Sketchbook Assignment #18 - O'Keefe: Close-up of Flower

DUE APRIL 14

Date shown is the date 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: O'Keefe: Close-up of Flower

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American artist. She is best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the "Mother of American modernism"

Georgia O'Keefe

Light of Iris, 1924, Oil on canvas

Pink Tulip, 1926, Oil on canvas

Red Poppy, 1927, Oil on canvas

1. Find a picture of a flower, a fake flower or a real flower that you would like to draw close-up. 

2. Looking at this flower and filling up the sketchbook page, draw the whole flower or just part of the flower in pencil. Think of it like you're looking through a magnifying glass or taking a really close-up picture with a camera. The flower should fill the page. 

3. Color it in with your choice of materials. 

Sketchbook Assignment #17 - Drawing Materials

DUE MARCH 31

Date shown is the date 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: Drawing Materials

1. Choose at least 3 different art materials (ideas: paintbrush, pencil, pen, marker, crayon, colored pencil, watercolors, oil pastels, eraser, glue, scissors, etc) and set them up in a still-life. 

2. Draw these materials as large as you can in pencil. 

3. Color your drawing in with any material(s) you like. I used markers and some outlining with thin Sharpie. 
  

Sketchbook Assignment #16 - Matisse Still-life

DUE MARCH 24

Date shown is the date 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: Matisse Still-life

Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) was a French artist, known for his use of color. He was not worried about making his paintings look real, but rather that they had interesting arrangements of colors and shapes.

1. Start with drawing a vase and flowers. Add a circle for the table. Add the room lines. Draw simple flowers in the vase.Try to make the art look flat, rather than 3D, because that is what Matisse liked to do. Trace your lines with black permanent marker. 

2. Use crayons to color to color the flowers and leaves. Draw different line patterns on all the other surfaces. Keep them large and simple. 

3. Use watercolor paint to fill in all the areas. 

  

Sketchbook Assignment #15 - Thiebaud: Favorite Dessert

DUE MARCH 17

Date shown is the date 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: Thiebaud: Favorite Dessert

Wayne Thiebaud (born November 15, 1920) is an American painter widely known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his landscapes and figure paintings.

Cakes, 1963, Oil on canvas

 Cakes, 1963, Oil on canvas

Three Machines, 1963, Oil on canvas

1. Decide on your favorite dessert. Think about how Thiebaud painted his desserts not only once, but many times in the same painting, sort of like a display in a store (see examples above). 

2. Draw your favorite dessert AT LEAST three times. Don't forget a background! 

3. You may color the desserts differently or the same. 

4. You may use any art materials you would like to color this assignment. I used crayons to color in mine.  

Sketchbook Assignment #14 - 20 year portrait

DUE MARCH 10

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: 20 year portrait

1. Sketch yourself as you think you would look in 20 years! What would you look like? What would you be wearing? What job would you have? Where would you be living? Draw all of it!

2. Add color with your choice of materials. The portrait can be full body or from the shoulders up. Have fun!