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These are 20-minute sketchbook

assignments. Please choose FOUR of them. Use
colored pencil for at least two. Remember, I am
looking for quality!
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1. Find something in your backpack and
draw it.
2. Draw a flower and make it appear
dangerous
3. Draw yourself as a cartoon character
4. Be an ant. What does your world look
like?
5. An alien spaceship has landed in the
courtyard. Draw a picture of it.
6. Draw a dead bird in a beautiful
landscape
7. Draw a clock cooking a meatloaf
8. If you had a candy bar named after
you, what would it look like and what
would it be called?
9. Draw your favorite superhero
10. Make a drawing of your pet(s)
11. Express in your drawing, the happiest
time that youve had in the past year
12. Draw the monster that hides under your
bed
13. Make a drawing that says something
about the environment
14. Draw a flying frog
15. Look out the window, draw what you see
16. Crumple a drawing, redraw it crumpled
17. Draw a family insect portrait
18. Crumple a magazine add, draw it
19. Make a drawing that oozes
20. Draw something you cant imagine living
with out

**Please make sure all of your projects are school appropriate.

Do not include any images of alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, guns,
weapons or any misogynistic, bigoted or racist images. Thank
you!**

Painting

This section should take one hour and

a half. Read the directions carefully. Please
choose ONE of these projects.
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Ch o ice 1
3 Mini Paintings
First choose a subject matter. You may
choose to work from life or work from a
photograph. Once you decide what to paint,
create 3 miniature paintings using watercolors.
Each painting should be of the same subject but in
three different compositions. When you are
finished with painting, evaluate your final
compositions and rate them from best to worst.
Justify your answer through a short written
response. Tape your response to the back of your
paintings when you turn them in.
How will you be graded?
The paintings were carefully done, compositional
elements were thought out, the student wrote a
short written response rating their compositions.

Choice 2
Dictionary Illustration
Start by paging though an old
dictionary. You can find a dictionary on
the menu shelf. Carefully cut out a page
from the dictionary with an exacto knife.
Choose one word on the page you
selected and illustrate that word using
colored pencil, pen and/or paint. Fill the
entire page with designs and illustrations.
For ideas check out the PowerPoint on
canvas.
How will you be graded?
Time was spent creating an engaging
illustration, the composition includes
design elements such as emphasis,
movement, and variety, 60% of the page
is filled with illustrations.

Final Due date:

Ch o ice 3
Monochromatic Scene
Find a photograph of a space,
place, or landscape. Using either
colored pencil or watercolor, create a
monochromatic drawing or painting.
Choose a color that conveys a certain
message, mood, or emotion you may
want to evoke. Focus on different
shades of value, I would like to see a
gradation of at least 5 values. It may
be helpful to work from a black and
white photo. When you are finished
drawing, write a short written
response explaining why you chose
the color you did.
How will you be graded?
Attention to detail, at least 5 different
shades of value, the
drawing/painting looks patiently
done.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Or you may choose to turn in
sections as you finish them.

This section should take 1 hour. Please

choose ONE.
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Ch o ice 1

Surrealist artwork
Take a few minutes and research
Surrealism, read the definition and look at
images online. Using colored pencils, create a
surrealistic drawing.
To start, make a list of nouns (ex. ice
cream cone, bicycle, umbrella), verbs (ex.
falling, hatching, skating, running), and
adjectives (ex. peaceful, muscular,
checkered). Select one word from each list
and then make a surrealistic composition of
the noun, changing it according to the other
words chosen. (ex. Umbrella hatching
peacefully). This is a good way to brainstorm
if you are stuck and looking for ideas.

How will you be graded?

The students drawing
demonstrates creativity, the
drawing effectively
communicates subject matter,
themes, and/or symbols.

Ch o ice 2
Out of Context
Chose a 1-4 sentence phrase from your
favorite song, book, or movie. Take the
phrase out of context and illustrate a new
meaning for that phrase.
How will you be graded?
creativity, originality, the drawing effectively
communicates subject matter, themes, and/or
symbols.
Look at the example to the right. The
original quote derives from a man saying
goodbye to his family because he thought he
was going to die in the wilderness. However,
illustration makes us believe a couple is
running away together and saying goodbye
to their families.

Check
points
Every couple of weeks I will
be coming around to check to
see if you have made any
progress.

Checkpoint 1

Checkpoint 2

Checkpoint 3
Example: I know with a sense of
finality that I am saying goodbye
to my family Original quote from
the book Between and Rock and a
hard place.

Checkpoint 4