SKETCHBOOK CHECK MONDAY, JANUARY 28th



HERE ARE SOME IDEAS TO DO IN YOUR SKETCHBOOK! Kutell

*Remember: sketchbook is 15% of your grade! Drawing & Painting

-Draw small architectural, mechanical things tiny may be very small drawings only 3 or 4 inches

-Contour drawings of insects like a bug collection... (or dead flies off the window sill)

-Tape a pencil or marker to a yardstick or long dowel; use this to draw on papers attached to a large wall.

-Every night for I week draw the same object in a different media on neutral ground paper�

-Botanical drawings especially pine or spruce twigs w/pinecones. -Five views of the same object or objects.

-Use a slinky or tubes to demonstrate circles and ellipses in perspective

-Pop some popcorn. Take a few kernels and look at the shapes and shades created. With pencil and smudge shading, study a few of the kernels and fill the page with them. This drawing should show a good sense of drawing skill and soft grays with a tortillon or some blending device

-Answer these questions with an image: At age six I was ___ At age twelve I was ___ Now I am ____ At age 25 I will be_____ At age 75 I will be ____ --Look at yourself in a spoon- draw the distorted image -Draw an object when looking through a tube (microscope)

-Draw moving water, still water -Draw a dark object in a light environment -Draw something floating

-Draw a wet object, make it look wet -Draw an object seen through glass (how does the glass make a difference)tents of a light room

- Draw a vase and a beautiful arrangement of flowers

-  Draw a picture of the inside of your stomach and the food in it after a big meal

-  Draw your idea of Paradise

-  Draw a picture of someone you would like to kiss (your boyfriend/girlfriend, a baby, your cat, etc.)

-  If animals could draw, what would their artwork look like? Draw their artwork.

-  Why are people afraid to visit cemeteries at night? Draw it.

-  Draw a necktie and design an interesting pattern on it.

-  Draw a medal for yourself. It must be designed for the thing you do best.

-  Draw a city on another planet.

- You are a toy designer; draw your new toy.

- Draw a logo for a t.v. show.

- Draw a picture of yourself the way you will look 20 years from now.

- Draw a picture of the perfect garden for your house.

- Draw a scene from your early childhood. - Draw a parade. - Draw a picture of where you would like to fly to.

- Draw a poster to advertise your favorite movie. - Draw a construction site. - Draw your view from an airplane window.

- Draw a scene on another planet and include another kind of being. - Draw a picture of an ideal wedding ceremony.

- Draw a picture of someone you would like to visit. - Draw what you think a garden would look like from the view of an insect.

- Draw a sandcastle. - Draw a house built underground. - Draw what a spaceship commander would see on his video screen.

- Draw a view under a magnifying glass (include the magnifying glass). - Draw the boat you would like to travel in around the world.

- Draw a scientist's top secret project. - Draw a new piece of sculpture for the museum's sculpture garden.

- Draw a picture of yourself if you grew flowers instead of hair.

- An imaginative architect has changed the look of the skyline with an innovative new building; draw the building.

- Draw a modern house which would still look good in a neighborhood with older houses.

- Draw an idea that came into your head by thinking of food. - Draw an idea that came into your head through your ears.

- Draw an idea that came into your head through your fingers. - Draw an idea that came into your head through your feet.

- Take any one of the ideas you have already drawn and revise it - - redesign it.

- Write a large number in the middle of a page. Turn it into a person/animal.

- Make a design using your address. - Combine a plant and an animal to create a new life form.

- Add a machine to a shape (square, circle, etc.) to create a new invention.

- Draw a picture. Cut your pictures into squares. Paste the squares into a new design.

- Draw a picture. Fold your picture into a fan. Cut little shapes out of the fan (like cutting snowflakes). Open the picture up and glue onto a second sheet.

- Illustrate a famous saying/quotation. - Draw yourself in a mood.

- Draw things that make noise and illustrate the sound. - Draw things that float. - Draw things with a flavor.

- Draw your greatest fear. - Draw things that close. - Illustrate "the way things were".

- Draw the world from the point of view of a frog/toad.

- Draw your own game board. - Draw a "how to" poster. - Draw yourself with wings.

- Draw things that come from eggs. - Draw a comic strip with your own characters.

- Draw your dream room. - Design an advertisement for yourself. - Design a new license plate for Kansas.

- Illustrate words like up, upside down, crazy, sane... - Design new methods of transportation. - Design an ad for your favorite music.

- Design a new map. - Create an imaginary alphabet. -Design a costume for 2090. - Draw old-fashioned puppets.

- Illustrate: If you were the tallest person in the world. - Draw a view of the jungle. - Draw a lost dog.

- Draw the trail of an imaginary insect. - Draw how you would be if you were the last person on earth.

- Design a new CD cover. - Draw yourself dressed in clothing from the 1970's. - Draw your best friend.

- Draw your birthday wish list. - Draw an illuminated letter for your best friend. - Draw yourself in the style of your favorite artist.

- Draw your "dream car". - Draw a "fantasy" house. - Draw a bubble. - Draw a leaf. - Draw the sky.

- Draw a mirror and all it reflects. - Draw your favorite animal with a human face. - Draw yourself as a robot.

- Draw your favorite song. - Draw your favorite photgraph. - Draw your favorite person (from life).

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