Art 2 GT Sketchbook assignments:
FIrst assignment Aug. 28
You are responsible for creating two drapery studies like the provided example. Do not copy the example, your sketchbook assignment must be done from observation. You can use any medium you choose.
Second assignment due Sep 4
Draw one or more views of a crushed can in any media you choose.
Third assignment due Sep. 11
Using any media of your choosing create an image that shows how you interpret the term "GROWTH".
Growth refers to a positive change in size, often over a period of time. Growth can occurs as a stage of maturation or a process toward fullness or fulfillment. It can also perpetuate endlessly, for example, as detailed by some theories of theUltimate fate of the universe.
The quantity can be:
Biology
Growth refers to a positive change in size, often over a period of time. Growth can occurs as a stage of maturation or a process toward fullness or fulfillment. It can also perpetuate endlessly, for example, as detailed by some theories of theUltimate fate of the universe.
The quantity can be:
- Physical (e.g., growth in height, growth in an amount of money)
- Abstract (e.g., a system becoming more complex, an organism becoming more mature)
Biology
- Cell growth
- A tumor is sometimes referred to as a "growth"
- Bacterial growth
- Human development (biology)
- Auxology, the study of all aspects of human physical growth
- Growth hormone
- Human development (humanity)
- Developmental psychology
- Personal development ("Personal growth")
- Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, stages of individual growth
- Population growth
- Economic growth
- Financial growth, due to simple or compound interest
- Growth investing
- Linear growth
- Logistic growth, characterized as an S curve
- Exponential growth, also called geometric growth
- Hyperbolic growth
FORTH ASSIGNMENT DUE Sep 18
Copy one (1) of the images below using the pen and ink techniques present in the picture. Your copy will fill a sketchbook page and will be drawn with pen and ink.
fifTH ASSIGNMENT DUE OCT 2
Draw a form of currency. The drawing must be a zoomed in view of the currency and can be done with any type of media.
Do not draw from these examples! find a creative way to compose your own drawing. Foreign money is allowed as well, so be as creative as you can.
sixth assignment due oct 9
Illustrate your view point of the current political state of the United States of America. Use any artistic media you choose. For inspiration you can look at the work of Sorel, Rall, or Kall
sEventh assignment due oct 16
Create a unique color wheel of 31 colors. 31 colors is important because we are paying homage to the great and powerful Baskin Robbins!
First assignment due oct 23
Using your brand spanking new knowledge of color, you are tasked with the mission of painting a study of a paper bag. Watercolor would be your best option. Good luck with your mission.
Second assignment
For this sketchbook assignment you must come up with an artistic reaction to the typhoon tragedy in the Philippines. You can use any media of your choosing. Here is a link to the CNN section dedicated to articles about this severe storm and the destruction it caused: http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/11/world/asia/typhoon-haiyan/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews
Q2 Third assignment (due Jan 30th)
Draw or paint a self portrait from either an ant's perspective or a bird's. Take into account the negative space and the overall composition of you work. This is meant to be interesting and engaging.
Q2 Forth assignment (due Feb 2nd)
You must create a mixed media collage of a historical event using at least three photo transfers and any drawing/painting tools of your choosing.
Q2 Fifth assignment (due feb 13th)
On a page from a newspaper, magazine, or catalog draw your favorite shoe. Think about the materials that you are using and the surface you are working on (ex. pencils will not work on glossy magazine paper). Take into account composition. Also, you are not limited to one image of the shoe, draw it from different angles! CHECK OUT MARK POWELL'S WEBSITE! THE MAN IS A BEAST!
Q3 First assignment (due Feb 20th)
For this sketchbook assignment you must illustrate a six word story on a six by six inch piece of paper using a medium of your choice (Drawing, painting, mixed media, no sculpture). Your submission, if done well will be entered into the 6 x 6 national art show at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center. There are several resources for six word stories, such as this website: sixwordstories.net or you can of course write your own story. F