Drawing is a semester long class.
We will explore the use of a wide variety of medias: pencil, charcoal, colored pastel, oil pastels, mechanical pencil, pen and ink.
We will do the following techniques: contour drawing, shading-chiaroscuro, guesture drawing, impressionism, one point perspective, and two point perspective.
Drawing, period 2, google classroom code is: Drawing - Spring 25
SPRING 2025
Current Project: personal choice drawing
Past Project: 2 pt. perspective drawing, charcoal tulip or tool, charcoal still lifes, guesture drawings, oil pastel animal eyes, colorful bug drawing, colored pencil bubble drawing, one point perspective - hallway drawing, shading - basic foam shapes, car drawing - Due: Wed. Feb. 12, box still lifes, contour line objects, door art
Week: May 19-23
Mon.: review for drawing final, personal choice drawing
Tues.: personal choice drawing
Wed.: personal choice drawing
Thur.: final
Fri: no class
Have a Wonderful Summer Break!!!!!
Week: May 12-16
Mon.: city/town 2 pt. perspective drawing
Tues.: personal choice drawing
Wed.: personal choice drawing
Thur.: personal choice drawing
Fri: personal choice drawing
Week: May 5-9
Mon.: city/town 2 pt. perspective drawing
Tues.: city/town 2 pt. perspective drawing
Wed.: coffee house set up
Thur.: city/town 2 pt. perspective drawing
Fri: city/town 2 pt. perspective drawing - Seniors will be due on Monday, May 12 at the end of the day
Week: April 28 - May 2
Mon.: 2 pt. perspective - basics
Tues.: begin city or town drawings
Wed.: city or town drawings
Thur.: city or town drawings
Fri.: city or town drawings
Week: April 21-25
Mon.: tulip or tool drawing
Tues.: tulip or tool drawing
Wed.: tulip or tool drawing
Thur.: 2 pt. perspective - basic techniques
Fri.: 2 pt. perspective - basics
Week: April 14 - 18
Mon.: introduce black and white charcoal, basic shapes
Tues.: 2 vases
Wed.: 2 vases
Thur.: tools or tulips
Fri.: Have a Blessed Easter Break!!!
Week: April 7 - 11
Mon.: guesture drawing - variety of objects
Tues.: guesture drawing - people sculptures
Wed.: NCC Art Show
Thur.: no class - isap testing
Fri.: guesture drawing - still life
Week: March 31 - April 4
Mon.: oil pastels animal eyes
Tues.: oil pastels animal eyes
Wed.: oil pastels animal eyes
Thur.: oil pastels animal eyes
Fri.: guesture drawing - introduce
Week: March 24 - 28
Mon.: colored pencil colorful bug drawing
Tues.: try 6 techniques for oil pastels
Wed.: oil pastels animal eyes
Thur.: oil pastels animal eyes
Fri.: oil pastels animal eyes
Week: March 17 - 21
Mon.: 'Last Supper' lesson
Tues.: introduce colored pencils, create bubble drawings using colored pencils and blenders
Wed.: snow day - no school
Thur.: snow day - no school
Fri.: colored pencil colorful bug drawing
Week: March 3-7
Mon.: hallway drawing
Tues.: hallway drawing
Wed.: snow day - no classes
Thur.: snow day - no classes
Fri.: no classes - Have a Fun Spring Break!!!
Week: Feb. 24-28
Mon.: begin hallway drawing
Tues.: hallway drawing
Wed.: hallway drawing
Thur.: 4 artists - sub lessons
Fri.: no classes, teacher pd
Week: Feb. 17-21
Mon.: learn how to put cabinets on side walls, start worksheet #1
Tues.: snow day - no classes
Wed.: finish worksheet #1 and start #2, late start
Thur.: finish worksheet #2, begin hall way, late start
Fri.: finish worksheet #2
Week: Feb. 10-14
Mon.: finish the shading of basic shapes
Tues.: begin one-point linear perspective, basic techniques and notes, hand out rulers
Wed.: snow day - no classes
Thur.: late start, review what we learned on Tues, learn about double doors, rows of windows, construction lines, etc.
Fri.: division of lines into equal parts using a ruler, learn how to put items on the door and ceiling, early out
Week: Feb. 3-7
Mon.: car drawing
Tues.: car drawing
Wed.: car drawing. (Mass). Due: Wed. Feb. 12 at 3:00.
