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Sketchbook Assignment: (scroll to the bottom to make sure you do all assignments)
Negative space drawings
Assignment #1: Use the handout of the chair to practice negative space drawing. Remember to focus drawing the WHITE shapes around the chair instead of the chair. Once you finish, shade the white space so that the chair looks white on dark. Here is a link to the printable in case you were absent: drive.google.com/file/d/1MF8r_gGFfoCVmu2qYP1URxmJIFvfQdRL/view?usp=sharing Assignment #2: Now draw a chair or a still life of your own that you set up in your house. Use the negative space technique. Here are some ideas:
Art Appreciation Assignment: For the next 8 weeks, we're going to take a trip through art history with TICE videos. They are fun and informative, and will help you understand how art has changed over thousands of years. After you watch the first video, answer these questions on the lined paper in your sketchbook. Skip a couple of lines after last week's homework and write the date and then your answers. 1. In Egypt, the art style did not change over ___________ years (except briefly.) 2. Name one of the several items that would indicate a picture was of a pharaoh. 3. Do you think you would have enjoyed being an artist in Egyptian times? Why or why not?