SHOE

June 2009 Cecil - Art 1

Final Artwork:
This is your opportunity to show what you have
learned this year in terms of COMPOSITION (size,
view, and placement). Using any material and theme we
have explored this year complete an artwork that
includes at least one shoe as part of the
composition. It should be completed using an entire
18” X 24” paper, it does not have to remain as one
piece. You must complete 2 thumbnail drawings first
on the back.

Choose one STYLE (perceptual, expressive, non-objective) and one

ART CONCEPT (pos./neg. space, proportion, narrative, gesture,
etc.) to use in completing your shoe artwork.

Portfolio:
cut paper
cropping & zooming
positive/negative space This is part of
Shape & Value:
your final exam, its
conté, charcoal, tempera, paper grade will be part of
drawing without using line, only value your exam grade.
Draw What You See:
pencil
observational drawing focusing on form and light

Expressive Explorations:
mixed media
expressive storytelling about a personal object

Pieces of Personality Sculpture:

paper and cardboard sculpture, tempera paint
non-objective representation of your personality
3-D form and space

Multiple Exposures:
crayon, charcoal
gesture drawing showing movement and gesture

Self-Portrait from Somewhere Else:

pencil and mixed media
portraiture, proportion
research
expressive or perceptual environment

Expressive Text Stencil:

stencil, spray paint
positive/negative space
expressively represent the meaning of a word
typography

What material(s) from above did you use?

What style and concept from above did you choose to explore? (Perceptual and pos./neg. space)

Use the back to write a paragraph detailing how you have created an artwork that represents
this style and concept. Describe at least 1 element and 1 principle for the style and concept
(perceptual: form and balance, positive/negative space: shape and contrast)