Thur.: review for shading quiz, shade simple shapes - introduce blending stump
Fri.: shading quiz, shade simple foam shapes
Week: Jan. 27-31, Catholic Schools Week
Mon.: no classes today - bowling, etc.
Tues.: introduce shading: notes, show how to use ebony pencils and kneaded erasers, shading scale, shading scribble drawing
Wed.: scribble drawing
Thur.: introduce car drawing: demonstrate how to use grid system
Fri.: no classes today, Mass, talent show, etc.
Week: Jan. 20-24
Mon.: off set boxes
Tues.: no classes - cold day
Wed.: circular boxes
Thur.: boxes at angles, review for contour line quiz
Fri.: quiz and final box drawing
Week: Jan. 13-17
Mon.: practice shoe drawing
Tues.: practice shoe drawing or begin final
Wed.: shoe drawing
Thur.: shoe drawing
Fri.: introduce sighting, do still life drawings of straight boxes
Week: Jan. 6-10
Mon.: basic drawing notes: introduce contour line drawing, Day One Drawing: parallel lines - blocks, demonstrate how to put together a still life
Tues.: finish Day One, start Day Two - how to draw parallel lines with curves
Wed.: Day Two- how to draw parallel lines with curves
Thurs.: Day Three- more mixed lines
Fri.: Day Four - mixed lines
Week: Jan. 3
Fri.: go over class syllabus, sign into Google classroom, view future projects, answer questions on google classroom, make name art
SPRING 2024
Current Project: project of choice - final
Past Project: charcoal shapes and vase, two point linear perspective city or small town, oil pastel landscapes, oil pastel animals, guesture drawing still life, colored pencil colorful bug drawing, colored pencil pop can drawing, one point linear perspective -hallway drawing, car shading project, scribble shading, 1st sketchbook, box still life, shoe drawing, Days 1-4 practices
Semester Finals: evens on Thursday and odds on Friday
Week: May 20-24
Mon.: project of choice - final, clean out shelves
Tues.: project of choice - final
Wed.: project of choice - final, hand back work
Thurs.: Final - Due at the end of class.
Fri.: no class
Thank you for a very productive semester!!! Have a Great summer and see you in the Fall!!!
Week: May 13-17
Mon.: project of choice - final
Tues.: project of choice - final
Wed.: project of choice - final
Thurs.: project of choice - final
Fri.: project of choice - final
Week: May 6-10
Mon.: two point perspective - city or small town
Tues.: two point perspective - city or small town
Wed.: begin charcoal unit - two basic shapes
Thurs.: vase still life
Fri.: vase still life
Week: April 29-May 3
Mon.: two point perspective - city or small town
Tues.: two point perspective - city or small town
Wed.: two point perspective - city or small town
Thurs.: two point perspective - city or small town
Fri.: class in elementary gym, view coffee house, online activity
Week: April 22-26
Mon.: oil pastel landscapes
Tues.: (late start schedule- speaker), oil pastel landscapes
Wed.: two point perspective
Thurs.: two point perspective - begin city or small town
Fri.: two point perspective - city or small town
Week: April 15-19
Mon.: oil pastel animals
Tues.: oil pastel animals
Wed.: 6-12 All Day Retreat
Thurs.: oil pastels landscapes
Fri.: oil pastel landscapes
Week: April 8-12 (testing weekL Mon.-Wed. late start schedule)
Mon.: oil pastel techniques
Tues.: begin oil pastel animals
Wed.: oil pastel animals
Thurs.: oil pastel animals
Fri.: oil pastel animals
Week: April 1 - 5
Mon.: No school - Happy Easter!
Tues.: guesture drawing - people
Wed.: guesture drawing - Western still life
Thurs.: guresture drawing - Western still life
Fri.: oil pastels techniques
Week: March 25 - March 29
Mon.: finish color pencil bug drawings
Tues.: Snow Day - Enjoy!
Wed.: guesture drawing- video, variety of objects
Thurs..: guesture drawing- video - variety of objects
Fri. No School - Happy Easter!!
