Assignment #3

Sophomores:

DUE: Monday, 9/30

Make an observational drawing using ebony pencil. You can make a still life of your choice (bowl of fruit, stack of books, shoes, chair with a jacket on it, etc), draw a corner of a room, or draw yourself using a mirror. 

-Use one strong light source. 

-Make sure to include a full range of value. Include all the parts of chiaroscuro: (highlight, halftone, deep-shadow, reflected light, cast shadow). 

-Make sure there is a foreground and background. 

-Draw what you see! Do not include outlines! They do not exist!

Examples: 

 Vincent Van Gogh, "Still Life of Shoes" oil paint

 

 Brian Duey, pencil

  Rembrandt van Rijn "Self Portrait" 1629

  Ralph Goings "A1 Sauce"

Juniors:

DUE : Tuesday, 10/1

Find a black and white photograph. Print it out on 8.5x11" paper. Use a ruler to draw a 1/4 inch grid over the picture. OR impose a 1/4 inch grid over the picture digitally before you print it. On a gridded piece of paper, recreate the image by filling in each square with the corresponding value. You can label the grids with letters or numbers on the y and x axis to make each square easier to locate. The end aesthetic should look like a highly pixelated version of the photograph.

 Chuck Close

1973 cover of “Scientific American” on the left and Leon Harmon’s “Abraham Lincoln” (1973) on the right.

Seniors: 

Kappa: DUE Monday 10/7

Omega: DUE: Tuesday 10/8

Create an image in the style of the artist (or one of the artists) you chose to write your journal entry about. Be prepared to present your image to the class. When creating your image, think about: what materials you chose and why, what your image is depicting and why, how you are relating to the time period the artist is from or the culture they are from (or your own time period and culture), etc. 

(If you do not want to create an image in the style of your artist you may pick another one, but it must be approved by me (Miss D.))

Assignment #2

Sophomores:

DUE: Monday, 9/23

Make an observational drawing using ebony pencil. You can make a still life of your choice (bowl of fruit, stack of books, shoes, chair with a jacket on it, etc), draw a corner of a room, or draw yourself using a mirror. Use one strong light source. Make sure to include a full range of value. Include all the parts of chiaroscuro: (highlight, halftone, deep-shadow, reflected light, cast shadow). Make sure there is a foreground and background. Draw what you see! Do not include outlines! They do not exist!

Examples: 

 Vincent Van Gogh, "Still Life of Shoes" oil paint

 Brian Duey, pencil

  Rembrandt van Rijn "Self Portrait" 1629

Juniors

DUE - Tuesday 9/24

Make a drawing using only line density to create a full range of value. Do not use outlines. You may use a photograph to draw from.

Examples:

   George Seurat: charcoal studies

  Sol Lewitt

 Chuck Close. One layer of multi-layer self portrait.

Seniors

DUE - Monday 9/23 (Kappa) or Tuesday 9/24 (Omega)

For Class: Bring in Shoeboxes and other cardboard, or similar containers. You will be constructing still-lifes.  

Journal Entries:

Research an artist whose work you find interesting. Fill 3 pages (just front) or 1.5 pages (front & back) in your sketchbook of images and text. Fill no more than 50% of the space with images. Have at least 3 different images of work by the artist. Fill the rest of the space with your response to the work.

Questions you can ask yourself can include:

What is my emotional response to the work?

What are some themes I can see throughout the artist's work?

What are the formal qualities of the work (Principles of Art/Elements of Design)

How was the work a reflection of the time period its from?

How does the art reflect the culture of the artist?

How was it made? What was it made with (medium)?

What could be the intention of the artist?

What do I notice first about it?

What does it remind me of? What do I associate with it? What does it reference?

What adjectives would I use to describe it?

(If part of a series) How does it relate to the others? How does it differ?

(If part of a series) What do the pieces do together that they do not do separately?

Assignment #1

Sophomores:

DUE: Monday, 9/16

Make an observational drawing using ebony pencil. You can make a still life of your choice, or draw a corner of a room, or draw yourself using a mirror. Use one strong light source. Make sure to include a full range of value. Include all the parts of chiaroscuro: (highlight, halftone, deep-shadow, reflected light, cast shadow). Make sure there is a foreground and background.

Examples: 

 Vincent Van Gogh, "Still Life of Shoes" oil paint

 Brian Duey, pencil

Juniors:

DUE : Tuesday 9/17

In your sketchbook, make 2 drawings of words. Pick one word per drawing. Think about the shape of the word, the placement of the word on the page, the size of the word, the word's meaning, etc. Objective: to improve drawing skills, increase comfort with drawing, to be able to make an image that is representational of a concise idea.

Exampes:

 Mel Bochner. "Blah". Monoprint.

 Roy Lichtenstein "Varoom!". Oil on canvas.

Seniors

DUE - Monday 9/23 (Kappa) or Tuesday 9/24 (Omega)

Research an artist whose work you find interesting. Fill 3 pages (just front) or 1.5 pages (front & back) in your sketchbook of images and text. Fill no more than 50% of the space with images. Have at least 3 different images of work by the artist. Fill the rest of the space with your response to the work.

Questions you can ask yourself can include:

What is my emotional response to the work?

What are some themes I can see throughout the artist's work?

What are the formal qualities of the work (Principles of Art/Elements of Design)

How was the work a reflection of the time period its from?

How does the art reflect the culture of the artist?

How was it made? What was it made with (medium)?

What could be the intention of the artist?

What do I notice first about it?

What does it remind me of? What do I associate with it? What does it reference?

What adjectives would I use to describe it?

(If part of a series) How does it relate to the others? How does it differ?

(If part of a series) What do the pieces do together that they do not do separately?