Basic Art current assignment
by William Fritz
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Students will use their sketches of clowns to create a drawing with three grounds that will be used to create a pop up page.
Sketchbook assignment 14 - Students will draw a scene outdoors and create a sketch for winter, spring, summer, and fall
Sketchbook 13 - Students will draw 3-5 clowns full body performing.
Students will create a self portrait using their sketches and name to add details.
Sketchbook assignment 12 - 5 sketches of cartoon character valentine ideas.
Assignment 13 - Students will design a box based on a theme , decorate it and then create a minimum of three separate items to place in the box that also fit the theme.
Sketchbook assignment 11 - Students will do a 20 minute self portrait using a mirror.
Assignment 12 - Students will draw faces in threes and prepare a flip face page.
Review for exam January10-14- line, shape, value, color, and texture.
Sketchbook assignment 10 - Students' will do a detail illustration of their new year's Resolution.
Assignment 11 - Students will create 10 sketches of various textures and then use these textures to create a texture drawing.
Sketchbook assignment 9 - Five sketches of shoes or boots from different views
Assignment 10 - Students will select one of their three sketches of holiday cards redraw it with more detail on a 9x12 inch white drawing paper with 1/2 inch open border, shade the drawing with tone to add detail, outline in fine line marker, add color and then using Photoshop and Pagemaker develop their cards as printable products.
Sketchbook assignment 8 - Students will do three full page semi-finished drawings for holiday cards to include a border, a background, a focal point, and lettering of a fancy variety.
Assignment 9 - Students will use their sketches of themselves as a cartoon to create a 16 page flip book or daumenkino. This is to show movement, have a background, be in color and demonstrate the ability to work from sketches.
Sketchbook assignment 7 - My favorite foods
Assignment 8- Students will work in groups of two to create a project for decorating the Winter Band Concert.
Assignment 7 - Students will create a color wheel and learn color mixing from the three primary colors only
Sketchbook assignment 6 - Christmas or winter symbols
Assignment 6 - Students will create three (3) variations of repeat patterns using sketches of childhood memories as subject matter.(repeat, alternating and random patterns)
Sketchbook assignment # 5- the corner of a room with interesting objects I own
Sketchbook assignment # 4 - If I were a cartoon Character
Assignment #6 - Students will use their childhood memories sketches to create a repeat pattern, alternate repeat pattern, and random repeat pattern sheet 12 x 18 in color.
Sketchbook assignment #6 - Childhood Memories
Assignment # 5 - Students will use their skull sketches to design a skull design in the style of Ed Hardy that includes words and background that express their personality.
Sketchbook assignment #2 - skulls,skulls and more skulls
Assignment # 4 - Geometric radial designs created from construction paper shapes in three sizes, 16 each size and four colors
.Assignment # 3 - Students will create a design using geometric shapes and add value line in a minimum of 3 and maximum of 7 colors.
Sketchbook assignment 1 - Sketch at least 15 minutes daily on the following topic _ Dream, a nightmare on my street"
assignment # 2 - Students will use a photoshop copy of their portrait to develop a design using lines to create value tones. (hatching)
assignment # 1 - Students will select a subject of their choice to draw using only line. They will then ink the drawing and use a smaller section of it for Assignment # 2.
Line - the first element
LINE
*Line is the simplest of all the art elements.
*line can be defined as
*a point in motion
*a series of adjacent points
*a connection between points
*an implied connection between points
Line Quality
*orientation – refers to a lines position
*horizontal
*vertical
*diagonal
*Diagonal and curving lines are the most dynamic.
They show movement and change
*Horizontal lines are the most stable or static
*Vertical lines have potential to be either dynamic or static
*Direction refers to the implied movement of a line
*Continuity or linear flow can enhance or detract from a lines direction
• continuous lines suggest movement while
• broken lines suggest stopping and starting
Actual Lines – how lines create a drawing or design
*Contour – the outside shape
*gesture - suggest main ideas and movement
*calligraphic line- appear to be beautiful writing
*Organizational lines- used as a plan or map for a drawing
Implied Lines – suggested but not really drawn
*closure creates lines in our brain but not in our eyes
Principles of Design –
I. Unity – defined as similarity, oneness, togetherness, or cohesion
a. Used to create a composition that looks like it is complete
b. Composition – how a picture, drawing or painting is put together
II. Variety – defined as difference
III. Gestalt Theory – we see the whole picture first and the parts later
a. Grouping – putting things together visually
1. We can group by size, location, shape, color, texture. Direction
2. we can group by what is alike (unity) and what is different
(variety)
b. Containment – putting things together by framing them or
enclosing them in
c. Repetition – repeating the same visual element over and over such as a shape, color, texture, line to create a pattern
d. Proximity – how close together visual elements are
1. next to each other – called Fusion – they share edges – creates unity
2. farther apart creating interest – variety
e. Continuity– a fluid connection between elements They seem to
flow together
1. skillful use of continuity can show movement – a visual pathway
2. movement or continuity can lead us to a focal point
f. Closure – the mind’s capability to connect the dots
IV. Patterns and Grids
a. Pattern – a visual element repeated over and over
1. repeated element(shape, color, line value ,or texture) used to create
visual interest
2. can be used to show movement, energy or unity
b. Grid – a serires of intersecting lines
1. used to show containment
2. used to layout design for unity or variety
.3. used most commonly for creating vertical and horizontal to
create visual order
V. Balance
a. Balance – equal distribution of visual elements
b. Weight and Gravity
1. Visual weight – shapes can sink or float
2. Visual weight – relative importance
c. Symmetrical balance – shapes are mirrored ( the same on each side)
1. vertical – up and dowm
2. horizontal – top and bottom
d. Radial Balance – from the center out to the edges
e. Asymmetrical balance – items are not mirrored but visually
1. size
2. shape
3. position
e. Imbalance – deliberately causing elements to be in conflict
VI. Scale and Proportion
a. Scale – a comparison of size – example in relation to a real car a scale of 1/12 means that the car is smaller by 1?12 a 12 fot car would be only 1 foot long
b. Proportion – relative size – example the human body is approximately 7 ½ human heads tall. The waist is four heads higher than the feet
VII. Rhythm _ when elements are used in multiple units to create deliberate
Patterns
a. color, shape, or line are most common
c. Value and texture are also used
VIII. Emphasis
a. emphasis is the most prominent visual element
b. focal point – the item that first draws your attention in a composition
(drawing or painting)
c. Placement – where the focal point is located
1. centered – in the visual center
2. eccentric – not in the center, off center
d. contrast- differing qualities examples- large/small, dark/light, curved/angular, horizontal/ vertical
IX. Creating the illusion of Space
a. Linear perspective
c. atmospheric perspective
d. Layering
e. fracturing
