Sketchbooks are due every Wednesday. No Exceptions. No Sketchbook = No Grade.
Sketchbooks are a homework assignment and should not be attempted in the first 10 minutes of class. Sketchbook will only be graded on Wednesday. Grading is simple- either it is complete or it isn’t.
1
Bring
in a purchased sketchbook for your first sketchbook assignment.
2
DRAWING
Fill a page with lines
RESEARCH
Robert Indiana
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
What is a portrait?
Does it have to look 'real' to be considered good?
3
DRAWING
Fill a page with color
RESEARCH Banksy
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Where
do artists get their ideas from?
4
DRAWING
Fill a page with texture
RESEARCH Sol Lewitt
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Find and critique a work of
art that has interesting balance.
Include the title of work, year and
artist name.
5
DRAWING
Draw your hand at least 6 times -overlap the drawings
RESEARCH Maya Lin
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
If your artwork could
speak, what would it say?
6
DRAWING
Fill a page of people
RESEARCH Christo
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Who decides what is art?
7
DRAWING
Draw a chair
RESEARCH Jackson
Pollock
Complete a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery,
factoids, points of interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
How would you describe your
art to a family member?
8
DRAWING Draw an animal
RESEARCH Pablo Picasso
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL Are
you born an artist or is it a skill that can be taught?
9
DRAWING
Complete a page of Observation drawing using a combination of line and value
RESEARCH Roy Lichtenstein
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Why are there art museums?
10
DRAWING
From observation complete a page in your sketchbook of things inside of things
RESEARCH Andy Goldworthy
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
What do you want to learn
about art and art history?
11
DRAWING
From observation complete a page in your sketchbook of hands and feet
RESEARCH Wayne Thiebaud
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
What makes some art better
than others?
12
DRAWING
From observation complete a page in your sketchbook of facial parts
RESEARCH Rene Magritte N
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Do
photographs ever lie? How?
13
DRAWING
From observation complete a page in your sketchbook of food items
RESEARCH Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL Is a viewer’s interpretation
of a work as valid as the artist’s interpretation?
14
DRAWING
From observation complete a page in your sketchbook of things you put on your
head
RESEARCH Walt Disney
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
If
tomorrow you discovered that a great artist was an evil person, would the
information change your feelings or interpretation
of that person’s artworks? If so, how?
15
DRAWING
From observation complete a page in your sketchbook of things in a pile
RESEARCH
Diego Rivera
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
How
is the creative process in art similar to the creative process in science?
16
DRAWING
From observation complete a page in your sketchbook of wet things
RESEARCH Ai Weiwei
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Do artists have an obligation to tell the
“truth”? Why?
17
DRAWING
From observation complete a page in your sketchbook of shiny things
RESEARCH Jean Michel Basquiat
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
You are told that you have an artistic personality,
what does that mean?
18
DRAWING
From observation complete a pages in your sketchbook of fabrics
RESEARCH Eva Hesse
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL Is the “ART” primarily in the completed work or in the original idea?
19
DRAWING
From observation complete a page in your sketchbook of view of your closet
RESEARCH Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL Why do you, as a young artist, “need” to create art?
20
DRAWING
Fill a page with a comic book graphic novel story
RESEARCH Cindy Sherman
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL Some people say they hate art. Why do you think this happens?
21
DRAWING
Fill a page with a super hero of your own design
RESEARCH Barbara Kruger
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL Which is more important in a work of art, technical quality or emotion? Why?
22
DRAWING
Fill a page with mechanical objects
RESEARCH Norman Rockwell
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL Adolf Hitler tried to suppress the avant garde in Germany. Why would
creative expression threaten a totalitarian leader?
23
DRAWING
Fill a page with organic objects
RESEARCH William Wegman
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL Is art valued in our culture and community? Why or why not?
24
DRAWING
Fill a page with a portrait of yourself
RESEARCH Louis Comfort Tiffany
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
What is the difference between beauty and
ugliness?
25
DRAWING
Fill a page with objects in shadow
RESEARCH Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Can art change the way people feel about
themselves?
26
DRAWING
Fill a page with fashion
RESEARCH Michelangelo
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Can an object have artistic qualities and
not actually be a
work of art?
Explain.
27
DRAWING
Fill a page with music
RESEARCH David Smith
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Why do you think that the
public would choose to censor art? Do you thing that there are ever
situations where censorship is necessary?
28
DRAWING
Fill a page with metamorphosis
RESEARCH Josef Albers
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Explain what type of art are
you most drawn to?
29
DRAWING
Fill a page with cookies
RESEARCH Vincent Van Gogh
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Explain three reasons the
study of art should be taken seriously.
30
DRAWING
Fill a page with eggs
RESEARCH Andrew Wyeth
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Explain three benefits of
knowing how to draw.
31
DRAWING
Fill a page with vehicles
RESEARCH Leonardo Davinci
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
Explain three ways art
affects your daily life.
32
DRAWING
Fill a page with Armor
RESEARCH Willem De Kooning
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
How do you think the Mona Lisa come to be such a famous painting?
33
DRAWING
Fill a page of animals
RESEARCH Cy Twombly
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
How would our opinion change about the Mona Lisa if we were told it was a fake?
34
DRAWING
Fill a page of kitchen utensils
RESEARCH Keith Haring
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
What makes some art worth money?
35
DRAWING
Fill a page with flowers
RESEARCH Salvador Dali
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL
How does art become famous?
36
DRAWING
Fill a page with green
RESEARCH Mary Cassatt
Complete
a page in honor of the artist, include research, imagery, factoids, points of
interest, the artists name and date of birth.
JOURNAL Should an artist ever censor their
ideas?