Week: March 18 - March 22
Mon.: colored pencil colorful bug drawing
Tues.: colored pencil colorful bug drawing
Wed.: colored pencil colorful bug drawing - musical practice - no class
Thurs.: colored pencil colorful bug drawing
Fri.: bug drawings
Week: March 4 - March 8
Mon.: pop can colored pencil drawing
Tues.: pop can colored pencil drawing
Wed.: pop can colored pencil drawing
Thurs.: pop can colored pencil drawing
Fri.: Have a great and safe SPRING BREAK!!!!
Week: Feb. 26 - March 1
Mon.: hallway
Tues.: one point perspective in Last Supper activity
Wed.: prep for quiz over one point perspective and DaVinci's Last Supper
Thurs.: quiz
Fri.: introduce colored pencils, create bubble drawings
Week: Feb. 19-23
Mon.: worksheet #2
Tues.: begin hallway
Wed.: hallway
Thurs.: hallway
Fri. hallway
Week: Feb. 12-16
Mon.: review what we learned on Friday, learn about double doors, rows of windows, etc.
Tues.: division of lines into equal parts using a ruler
Wed.: learn how to put items on the door and ceiling
Thurs.: worksheet #1
Fri.: worksheet #2
Week: Feb. 5-9
Mon.: finish scribble drawing
Tues.: start car shading project - draw contour lines
Wed.: shading car
Thurs.: shading car
Fri.: begin one-point linear perspective, basic techniques and notes
Week: Jan. 29 - Feb. 2 - Catholic Schools Week
Mon.: no class today
Tue.: review for contour line drawing quiz, draw still life of boxes at angles
Wed.: contour line drawing quiz, Jan. artist of the month - subway drawing
Thurs.: begin shading: notes, shading activity
Fri.: No Classes
Week: Jan. 22 - 26
Mon.: shoe final
Tues.: shoe final
Wed.: introduce sighting, draw still life of straight boxes
Thurs.: draw still life of round boxes
Fri.: review for contour line drawing quiz, draw still life of boxes at angles
Week: Jan. 15 - 19
Mon.: snow day #3 - no school
Tues.: late start- Day Three
Wed.: Day Four
Thurs.: shoe practice, early out
Fri.: shoe drawing - practice, late start
Week: Jan. 8-12
Mon.: finish day One - parallel lines, begin Day Two - parallel curved lines
Tues.: Snow day #1
Wed.: late start, No class - sent to study hall - Ms. Lilly was ill.
Thurs.: Finish Day Two
Fri.: Snow day #2
Week: Jan. 4-5
Thurs.: class syllabus, sign into Google classroom, view future projects, 1st drawing, basic drawing notes: introduce contour line drawing
Fri.: Day One Drawing: parallel lines - blocks
Spring 2023
Current Project: colored pastels
Past Project: 2 pt. perspective, guesture drawing, charcoal drawings, one point perspective hallway drawing, foam still life drawing, car drawing, shading scribble, Contour Box drawings, Contour line drawing of shoe with laces, Contour line drawings of simple objects, Hope Mixed Media Artwork
Week: May 15 - 19
Mon.: puzzle drawing
Tues.: pop can drawing
Wed.: pop can drawing
Thurs.: pop can drawing
Fri.:
Week: May 22 -26
Mon.:
Tues.:
Wed.:
Thurs.: no class
Fri.: Semester Final
Have a Wonderful Summer!!!!
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Week: May 8-12
Mon.: pastel drawing, rising star artist due at 3:00
Tues.: pastel drawing
Wed.: pastel drawing
Thurs.: finish chocoal drawings
Fri.: puzzle drawing
Week: May 1-5
Mon.: no classes, teacher pd
Tues.: pick artwork for coffee house, pastel drawings
Wed.: pastel drawings
Thurs.: pastel drawings
Fri.: Putting up coffee house! Assign May Rising star - Due Monday at 3:00 pm
Week: April 24-28
Mon.: city/town drawings
Tues.: city/town drawings, introduce April rising star artist - Steven Irby - street photographer
Wed.: no class - field trip
Thurs.: chalk techniques - shading
Fri.: colore chalk drawings/ animal eye drawing, April rising star artist - Steven Irby - street photographer - due at 3:00.
