Assignments for 1 Quarter ART 4

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1. VISUAL ANALOGY PORTRAIT Using any color media, create a portrait of a friend, family member, or yourself. On another panel or canvas, creating a painting of an object that is connected to the person. A visual connection can be made through a color scheme, texture, pattern, etc.

2. CAPTURE the MOVEMENT/action of a person (full-figure or portrait), a scape, an interior, or ? through drawing, painting, or mixed media. 3. NIGHT AND DAY DIPTYCH HOMEWORK During the day, select a window or doorway in your home as the focus (but not necessarily the sole subject matter) for your drawing. Create a composition that depicts some portion of the interior of the house and a part of the view outside the window/doorway. Experiment in your sketchbook with a variety of compositional possibilities. Capture the quality of the light inside the room, as well as the light outside the room. As always, emphasize the value-shapes, squinting to better observe essential shapes and contrasting values. Eliminate small details and keep your style loose. Plan on about 4-5 hours for this drawing. Part Two: Set up to draw in the late evening, when it is dark out. Select the same subject, but alter the composition if you like. (You may keep it exactly the same.) Repeat the whole process described above using the same medium and the same size paper. 4. INSIDE/OUTSIDE Create a drawing that interprets the concept of INSIDE/OUTSIDE. Use graphite, charcoal, color pencils, conte, pastels, whatever you would like. 5. LIMIT YOURSELF Choose a subject matter/concept you are interested in. Think traditional portraiture, figure, landscape, interior, exterior. Using paint, oil pastel, or chalk pastel render the subject matter/concept using A LIMITED PALETTE. How will all warm, cool, only complimentary, only primary, or monochromatic colors affect the overall atmosphere, feeling, tone of the piece? How will it reinforce the concept you are trying to express?