Friday 12/19/25
Objective: Students will continue working in negative space to create a mixed media drawing.
❄️ Sketch-Mas - Day 8: Tradition ❄️
Everyone: Negative Space Drawing Project
After students finished their 6 brainstorming sketches, they can get larger paper to continue on to their final piece. Students must get approval from Reinwald before getting larger paper.
Wednesday 12/17/25
Objective: Students will continue working in negative space to create a mixed media drawing.
❄️ Sketch-Mas - Day 7: Candy Cane Forest ❄️
Everyone: Negative Space Drawing Project
After students finished their 6 brainstorming sketches, they can get larger paper to continue on to their final piece. Students must get approval from Reinwald before getting larger paper.
Students attended the Trade Fair in the Cafeteria.
Monday 12/15/25
Objective: Students will continue working in negative space to create a mixed media drawing.
❄️ Sketch-Mas - Day 6: Animals doing Holiday things ❄️
Everyone: Negative Space Drawing Project
After students finished their 6 brainstorming sketches, they can get larger paper to continue on to their final piece. Students must get approval from Reinwald before getting larger paper.
Friday 12/12/25
Objective: Students will continue working in negative space to create a mixed media drawing.
❄️ Sketch-Mas - Day 5: Holiday Decorations ❄️
Everyone: Negative Space Drawing Project
After students finished their 6 brainstorming sketches, they can get larger paper to continue on to their final piece. Students must get approval from Reinwald before getting larger paper.
Wednesday 12/10/25
Objective: Students will work on linocut prints, working in negative space.
❄️ Sketch-Mas - Day 4: Winter Weather ❄️
Everyone: Negative Space Drawing Project
Students attended the Trade Fair in the Cafeteria.
Monday 12/8/25
Objective: Students will work on linocut prints, working in negative space.
❄️ Sketch-Mas - Day 3: Winter/Holiday Legends ❄️
Everyone: Students worked on their linocuts and hung up one in the hallway.
Students worked on a "Print Plus".
If you are done with everything, and completed all reflections on Canvas, pick a prompt from the list above and work for the rest of the period (this may be a challenge!) in your sketchbook.
Friday 12/5/25
Objective: Students will work on linocut prints, working in negative space.
❄️ Sketch-Mas - Day 2: Cozy ❄️
Everyone: Students worked on their linocuts and hung up one in the hallway.
Students worked on a "Print Plus".
If you are don with everything, and completed all reflections on Canvas, pick a prompt from the list above and work for the rest of the period (this may be a challenge!) in your sketchbook.
Wednesday 12/3/25
Objective: Students will work on linocut prints, working in negative space.
❄️ Sketch-Mas - Day 1: Snow People! ❄️
Everyone: Students worked on their linocuts and hung up one in the hallway.
Students worked on creating a background for our winter sketch challenge and voted a name.
11/5/25 -11/25/25
Objective: Students will work on observational drawing using contour lines.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Everyone: Finish any painting you're still working on.
Reinwald talked about how to prepare sketches for linocuts.
Everyone: Students worked on their linocuts and hung up one in the hallway.
Wednesday 11/5/25
Objective: Students will work on observational drawing using contour lines.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Everyone: Finish any painting you're still working on.
Reinwald talked about how to prepare sketches for linocuts.
Everyone: Watch this How to Lino Cut video
Monday 11/3/25
Objective: Students will work on observational drawing using contour lines.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: Thanks for a fun Sketch-0-Ween! Go take down any sketches of your that you want to keep!
Everyone: Watch this How to Lino Cut video
Wednesday 10/29/25
Objective: Students will work on observational drawing using contour lines.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: LAST DAY! Your prompt is "it watches..." OR anything October related that you've been wanting to sketch.
Beginning: Students continued working on a contour line drawing, that fills the entire page. After filling the entire page, students used watercolor to start filling in the individual shapes in their line drawing.
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Everyone: Go to YouTube and search "spooky watercolor tutorial" or something like that and spend the class period painting something of your choice.
Monday 10/27/25
Objective: Students will work on observational drawing using contour lines.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: Household Appliance Monster
Beginning: Students continued working on a contour line drawing, that fills the entire page. After filling the entire page, students used watercolor to start filling in the individual shapes in their line drawing.
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Friday 10/24/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: Haunted
Beginning: Students continued working on a contour line drawing, that fills the entire page. After filling the entire page, students used watercolor to start filling in the individual shapes in their line drawing.
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Wednesday 10/22/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: PUMPKINS!
Beginning: Students worked on the Watercolor Techniques Sampler.
Students began working on a contour line drawing, that fills the entire page. After filling the entire page, students used watercolor to start filling in the individual shapes in their line drawing.
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Monday 10/20/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: Gross and Grotesque (it's Freedman's birthday today so lets give him a good showing for this prompt!)
Beginning: Students worked on the Watercolor Techniques Sampler.
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Friday 10/17/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: Spooky Atmosphere
Students checked their Canvas and turned in reflection questions.
Beginning: Reinwald demonstrated watercolor technique.
Students worked on the Watercolor Techniques Sampler.
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Wednesday 10/15/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: Vintage Halloween
Students checked their Canvas and turned in reflection questions.
Beginning: Students worked on contour drawings. Complete the following on a large piece of sketch paper using a felt tip marker.
5 shoes, no looking!
5 shoes, you can look, but use your opposite hand!
5 your choice of subject and technique
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Monday 10/13/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: No prompt today :(
Students checked their Canvas and turned in reflection questions.
Beginning: Students worked on blind contour drawings.
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Friday 10/8/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: On a small piece of paper draw the prompt and hang it on the Sketch-o-ween bulletin board in the hallway. Today's prompt is: Ghosts
Beginning: Reinwald talked about blind contour drawings.
