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Enough Sketchbook Assignments to Last a Year (well at least this quarter)

This is the official blog and site for all things ART at HCA. You may find information in previous posts that can help you this year. I will try to update it on a regular basis and will also try to provide videos and or pictures to help you.

You are responsible for purchasing a sketchbook that will be used for this year's class. Sketchbooks should be somewhere around 8.5x11 (ish). It may not have lined pages.

Sketchbooks are very personal. They are a record of your creative genius! You do not have to spend a lot of money on a good sketchbook; one of our local $ stores has two great styles to choose from...

You are responsible for completing SIX sketchbook assignments for QUARTER ONE. The quarter finishes on November 4th, so as long as you plan out your time, you will be able to not only complete them, but complete them well!

Sketchbooks will be formally assessed twice during the quarter. This should allow students to work at their own pace while making sure that they are completed on time.

DUE DATE ONE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 21st
I will check the first three assignments. You will fill in a self-assessment rubrifc of your work and I will use the same rubric to complete the teacher assessment.

For this first check, I will allow you to re-do ONE assignment should it be of very low quality (you rushed, left til the last minute, are unhappy with the results)

These assignments are worth approximately 12 points each so please put in your best effort. Keep in mind the following as you do the assignments:

Think about your drawing as you plan it…Try to vary the way you use the elements of art:

line,    shape,    form,    space,    value,    color,     texture

 

Tips: 

• Use the entire page…do not draw little in the middle.  Think about the point of view (bird's eye, ground looking up, to the side) and try not to allow yourself to stay within the normal, "landscape" view.  Pretend you are a photographer trying to set up an interesting shot; it is a good way to have a stronger composition.

• Draw what you SEE, not what you THINK something is supposed to look like. In real life, trees do not look like stalks of broccoli or bunches of cauliflower and houses are much more interesting than a square with a triangle on top. So...don't draw them like that...

• You may use colour or pencil. Shading plays a part in both of these tools. This is very important as it helps add depth to your work.

Here is the list of sketchbook assignments to choose from. You may do one extra assignment for extra credit.. This is not mandatory and it is not worth rushing other assignments in order to complete an extra one. Your mark will end up being the same if not lower...



THE LIST

1.  Create a drawing or painting of your neighborhood; capture the essence of the place and the people you see and what makes your neighborhood unique. This may be presented in any way you would like; you do not have to limit yourself to a panoramic/landscape scene.

2. Create a storyboard for an animation with a minimum of ten frames. This could be for an animated tv show or for a video game.  You may not copy published work, however, you may use shows and games that exist.

3.Create a work that captures an unusual interior – for example, look in a cabinet or refrigerator or car.  Include as many details as you can. Be sure to attempt to show depth in your piece.

4. Create a new design for your favourite CD. I know...you don't buy CDs, you download from ITunes (or equivalent)...Artwork is still a key component!  You can refer to photos when designing this but don’t copy someone else’s work.  Think of something that shows how the music affects you.  

5. Draw part of any object (Mystery Draw).  Can you trick me?  If you draw it well and you do trick me then I will give you bonus points.  The object has to be a real one…One that I would know. It must be a specific item rather than a general one. Example: If you drew the curve of a circle and then said it was a wheel or a CD or part of the letter "O" you are being much too general. 

6. Snack food with a wrapper.  Spill a bag of chips, take a bite of a candy bar, or peel a banana. Create a drawing that fills the page that is inspired by your snack food. Use your imagination when deciding how to represent your item.

7. Use a pair of scissors as a beginning point, creatively transform the scissors into something else- a monster, a robot, a machine, a vehicle, an animal. Change its scale & it purpose.

8. Draw a crushed soda can, include details like the logo. Render with full shading.

9. Create a new object by combining 2 unrelated objects-one needs to be from nature, the other needs to be mechanical. Use colour and shading; coloured pencil is recommended.

10. Your choice! Draw anything you like...colour and or pencil shading is still expected.

 

10 Months 10 @joSnapshot Moments = A Year in Review Sketchbook Due Mon. May 27th

" A photograph is like the recipe - a memory the finished dish" Carrie Latet
September         October          November
December          January           February        
March                April               May
June

That's our school year and this is your last sketchbook assignment...
Think of something memorable that happened each month and either draw a "snapshot" moment or you may take a photo... Pull all 10 months together on your sketchbook and you have it...your own visual "year in review"!

@jorge cham

One + One = One Sketchbook Due May 13

Pick One of the animals listed below:

Turtle              Octopus          Snake               Bird          

       Bee                  Hamster               Fish

Pick One of the tools listed below:

Pencil              Saw                 Hammer       

   Pliers               Scissors           Tire                 Clock

Take the animal and the tool and combine them to create a whole new "____________" (answers will vary...lol) 

Have fun...
use detail in your drawing (no contour drawings)...
...USE COLOUR!

Take a seat, create a seat... sketchbook assignment for Monday, May 6

My cousin Alexa knows what she likes which is quite impressive for a young girl going to "big school" (primary) in September. In addition to being a really great kid, Alexa has a wonderful sense of style; on a recent shopping trip her dad took this great photo sharing, "Three of Alexa's favourite things all in one package...shoes...animal print and relaxing."

The perfect seat for a girl who loves shoes...

She didn't get to take this chair home but you can see by her smile how fun it was to sit in a shoe-chair.

This week you will design, create, and share a drawing of your dream chair... it can be any size, shape, design you like. I have seen chairs in the shape of a baseball glove, bean bag chairs that look like jelly beans... will you use it inside/outside/hang it from your ceiling/a tree -so many possibilities... a comfortable one of a kind chair... 

Colour, pattern, clean and neat lines, are required as you design and show your idea of the perfect chair...

I'll seat you next week!

Reduce Reuse Recycle...an ode to Earth Day - Due April 29

take a drawing done of feet and change it up to create foowear
-source of photo unknown...thank you to the original photographer-

Reduce  paper for this week's assignment when you Reuse  a sketchbook piece done earlier this year in order to Recycle it into something brand new!

This is an assignment to show how a sketchbook piece can be transformed into a new piece of art.

You may re-create any of the sketchbook assignments from this school year. They are all found within this blog (look for those with the label "sketchbook assignment") should you wish to remind yourself of the original instructions so that you do not add "more of  the same" to your new piece.

If you get stuck thinking that there is different you could do ask someone to look at it; a fresh set of eyes is a common suggestion given when editing your own writing...why not try the same with this!

You may use marker, pencil, coloured pencil, magazine pictures, ribbon, string, or any other item that come to mind.

The end result may surprise you - in a very happy way!

a baby chick wanting to be a peep or peeps wishing they were baby chicks?
-thank you to the unknown photographer for this fun picture-