Week: April 17-21
Mon.: begin city/town drawings
Tues.: conference art show
Wed.: begin city/town drawings
Thurs.: begin city/town drawings
Fri.: begin city/town drawings
Week: April 10-14
Mon.: no school
Tues.: begin city/town drawings
Wed.: begin city/town drawings
Thurs.: begin city/town drawings
Fri.: begin city/town drawings
Week: April 3-7
Mon.: 2 pt. perspective - basic technique
Tues.: 2 pt. perspective
Wed.: 2 pt. perspective - begin city/town drawings
Thurs.: no class- teacher absent
Fri.: Happy Easter!!!
Week: March 27-31
Mon.: (testing), guesture drawings - western still life
Tues.: (testing), charcoal shading of two basic shapes
Wed.: (testing), charcoal drawing of two simple pottery vases
Thurs.: still life of pottery
Fri.: still life of pottery
Week: March 20 - 24
Mon.: no classes - pd day
Tues.: March rising star artist of the month - food artist, guesture drawings - video, demo, draw simple objects
Wed.: guesture drawings - video, and more simple objects
Thurs.: guesture drawings - figures and video
Fri.: class members absent so no class
Week: March 13-17 - Spring Break
Week: March 6 - 9
Mon.: hallway drawing
Tues.: hallway drawing
Wed.: read about the DaVinici's Last Supper, take notes, prep for quiz
Thurs.: 1 pt. perspective quiz
Fri.: Have a great Spring Break!!
Week: Feb. 27 - March 3
Mon.: Feb. Rising Star Artist, begin brown bag drawing
Tues.: start hallway drawing
Wed.: hallway drawing
Thurs.: hallway drawing
Fri. hallway drawing
Week: Feb. 20-24
Mon.: one-point perspective - how to put objects on the wall, begin worksheet # 1
Tues.: finish worksheet #1, start worksheet #2
Wed.: snow day - no classes
Thurs.: snow day - no classes
Fri.: finish work sheet #2
Week: Feb. 13 - 17
Mon.: review for shading quiz, foam shape still life, sketch book due
Tues.: quiz, finish still life
Wed.: begin one-point perspective - basic terms and tech.
Thurs.: one-point perspective - construction lines, doors, and division of windows
Fri.: one-point perspective - how to divid lines into equal parts and how to use technique
Week: Feb. 6 - 10
Mon.: No classes - teacher pd
Tues.: car drawing
Wed.: car drawing
Thurs.: car drawing
Fri.: sketch book due, pencil shading of 5 simple shapes,
Week: Jan. 30-Feb.3
Mon.: shading scribble drawing, (Mass schedule)
Tues.: shading scribble drawing, (Mass schedule)
Wed.: car drawing, (1-5 classes)
Thurs.: (6-8 classes) no class
Fri.: no class CSW activities
Week: Jan. 23-27
Mon.: introduce sighting, contour line of straight boxes
Tues.: contour line of round boxes
Wed.: review contour line notes for quiz, contour line of boxes at angles
Thurs.: contour line drawing, final box still life (late start)
Fri.: final box still life, hand out shading tools: embony pencil and kneaded eraser, shading notes, shading scale, shading scribble drawing
Week: Jan. 16 - 20
Mon.: Jan. rising star activity, contour line shoe practice
Tues.: contour line shoe practice
Wed.: contour line shoe final
Thurs.: no class - snow day
Fri.: final shoe drawing
Week: Jan. 9-13
Mon.: demonstrate how to put together a still life, finish day one block drawings,
Tues.: Day Two - how to draw parallel lines with curves
Wed.: Day Three - mixed lines
Thurs.: Day Four - more mixed lines
Fri.: practice shoe drawing,
Week: Jan. 4-6
Wed.: Begin Neurographic Art work based on this school year's theme of Hope: view video examples, view video explantion of Neurographic Art, begin line portion of artwork
Thurs.: fill in corners of lines, view demonstrate of how to blend colors with watercolor colored pencils and how to blend with markers, begin coloring
Fri.: prayer, go to teacher website, read syllabus, sign into google classroom, review tools, begin
Spring 2022
Current work: colored pencil color study and pop can drawing
Past work: guesture drawing with charcoal or embony pencil, one point perspective - hallway drawing, oil pastels - donut due Mon. March 23 at 3:00, charcoal vase still life, pottery practices, charcoal shading of basic shapes, shading scale, scribble and car drawings, box still lifes, shoe drawing, contour line drawings
Week: May 16-20
Mon.: 2 pt. perspective
Tues.: 2 pt. perspective
Wed.: 2 pt. perspective
Thurs.: 2 pt. perspective
Fri.: 2 pt. perspective
Week: May 23-27
Mon.: 2 pt. perspective
Tues.: show Steven W. artwork, 2 pt. perspective, review for final
Wed.: 2 pt. perspective, due at the end of the day
Thurs.: no class
Fri.: Final: shading project and contour drawing, hand back work and clean out shelves
Have a Great Summer!!!
