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art iI/III sketchbook assignment list

ART II SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENTS!

 

Sketchbook assignments are due every Friday!

Pick any one from the list in the unit we are in, and spend at least 30 minutes on it.  

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

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

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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 -1 point! 

 

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

You may NOT use stick figures!  If you really can’t draw people, and need to for the assignment, at the very least try basic shapes people .

Reference images are not required, but always helpful!
 

Have fun!  Choose a prompt you really like and have an exciting idea for! 


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Commissions -based Fine Artist

  1. Ask a friend what to draw.  Draw that. 

  2. Ask a parent what to draw.  Draw that. 

  3. Ask another teacher what to draw.  Draw that. 

  4. Ask a sibling what to draw.  Draw that. 

 

Scientific Illustration

  1. Draw out whatever you are learning in science right now.

  2. Draw something in nature (plant, animal, mineral), from life.  Observe and record specific details.

  3. Dissect something natural (fruit/vegetable, pinecone, etc) and draw it.  Observe and record specific details.

  4. Take an inanimate inorganic object (a toy, appliance, etc) and imagine that it has “anatomy”.  Draw that anatomy.

  5. Draw imaginative fake “anatomy” to illustrate what a part of the body does. (example:  a little person peering through a telescope in an eye)
     

Portrait Artist

  1. Draw someone from a photograph.  Focus on light and shadow.

  2. Draw someone from life. Focus on line.

  3. Draw a full figure (from life, a photo, or imagination). 

  4. Draw a child/baby (from life, a photo, or imagination).

  5. Draw an old person (from life, a photo, or imagination).

  6. Draw someone from memory, then look at them in real life or at a picture.  Write how they are actually different than how you drew them from memory.
     

Fashion Design

  1. Draw yourself wearing your favorite outfit.  Write why it is your favorite.

  2. Draw yourself wearing something you wore/would typically wear in elementary school. Write a memory associated with that outfit.

  3. Draw a very ugly outfit.  Note what makes it so ugly.

  4. Draw an outfit that someone from a COMPLETELY different time period or culture wears/wore. (Use a reference image).  Make sure you include specific details.

  5. Imagine you are a superhero.  What is your power?  What is your superhero name?  Draw your superhero outfit.

 

Textile Design/ Interior Design

  1. Notice a man-made pattern you see in your every-day life that you like.  Draw it.

  2. Notice a man-made pattern you see in your every-day life that you think is ugly.  Draw it.  Then give it a makeover; draw a beautiful version of it.

  3. Notice a pattern of nature that you see in your every-day life.  Draw it.

  4. If you could give the school a makeover, what interior design changes would you implement?  Write a list and draw something to represent one or more of the things on your list.

  5. Draw your bedroom.

  6. Draw what you wished your bedroom looked like.

  7. Ask a family member to imagine they could re-do any room in your house any way they want.  Draw it as they describe it.
     

Architecture

  1. Draw your house (from life).

  2. Draw our school building (from life, or a picture).

  3. Choose a building by one of these famous architects and draw it:
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    Frank Gehry
    I.M. Pei
    Zaha Hadid
    Antoni Gaudi
     

  4. Choose an example from one of these types of architecture and draw it:
    Ancient Egyptian
    Ancient Roman
    Byzantine
    Mesoamerican
    Gothic
    Neoclassical
    Art Nouveau
    Islamic
    Sudano-Sahelian (West African)
    Traditional Chinese
    Traditional Japanese
    Traditional Indian

 

Book Illustration

  1. Choose a favorite book from childhood.  Choose an illustration and copy it. Write why you like that book.

  2. Illustrate the lyrics to a favorite song.

  3. If there was a children’s book made about your life, what would the illustrations be like?  Draw a scene or character from that hypothetical book in that style.

  4. Illustrate a Bible verse that is important to you.

  5. Draw an illustration relating to the most recent thing you read in English class.

  6. Make up a word.  Illustrate it.

  7. Create an “illuminated letter” (Look it up if you aren’t sure what that is.)

  8. Design a new cover for your favorite book.

 

Graphic Design

  1. Copy the logo for a brand you like 3 times.  Color it with three different color combinations.  Circle the one you like best.

  2. Create a personal logo.  If your life was a ‘brand’, what would your logo be?

  3. Copy the packaging for your favorite snack food (ex: box of poptarts).

  4. Create new logo/package design for your favorite snack food.

  5. Draw out a brochure advertising our school.  (Include pictures and words)

  6. Draw CCA’s crest (you can find it on posters in the hallways).  Write what each of the symbols stand for.

  7. Draw an advertisement for something that no one would want to buy.  Draw it so that it would make people want to buy it.

 

Art History

Look up one of these artists and find a DRAWING of theirs that you like.
Draw a copy of it in your sketchbook.

1. John Singer Sargent
2. Robert Hannaford
3. Josh Clare
4. Leonardo Da Vinci
5. Ellsworth Kelly
6. Diego Velasquez
7. Edgar Degas
8. Michelangelo
9. Antonio Lopez Garcia
10. Andrew James
11. Ingres
12. Kathe Kollowitz
13. Caracci
14. Albrecht Durer
15. Ginny Grayson
16. Beatrix Potter
17. Alberto Giacometti
18. Rembrandt Van Rijn
19. Utagawa Hiroshige

 

Art Education

  1. Find someone younger than you and draw together for a half hour in your sketchbook.

  2. Find someone younger than you.  Teach them about your favorite famous artist.  Have this younger person write down in your sketchbook what they learned about the artist.

  3. Imagine you are an art teacher (for high school or elementary).  Design/Draw a poster you would have in your room.
     

Public Art

  1. Design a monument to honor something that you think deserves a monument.

  2. Design a memorial to honor something that deserves a memorial.

  3. Design a mural for your town/city – what message do they need? Where would the mural be located?

  4. Design a mural for this school – what message does our school need? Where would the mural be located?

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Art For God’s Sake  by Phillip Graham Ryken

Each week, read the chapter(s) and…

  1. Write down any words or references you did not understand. Look them up and write a brief definition. 

  2. Summarize 2 important points the author makes.

  3. Write down one idea you agree or disagree with, and why.

  4. Write something the author said that made you think of something new that you’ve never thought of before.

  5. Write down at least one question you now have. You may not write “no questions” :)

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