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Wednesday 10/8/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: On a small piece of paper draw the prompt and hang it on the Sketch-o-ween bulletin board in the hallway. Today's prompt is: Slimy
Beginning: When you are done with your painting, complete the reflection on Canvas and show Reinwald your painting.
Students who have completed everything should do the following: What is one-point perspective?
Watch this video and draw along with the video in your sketchbook. Draw all the details!
Watch this video on two-point perspective and draw along with the video!
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Monday 10/6/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: On a small piece of paper draw the prompt and hang it on the Sketch-o-ween bulletin board in the hallway. Today's prompt is: Sleepy Monster
Beginning: students finished their atmospheric perspective painting using tints and shades.
Students who have completed everything should do the following: What is one-point perspective?
Watch this video and draw along with the video in your sketchbook. Draw all the details!
Watch this video on two-point perspective and draw along with the video!
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Friday 10/3/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: On a small piece of paper draw the prompt and hang it on the Sketch-o-ween bulletin board in the hallway. Today's prompt is: Spooky Tree
Beginning: students finished their atmospheric perspective painting using tints and shades.
Students who have completed everything should do the following: What is one-point perspective?
Watch this video and draw along with the video in your sketchbook. Draw all the details!
Watch this video on two-point perspective and draw along with the video!
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Wednesday 10/1/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Sketch-o-Ween Prompt: On a small piece of paper draw the prompt and hang it on the Sketch-o-ween bulletin board in the hallway. Today's prompt is: Fall Leaves
Beginning: students started planning out their atmospheric perspective painting using tints and shades.
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Monday 9/29/25 - ALL
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
All students completed reflections on their first value drawings (reflections can be found in Canvas).
Friday 9/26/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Students finished working on mixing tints and shades.
Beginning: students started planning out their atmospheric perspective painting using tints and shades.
Intermediate and Advanced: Students stretched a canvas for their next project, Pop Art Project: Acrylic Painting in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Wednesday 9/24/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Reinwald demonstrated how to mix tints and shades.
Students began working on mixing tints and shades.
Beginning: students started planning out their atmospheric perspective painting using tints and shades.
Intermediate and Advanced: 12x18 Skeleton and Hand Value Drawing
Monday 9/22/25 - ALL
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Objective: Students will learn to mix tints and shades using acrylic paint
Reinwald demonstrated how to mix tints and shades.
Students began working on mixing tints and shades.
Intermediate and Advanced: 12x18 Skeleton and Hand Value Drawing
Friday 9/19/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Beginning: finish the Shattered Value Drawing.
Sketchbook Assignment for all: Choose one or two prompts from this list. Complete these prompts using a full value scale and two different shading techniques. Your goal is to spent the entire class period drawing.
Intermediate and Advanced: 12x18 Skeleton and Hand Value Drawing
Wednesday 9/17/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Beginning: finish the Shattered Value Drawing.
Sketchbook Assignment for all: Sketchbook - Mark Making
Intermediate and Advanced: 12x18 Skeleton and Hand Value Drawing
Monday 9/15/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Beginning: students worked on a Value Sphere, next beginning students started on their first larger project, a Shattered Value Drawing.
Intermediate and Advanced: 12x18 Skeleton and Hand Value Drawing
Friday 9/12/25
Objective: All students are working on value scale projects.
Beginning: students worked on a Value Sphere, next beginning students started on their first larger project, a Shattered Value Drawing.
Intermediate and Advanced: 12x18 Skeleton and Hand Value Drawing
Wednesday 9/10/25
Beginning, intermediate and Advanced: Students will continue creating their sketchbooks covers.
Beginning: Value Scale: Showing a full range of value using consistent, progressive steps AND a create a Value Sphere.
Students gave their sketchbooks a second coat of binding compound.
Beginning students worked on a Value Sphere, next beginning students started on their first larger project, a Shattered Value Drawing.
Intermediate and Advanced: 12x18 Skeleton and Hand Value Drawing
Monday 9/8/25
Beginning, intermediate and Advanced: Students will continue creating their sketchbooks covers.
Beginning: Value Scale: Showing a full range of value using consistent, progressive steps AND a create a Value Sphere.
Reinwald demonstrated how to bind sketchbooks.
Beginning students worked on a Value Sphere.
Intermediate and Advanced: 12x18 Skeleton and Hand Value Drawing
Friday 9/5/25
Beginning, intermediate and Advanced: Students will continue creating their sketchbooks covers.
Beginning: Value Scale: Showing a full range of value using consistent, progressive steps.
A value scale is used by an artist to show the variety of shades that can be made with graphite or any other drawing tool. This scale is a tool the artist uses to make sure their drawings have a more realistic and dynamic look.
Gradation: a gradual progression from light to dark
Directions:
1. Watch this tutorial video on YouTube!
2. Draw 9 equally sized and spaced boxes. Going from dark to light, or light to dark, fill in the boxes with values that are slightly different than the values next to them. 1 is the white of the paper (no pencil), and 9 is the darkest your pencil will go. You can read through & follow along with this website on how to create/draw a value scale.
3.Draw a long rectangle that is about the same size/length as the value scale. Instead of distinct boxes of value, gradually transition from dark to light or light to dark, changing the pressure you put on the pencil as you go.
Intermediate and Advanced: Check in with Reinwald
Wednesday 9/3/25
Beginning, intermediate and Advanced: This year, you will make your own sketchbook. We will start with a personalized cover, then add the sketch paper second. Creating a personalized sketchbook is a great way to get creative without worrying about perfection. Here’s a guide to get you started.