23 Days of Drawing

Day 1: Paint Tube Drawing Assessment

Students will demonstrate their observational drawing skills without any teacher instruction

Day 2: Contour Lines

Students will be able to explain what a contour line drawing is and demonstrate observational drawing skills using directional lines technique

Activities:

1. Contour Lines

2. 25DaystoBetterDrawingsDayTwo.pdf

3. ArtMaterials.jpg

Day 3: Blind Contour Lines

Students will be able to explain what a Blind Contour is and demonstrate observational drawing skills using blind contour to draw a hand

Activities:

1. Blind Contour Lines

2. 25DaystoBetterDrawingsDayTwo.pdf

Day 4: Cross Contour

Students will be able to

explain what a Cross Contour is and demonstrate observational drawing skills using cross contour

Activities:

1. Cross Contour

2.CrossContourReference.jpg

3. 25DaystoBetterDrawingsDaySix.pdf

Day 5:

Gesture/ Timed or Movement Drawing

Students will be able to

explain what a Gesture is and demonstrate observational drawing skills using timed drawing

Activities:

1. Gesture/ Timed or Movement Drawing

2. Poses2.jpg

3. 25DaystoBetterDrawingsDay23.pdf

Day 6: Ellipses

Students will be able to explain what an ellipses is and demonstrate observational drawing skills

Activities:

1. Ellipses

2. ellipses.jpg

Day 7: Drawing with Shape

Students will be able to explain drawing with shape is and why its an easy way to break down a form and demonstrate observational drawing skills of a Jack

Activities:

1. Drawing with Shape

2. jack.jpg

Day 8: Line Quality

Students will be able to

explain what line quality is and demonstrate observational drawing skills using line quality

Activities:

1. Line Quality

2. 25DaystoBetterDrawingsDayFive.pdf

3. shapedrawing.jpg

Day 9: Shading w Line

Students will be able to

explain what shading with line is and demonstrate observational drawing skills to draw a pepper and shade it using pen techniques

Activities:

1. Shading with Line

2. pepper.jpg

Day 10: Value

Activities:

1. Value

Students will be able to

explain what value is and demonstrate shading a value scale

Day 11: Light and Shadow

Students will be able to

explain what light and shadow is and demonstrate shading a sphere and be able to label the parts of a sphere:

Highlight

Midtone

Core Shadow

Cast Shadow

Reflected Highlight

Activities:

1. Light and Shadow

2. ball.jpg

Day 12: Basic Forms

Students will be able to

explain what basic forms are and demonstrate shading a:

Cube

Pyramid

Cylinder

Cone

Activities:

1. Basic Forms

2. basic forms.jpg

Day 13: Drawing with Forms

Students will be able to

explain what drawing with forms is and demonstrate drawing a skull using forms as a base

Activities:

1. Drawing with Forms

2. skull.jpg

Day 14: Texture 1

Students will be able to

explain what Implied vs Actual texture is and demonstrate shading a wood texture using directional strokes with accurate observation

Activities:

1. Texture 1

2. texture1.jpg

Day 15: Texture 2

Students will be able to

explain what Implied vs Actual texture is and demonstrate shading a brick texture using directional lines and circular strokes with accurate observation

Activities:

1. Texture 2

2. texture2.jpg

Day 16: Texture 3

Students will be able to

explain what Implied vs Actual texture is and demonstrate shading nuts reflection texture which has high contrast shapes (value shapes) with accurate observation

Activities:

1. Texture 3

2. texture3.jpg

Day 17: Sighting, Mapping and Measuring

Students will be able to

explain what sighting, mapping and measuring is and demonstrate drawing a vase and texture ball using this technique with accurate observation

Activities:

1. Sighting, Mapping and Measuring

2. Definitions

3. vase.jpg

Day 18: Positive and Negative Space

Students will be able to

explain what positive and negative space is and demonstrate drawing and orchid with pos and negative space in mind with accurate observation

Activities:

1. Positive and Negative Space

2. orchid.jpg

Day 19: Facial Proportions

Students will be able to

explain what facial proportions are and demonstrate drawing a face using basic facial proportions

Activities:

1. Facial Proportions

Day 20: Space

Students will be able to

explain what space is and demonstrate how artists use techniques to create a sense of space in a work using:

Overlapping

Placement

Size

Color Value

Detail

Activities:

1. Space

Day 21: 1 Point Perspective

Students will be able to

explain what 1 Pnt Perspective is and demonstrate drawing a city using the following:

1 Vanishing Point

Horizon

Receding Lines

Box/Rectangle

Activities:

1. 1 Pnt Perspective

Day 22: 2 Point Perspective

Students will be able to

explain what 2 Pnt Perspective is and demonstrate drawing a city using the following:

2 Vanishing Points

Horizon

Receding Lines

Corner

Activities:

1. 2 Pnt Perspective