Through the looking glass... Due Monday, February 4th

Or should I say, magnifying glass...

You will draw any object as though looking at it through a magnifying glass. Be sure to include the magnifying glass in your drawing....

Colour with coloured pencil/pastel/paint or shade with pencil

This assignment, done well, should take between 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete.

If possible, find a magnifying glass to use.... if you don't have access to one then use your imagination to decide how much larger the magnified object would be.

Last minute wrapping... sketchbook for Monday, Dec.17th

I gave a thorough explanation in class last week but just in case you forgot, here is a quick reminder...

Pretend you have to wrap a gift (for example, a child's bike) but you do not have a box to put it in. Draw what the wrapped gift would look like. Be sure to have beautiful paper and bows/ribbons etc. for your gift...

Imagine wrapping a helicopter...imagine receiving a helicopter for a gift!!!!

This bike is wrapped but it does not show the contour of the bike...

Take away the wrapping and this is really an exercise in contour drawing. Contour drawing focuses on the basic shapes and outline of an object rather than the fine details and shading to show form. This contour drawing has the basic elements of a hand, while the fingers and even the finger nails are shown, very little detail is given within the fine creases of the fingers and palm of the hand.

Sketchbook for December 10th.... yay!!

I'm beginning to get comfortable with this new app.... still a little more to learn but here it goes....this week's sketchbook assignment!

ExaGGERAtionN Sketchbook assignment due Dec.3

Take any two related objects and find a way to show them in a manner one would not expect. In the example below, a normally small key was drawn to become disproportionally large compared to the small door. You can use any two related items and they do not have to change in shape. Size is not the only kind of exaggeration you could explore.

. Cookies and milk are two related objects shown using exaggeration... have you ever had a plate of milk and a glass of cookies?  

Take your dog for a stroll... Sketchbook due November 26

Follow along with the instructions below and you will end up with a very unique breed of dog...

We all have the same instructions but we should end up with many different styles and interpretations...

1. Draw an eye anywhere on your paper. Turn your paper 90 degrees clockwise.

2. Draw a second different eye, several times larger than the first eye. Turn your paper 90 degrees clockwise.

3. Draw a nose or snout. Turn your paper 90 degrees clockwise.

4. Draw a leg or paw. Turn your paper 90 degrees clockwise.

5. Draw a tail. Turn your paper 90 degrees clockwise.

6. Connect the elements together with straight and curved lines.

7. Finish with markers or coloured pencils.

thank you to “Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun,”

Sketchbook Assignment for Monday, November 19th

My second attempt at making an educreation... find out what to for this week's sketchbook assignment by pressing play... 

Sketchbook scoop and stir a portrait

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M.C. Escher - Hand with Reflection in Sphere

The picture depicts a hand holding a crystal globe with a nondescript background. The reflection in the mirror depicts an older man sitting in a library staring into the globe.
This week's assignment is inspired by this piece of art. The curved shape of the globe takes and distorts the image reflected toward the viewer.

You will find a spoon (not a plastic spoon) and draw two portrait pictures based on what you see when you look in the spoon. Looking into the spoon when it is facing you, your picture will stretch one way - facing away it will distort in another way. Very carefully draw what you see when you look at yourself in the spoon. You may use colour pencil or a drawing pencil; pay close attention to the shading required. Outline (contour) drawing is not acceptable.

This is due Tuesday, November 13th.