Be sure to complete all the assignments on this page by reading all the way to the bottom. 

Sketchbook Assignment:
Realistic/Abstract

Choose one object to draw (an interesting one! NOT simple!) Divide you sketchbook page in half with a pencil line. Label at the top of one side “Realistic” & on the other side label “Abstract.” Under the Realistic side, use a pencil to draw the object as realistically as you possibly can. On the Abstract side, distort your object so that it is just a hint of the original.  You may add color with Colored Pencils or shade with your pencils, or you may use ink/sharpie/micron.

These examples show the process.  You can jump from the first to the last, or you can draw the intermediate drawings if you want to.

This is a famous example done by Picasso.  

This is a padlock abstracted by a student.

This is a skein of thread abstracted by a student.

Bring to class this week...

After we complete our landscape painting, we are going to do one more acrylic painting on a vinyl record.  This time you get to choose the subject matter and find the reference picture.  The cool thing about painting on a record album is that if you really like how it turns out, you can buy a clock mechanism (inexpensive) and turn it into a clock using the center hole.

Please either print out a colored reference picture and bring it to class, or send me the photo to print if you're unable to.  You can choose a random design, a famous painting like Starry Night, an animal, a sunset, whatever looks fun to paint!  If you have a phone or an iPad, you can pull up the image on there.

Here are some samples of album paintings.  

CLOCK

​GOOD JOB, YOU'RE DONE!