1. 5 MINUTE WARM-UPS
2013

2. Why do people make art? WEEK 1 Why do YOU make art?
Be sure to write the week & date in your sketchbook!
WEEK 1
Why do people make art?
1. Look through the books in the art room bookshelf. Please, describe 5 different images of art and what it looks like.
2. Next, make an educated guess as to why they it was made (be sure to support it!)
ie. Egyptians made art to
honor their gods, because I see that they used fancy stones.
Why do YOU make art?
Now, think of why you’re here. If you chose to be here, what do you want to make? What does it do for you? Please write at least 5 sentences.

3. WEEK 2 Please, follow these steps: List10-15 different textures
Find 5-10 textures in a magazine & glue them into your sketchbook.
Trace your hand.
Add a few details to make it look more “hand-like”
Cover each finger with a detailed and different TEXTURE. (use your list, use your magazine images, or your imagination!)

4. WEEK 3
perspective
Please draw 3-5 boxes (not all squares!) using 2 point perspective on one or two pages.
(Don’t forget to make Ms. Kaycie show you how…she tends to forget…)
Then, turn those boxes into something else. Is it a store sign? Birthday present? Bench? Embellish and have fun!

5. WEEK 4
Line Repetition
Please, fill one page with a detailed, complex pattern or doodle, also called zentangle.
KEEP IN MIND
-Lines are not just as thick as your pen. Draw with thick, thin, medium lines!
-Think of SPACE, chunk up your patterns with an image or just lines. Some are really full and tight, others have more white space.
-Patterns mean REPEATING things. Lines, dots, squiggles, leaves, stars, anything can become a pattern!

6. WEEK 4: SEPT 23-27
Please divide a spread of TWO PAGES into 5-7 sections in an INTERESTING way. In each section, please draw:
An eye
Something from nature
Something human-made
A COMPLEX pattern
Your favorite food
Free choice

7. practice makes per…you a BETTER drawer!
WEEK 2
Be sure to write the week & date in your sketchbook!
YES NO
practice makes per…you a BETTER drawer!
Please take a moment to find something from the box. Practice drawing it quickly and simply. JUST THE BASICS. No shading, no smudging, JUST LINES
By Friday, you must have 50 drawings in your sketchbook. (BE SURE TO NUMBER THEM!)
(it’s just 10 per day, don’t freak out)
REMEMBER:
Draw what you SEE, not what you KNOW.
You should be looking at your object 98.52% of the time

8. WEEK 6: OCT 7-11 Please do your best to recreate
this image. (Don’t worry about
the newspaper…)
What I will be looking for:
-PROPORTION
The cup should fill almost half
of the page.
(hint: look to see if it cuts off
at ½ the page, ¼ page, etc.)
-VALUE
Though the cup is white, the only
white of the page should be
the highlights. Everything will be
versions of light, medium, dark grey.

9. WEEK 8: OCT 21-25
FREE DRAW!
The choice is up to you! Find a prompt online or on your own, be sure to write it down first, then fill 1-2 pages with that prompt. Make it a good one to get full points! Did your prompt make you think? Did it challenge your skills? …Or did you pick to draw something you already knew how to do?

10. You’re awesome  WEEK 9: OCT 28-NOV 1
What was your best project? Why? Was it the idea? The skill? The material? What made it awesome?
What was your worst project? Why? Not interesting? No plan? Was it too difficult?
What would you change if you could retake the class? Would you fix or restart a project?
What would you change if you TAUGHT the class? Was their a project that was too easy? Too difficult? Boring? A material we didn’t use that you wanted to?
What did you LEARN from this class? An artistic skill? Vocab? A learning skill? Something about yourself?
Please take some time to reflect on your work, your projects, as well as the class. Answer the questions honestly, reflecting is for your benefit!