End of Quarter One - Sketchbook

There is no formal sketchbook assignment this week. For those students who owe an assignment, this is the week to make sure you are caught-up.... If you feel you need to fix up an assignment that you know you did not put effort into please do so...

Next Monday we will begin a new quarter of sketchbook assignments...  

YAY!!!!!

Drawing things that are Round...Sketchbook Assignment

This week you need to break your page into six sections. Within each section you need to draw something that is round. Please do your personal best when it comes to drawing and use colour.


Sketchbook assignments must be done neatly. Please do not wait until the last minute to do your work.

Check out my first attempt at an Educreation lesson..... it explains the assignment in a new and different way...

http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/round-sketchbook/2169452/?s=HzuSM9&ref=link

Travelling through the Colour Wheel...some assembly required (wheels not included)

Major Assignment Number Two for grades 10-12 requires students to show understanding of the colour wheel without simply drawing the colour wheel... This is one time that re-inventing the wheel is a good thing!

Here is a great way to show understanding of the colour wheel using clay and some video-work....

Still no wheel ..... the performers in the video below do use movement and song to demonstrate the colour wheel...

Okay....yes, a wheel....however, if you want to show understanding of the colour wheel by building this fantastic lego zoetrope then go for it...

So....what will you do to show understanding....creativity, imagination.....you can create....you are artists....

"The Dot" .... We can all create art....

        This children's story shares an important message to all ages...we can all create wonderful art - when we believe in ourselves.

FROG...Sketchbook assignment for October 22

We just finished a week devoted to understanding more about Fully Relying on God...aka  FROG 

Here are some steps showing how you can draw the actual creatures He has given us on earth. 

You will draw a scene in which each of the images on this page are included:

Dragon-fly   Water-lily   Frog 1    Frog 2   Lily pad   Tadpoles

You may choose to use shading (think of where the light is coming from) or in colour...

Colour Wheel

A colour wheel....




Check this out: 

The Interactive Color Wheel- Fun Color Theory

I Wish I had a Machine to...Sketchbook for October 15th

"Machine Impossible"

Think About:

What do you wish you had a machine to do for you? Make your bed? Fix your lunch? Fetch your soda?

DESIGN YOUR OWN MACHINE - Draw it in your sketchbook.

You must Include:
Some kind of  power supply: Solar? Electric? Hamster? Hydro? Air?
Detail of the various parts of the machine....does it have gears/wheels/pulleys?
How it works....show the action of the machine with arrows and words (if necessary)

When drawing this amazing machine, be sure fill the entire page (remember to draw a border), and make great use of colour...

I want to invent a machine to dry my hair then curl or straighten without any human assistance (no more holding the hair dryer!)

Colour...Sesame Street Style

I know...you are too old for the children's show I grew up on....however...Grover and his friends know a lot and are happy to share it with people (and other muppets) of all ages.

This silly yet fun video shows us the primary colours in action. On Sesame Street live brightly coloured muppets. Blue Cookie Monster, Red Elmo and  Yellow Big Bird are three fun characters who make up the primary colours....mix up the primary colours and we meet Green, Oscar the Grouch, Orange, Ernie and Purple, The Count..."Aha Ha Ha"...   Enjoy!   http://youtu.be/yu44JRTIxSQ

Grade 8 Tessellate....looking at the art of M.C.Escher

As you continue to work on your tessellation for Wednesday's class, here are some links to online tessellation makers....have lots of fun creating and tessellating!

This requires Java plugin      http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Tessellate/

This site is more basic http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/tess.htm

M.C. Escher

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escher%27s_Reptiles.jpg

M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist (1898-1972). He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts and lithographs, which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.

Drawing Hands

Sky and Water