 8 X 10 inches,  black and white with grey tones

and then in your sketchbook create small thumbnail skctches exploring composition 

In your sketchbook write 2 paragraphs  about the use of imagery in the work of Virgin Finlay or Cathy Sheeter

Describe the use of Texture and contrast and composition ( how the images are placed on the page).

Virgin Filay

http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/finlay.htm

Cathy Sheeter

or http://www.aphelionart.com/artgallery.html