5 MINUTEWARM-UPS

1ST QUARTER 2013

Why do people make art?1. Look through the books in the art room bookshelf. Please, list 5 very different types/time periods/people/styles of art. 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.

WEEK 1: SEPT 3-6

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.

Be sure to write the week & date in your sketchbook!

WEEK 2: SEPT 9-13

Be sure to write the week & date in your sketchbook!

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 LINESBy 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

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WEEK 3: SEPT 16-20

Please, follow these steps:1. List10-15 different textures2. Find 5-10 textures in a

magazine & glue theminto your sketchbook.

3. Trace your hand.4. Add a few details to

make it look more“hand-like”

5. Cover each finger with a detailed and differentTEXTURE.(use your list, use yourmagazine images, oryour imagination!)

Please divide a spread of TWO PAGES into 5-7 sections in an INTERESTING way. In each section, please draw:1. An eye2. Something from nature3. Something human-made4. A COMPLEX pattern5. Your favorite food6. Free choice7. Free choice

WEEK 4: SEPT 23-27

WEEK 5: SEPT 30-OCT 4

Please do your best to recreatethis image. (Don’t worry about the newspaper…)What I will be looking for:-PROPORTIONThe cup should fill almost half of the page.(hint: look to see if it cuts offat ½ the page, ¼ page, etc.)-VALUEThough the cup is white, the onlywhite of the page should be the highlights. Everything will beversions of light, medium, dark grey.

perspectivePlease 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!

WEEK 6: OCT 7-11

Line RepetitionPlease, 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!

WEEK 7: OCT 14-17

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?

You’re awesome

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!

WEEK 9: OCT 28-NOV 1

1. What was your best project? Why?Was it the idea? The skill? The material? What made it awesome?

2. What was your worst project? Why?Not interesting? No plan? Was ittoo difficult?

3. What would you change if you could retake the class? Wouldyou fix or restart a project?

4. What would you change if youTAUGHT the class? Was their a project that was too easy? Toodifficult? Boring? A material we didn’t use that you wanted to?

5. What did you LEARN from this class?An artistic skill? Vocab? A learningskill? Something about yourself?