advanced art current assignment
end of the year
by William Fritz
CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS - newest is first on the list
Students will be working on set designs and scenery painting for the next few weeks.
sketchbook assignment 12 - for the next few weeks students should be working on a series of sketches to development a personal logo and type style
11. Students will create a pastel portrait of themselves.
sketchbook assignment 11 - select kitchen items and foods and due 3-5 detailed sketches these will be used for an abstract linear painting.
sketchbook assignment 10 - 20 minute self portrait using a mirror.
10. Students will complete a watercolor painting based on doors. Doors will be selected from teacher collection.
sketchbook assignment 10 - Students are to write a New Year's resolution for them selves and then do a detail two week sketch of that Resolution due on January 14, 2011.
9. Students will research Peter Max and his cosmic art style, select a children's story, and create a toy theater with characters and background.
sketchbook assignment 9 - five sketches of shoes or boots from various views
8. Students will use the style of Andy Warhol to create a 60's rock star poster in either pastel or colored pencil on black paper.
Sketchbook assignment 8 - 3 detailed holiday card designs to include a decorative border, background, focal point and fancy lettering.
7. Medieval character cutout for band concert.
Sketchbook assignment 7 - " my favorite foods"
Sketchbook assignment 6 - Christmas or Winter symbols
6.Pastel Landscape with 3 grounds, needs to have atmospheric perspective and demonstrate three levels of pastel detail. blocked for background. semi detailed for mid ground, and detailed for fore ground.
Landscape sketch with 3 grounds and something of interest (not a photograph but from real sketches)
Sketchbook assignment 5 - The corner of a room with interesting things I own
Sketchbook assignment 4 - If I were a cartoon character
Sketchbook assignment 3 - Childhood memories
6. Students will select a subject of their choice with approval from the teacher and create a triptych drawing in grissaille ( pencil under sketch with colored pencil overlay).
Sketchbook assignment 2 - skulls- from top, right side, left side, front, profile, or 3/4.
5. Students will create a tone drawing with 9 values and three grounds based on a horror or Halloween theme. Size 18 x 24 with a 1 inch border plain and at least a 1 inch border decorative.
Sketchbook assignment 1- sketch daily at least 15 minutes on the following topic-"dream, a nightmare on my street"
4. Students will create a cross-hatched drawing using a subject of their choice minimum size 9x12 inches. Suggested subject machinery or mechanical devices. Need teacher approval before starting.
3. color problem - Students will use a 6x 6 inch section of their line drawing to complete six color problems- a. primary colors, b. secondary colors, 3-4 warm colors, d. 3-4 cool colors, e. 2 groups of complementary colors (4 minimum), and f. 3-5 neutral colors. These combinations will be placed within 6-6x6 inch squares all all the same 18x 24 sheet of paper.
2, tonal drawing - students will draw a 1930's movie poster usnig a minimum of five tonal values
1. line problem - students will select a subject and draw using line only.
2010-11 school year
We are in the process of assessing current skill levels. Students have created a line drawing, are working on a tonal drawing and will be completing a color project. We will then move onto the construction or purchase of a sketchbook.
Once we have made or purchased our sketchbooks we will be developing our ideas and plans for our work in them.
The first project , the creation of ARTIST TRADING CARDS, will be hand created and then we will use the computers to learn skills for desktop publishing.
The following web site http://www.artist-trading-cards.ch/ has a gallery of artist with designs for their cards . just go the website click on gallery , find a artist in the column on the right click on the artist's name , and view the artist card.
