Sketchbook Assignment #13 - Favorite Artist

DUE FEBRUARY 25

Date shown are the dates the assignment is DUE.

Assignment must be completed in your sketchbook, or you will earn a zero.  

Grades for sketchbooks will be out of 10 points and based on the following:

·  Drawing must fill the entire page (3 points). 

·  Drawing must use full color or shading. You may use crayons, pencils, colored pencils, paint, etc. (3 points). 

·  Drawing must show great attention to detail (3 points)

·  The date that your sketch is due must be written in the top right corner of the sketchbook page (1 point).

This week's sketchbook assignment: Favorite Artist

1. Time to give props to your favorite artist! You may copy a piece of art by your favorite artist OR come up with your own piece of art done in the STYLE of your favorite artist. 

"Starry Night", Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

2. You may complete this assignment using any material or combination of materials you would like. I used colored sharpies and crayons for mine. 

Sketchbook Assignment #12 - Fruit Still-life

DUE FEBRUARY 18

Date shown are the dates the assignment is DUE.

Assignment must be completed in your sketchbook, or you will earn a zero.  

Grades for sketchbooks will be out of 10 points and based on the following:

·  Drawing must fill the entire page (3 points). 

·  Drawing must use full color or shading. You may use crayons, pencils, colored pencils, paint, etc. (3 points). 

·  Drawing must show great attention to detail (3 points)

·  The date that your sketch is due must be written in the top right corner of the sketchbook page (1 point).

This week's sketchbook assignment: Fruit Still-life

A "still-life" is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate objects, typically every day items that are either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.).

Still life with Apples (artist unknown)

Still life with Lemons in a Silver Bowl and Lemon Quarter, Oil paint on Poplar, Artist: Jessica Brown

1. Put together a still-life of at least 3 pieces of fruit or vegetables. You can set them on a table, in a bowl, in a vase, try setting them up at different levels (two on a table, one on a box). Get creative!

2. Sketch your still-life with pencil. Try your best to draw big! 

3. Continuing to look at the still-life, color your sketch in using your choice of materials. I colored mine in with crayons. 

4. While coloring, don't forget to use value (lights and darks). Sometimes it helps to squint your eyes while looking at the still-life to find the light and dark areas. 

5. Don't forget to color in the table and the wall (my table is gray and my wall is blue). 

6. Rather than using black for all the dark areas and shadows, try using blue for the shadows or complementary colors (green/red; blue/orange; purple/yellow). 

Sketchbook Assignment #11 - Robert Indiana "Love"

DUE FEBRUARY 11

Date shown are the dates the assignment is DUE.

Assignment must be completed in your sketchbook, or you will earn a zero.  

Grades for sketchbooks will be out of 10 points and based on the following:

·  Drawing must fill the entire page (3 points). 

·  Drawing must use full color or shading. You may use crayons, pencils, colored pencils, paint, etc. (3 points). 

·  Drawing must show great attention to detail (3 points)

·  The date that your sketch is due must be written in the top right corner of the sketchbook page (1 point).

This week's sketchbook assignment: Robert Indiana "Love"

Robert Indiana (born September 13, 1928) is an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement. Indiana's best known image is the word "love" in upper case letters, arranged in a square with a tilted letter "O". 

Robert Indiana, "LOVE", 1968, Aluminum 


1. Start by using a ruler to make 2 rows of 3 inch boxes. 

2. Draw the block letters, one in each box, as shown.

3. Add diagonal lines to begin making your block letters look three-dimensional.

4. Now finish your 3-d block letters as shown.  

5. Trace over your boxes and letters using black marker.  

6. Using crayons, color the block letters with one color, pressing hard for dark areas and lightly for lighter areas (the sides of the letters).

7. Finish by choosing two colors of crayon for the squares and alternate their placement, as shown. Don't forget to add the title "Robert Indiana, born 1928 American Pop Artist" in marker to complete your assignment. Nice job!