Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Drawing the light!












White Pencil on Black paper!



Saturday, September 26, 2009

Bring a Blanket!

Self Portrait- Look! Think about your self-portrait!














Bring towel or blanket for Wednesday. If it is nice we will be going outside to draw before it gets too cold!

All memory boxes must be photographed and photoshoped!!
We will be taking self portrait images next week- remember the three themes (jeepers peepers, wrapped, or contained)

















































Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Creating the Illusion of form
















Examples of shell drawings





Various techniques
Shell Experiments/Techniques:

1.Pencil/ with value scale
2.Pen and Ink with watercolor/alternative paper surface
3. texture/acrylic/images transfer
4. colored pencil/burnished
5.clay/transfer
6.fabric/stitch
7.crayon/wax/beeswax










Sunday, September 13, 2009

Memory Box Set Up

Due Tuesday

Bring in Memory Box-
What you will need-

1. Box given to you in class

2. Bedding for the box

3. Toy (small) Think about composition!
(Use of positive and negative space)

4. Organic item-(shell, bone, pod, leaf, etc... be creative! Think outside the box! Ha!

5. Image of influential person. You may know this person, or it may be someone who has influenced your life who you have never met. It may be a religious figure, and icon, a family member, etc.... think!!!-

6. Item that has been saved to remind you of an event in your life. ( old tooth, feather, piece of
a pony tail- from when you cut off your hair, etc.... Think about items we save that document
events in our lives. These are the items that help us key into our memories.

7. Background text for your memory box- The text should be something has meaning in your life. Comics, sports page, bible, poems, quotes, post cards from vacations, letters from family, birth certificate, traffic ticket, etc....etc.... Think.......think....think

Monday, September 7, 2009

Homework: Texture Exercise







Please make sure you turn in your texture assignment on Tuesday!
Sketchbooks covers are also due!!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Sketchbook/Homework DUE!

Make sure you have turned in your post-it sketchbook assignment that was due on Tuesday!
Start on Textured Hand drawing that is due next Tuesday!
Turn in sketchbook/Recycled /Trash is a failure of the Imagination project!!


If you have questions-ASK!


Thanks!
Lisa Rogers