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3D art sketchbook assignment list

3D ART SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENTS!

 

Sketchbook assignments are due every Thursday!

 

Choose a sculpture from the list (any sculpture, no need to go in order), draw a picture of it (either the whole sculpture, or just a part of it, if it is a really complicated sculpture), and answer the following questions: 

  1. Describe it: What does it look like? What is it made out of? Size? Style? Etc.

  2. What is its purpose or meaning?  (You will have to do some light research for this!  Sometimes it will be hard to find the exact meaning of a sculpture, so you can look for what that artist was interested in in general and make inferences). 

  3. Do you like it? Why or why not? 

 

You must spend at least 20-30 minutes on your assignment. 

You must the page with the title and artist of the artwork you chose and the date. 

Make sure I know which page to look at - use a book mark, paperclip, or fold the page corner. 

They are graded with a checklist:

10 pts total

  1. Did you follow the drawing prompt and/or complete the assigned questions? 5 pts

  2. Is it properly titled and dated? 1 pt

  3. Did you put effort and care into it, and take at least 20-30 minutes to complete it? 4 pts

For each day late (unless absent), it is -3 points! 


 

You can use any medium (pencil, marker, paint, etc), and any style (realistic, cartoony, etc). 
 

 

Have fun!  Choose a sculpture that intrigues you!




The Terracotta Warriors, Ancient Chinese

The Bust of Nefertiti, Acient Egyptian

Lacoon and his Sons, Ancient Greek

Mary Magdelene, by Donatello

The Gates of Paradise, by Lorenzo Ghiberti

Pieta, by Michelangelo

Apollo and Daphne, by Bernini

The Gates of Hell, by Rodin

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, by Umberto Boccioni

Guitar, by Pablo Picasso

Mlle Pogany, by Constantin Brancusi

Bicycle Wheel, by Marcel Duchamp

Maman, by Louise Bourgeois

Cloud Gate, by Anish Kapoor

Pumpkins, by Yayoi Kasuma

Balloon Dog, by Jeff Koons

Andy Goldsworthy (any)

King and Queen, by Henry Moore

The Little Dancer, by Edgar Degas

Grieving Parents, by Kathe Kollowitz

Obalufon, Yoruba

Double Headed Serpent, Aztec

Assyrian Lammasu

Moai, Rapa Nui

Queen Mother Idia, Benin

Mask II, Ron Mueck

Horizons, by Neil Dawson

Break Free from your Mold, by Zenos Frudakis

Disassemblage, by Damien Ortega

The Etruscan Couple, Ancient Etruscan

The Shoes on the Danube Bank, Can Togay and Gyula Pauer

Man Pointing, Alberto Giacometti

Blue Feather, by Alexander Calder

The Harp, by Augusta Savage

Clothespin, by Claes Oldenburg

Constructed head No. 2, by Naum Gabo

Unseen, by Eva Hesse

The Cat, by Fernando Botero

Hills and Clouds, by Lynda Benglis

Joseph Cornell (any)

Louise Nevellson (any)

Oseberg Ship carving, Viking

Chartres Cathedral sculptures (any)

The Exile, Beth Cavener Stichter

Open Mind I, by Jonathan Tsang

Franz Messerschmidt (any)

Abraham Lincoln, by Daniel Chester

The Monument to the Discoveries, by Cottinelli Telmo

The Veiled Virgin, by Giovanni Strazza

The Couple from Cernavoda, Prehistoric

Guardian Lion, Forbidden City, China

Bichon Offering Tea, by Heo Kil-yang

Love, by Robert Indiana

The Spirit of Enterprise, by Jacques Lipshitz

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