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!