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Week: May 9-13
Mon.: how to draw noses, face proportions
Tues.: whole face
Wed.: finish whole face - if not done due on Monday start of class
Thurs.: start - 2 pt. perspective
Fri.: puzzle work - due next Thurs.
Week: May 2-6
Mon.: no classes - teacher in-service daypop can drawing
Tues.: pop can drawing
Wed.: how to draw eyes with ebony pencil
Thurs.: how to draw lips
Fri.: puzzle drawing (in gym for coffee house prep)
Week: April 25-29
Mon.: colored pencil scribble
Tues.: colored pencil scribble
Wed.: pop can drawing
Thurs.: pop can drawing
Fri.: pop can drawing
Week: April 18-22
Mon.: no school - Easter Break
Tues.: guesture drawing of figure sculptures
Wed.: guesture drawings of objects (short classes - Mass and assembly)
Thurs.: guesture drawing of made make items (late start - fog)
Fri.: guesture drawing of 'western' still life (Mass schedule, mash-up)
Week: April 11-15
Mon.: look at Da Vinci's Last Supper, finish notes, review for quiz over 1 point perspective
Tues.: quiz 1 pt. perspective
Wed.:
Thurs.: guesture drawing
Fri.: No School - Have a great Easter Break with your family!
Week: April 4-8
Mon.: (late start - testing)
Tues: (late start - testing)
Wed.: (late start - testing)
Thurs.:
Fri.:
Week March 28 - April 1
Mon.: start the hallway drawing
Tues: hallway drawing
Wed.: hallway drawing
Thurs.: hallway drawing
Fri.: hallway drawing
Week March 21-25
Mon.: demonstrate how to use the division of lines technique on room: use on floor and ceiling
Tues: learn how to place object on the wall, Worksheet One
Wed.: Worksheet One
Thurs.: Worksheet Two
Fri.: finish worksheet two
Week March 7-10
Mon.: start one-point perspective: basic notes with vocab., basic techniques: walls, window, doors
Tues.: one-point perspective: more details
Wed.: one-point perspective: how to divide lines into equal parts
Thurs.: one-point perspective worksheet
Have a Fun and Safe Spring Break!!!!!!
Week Feb. 28 - March 4
Mon.: view video on how to photograph food, create photographs, begin 'suprise' still life
Tues: oil pastel still life
Wed.: oil pastel still life
Thurs.: begin one point perspective: basic terms and technique
Fri.: one point perspective: windows, doors, etc.
Week Feb. 21-25
Mon.: beginning techiques of oil pastels, Feb. working artist due at 3:00
Tues: no school, snow day
Wed.: oil pastel apples - late start
Thurs.: oil pastel still life - apples and bannanas
Fri.: finish apple oil pastel still life - Artist video: Wayne Theberd
Week Feb. 14-18
Mon.: introduce pottery still life using charcoal
Tues.: charcoal still life, assign Feb. working artist
Wed.: charcoal still life
Thurs.: charcoal still life
Fri.: charcoal still life
Week Feb. 7 - 11
Mon.: teacher inservice
Tues.: introduce how to shade with black and white charcoal, shade sphere and cylinder
Wed.: demonstrate how to draw a symmetrical object, shade two individual vases
Thurs.: finish shading vases, start still life of vases
Fri.: vase still lifes
Week Jan.: 31 -Feb. 4 Catholic Schools Week
Mon.: Mass Schedule, car drawing
Tues.: Mass Schedule, (no 6th hour), car drawing
Wed.: Mass Schedule, 1,2,3,4,5 No 6,7,8, car drawing
Thurs.: Mass schedule 6, 7,8 No 1,2,3,4,5 (late start)
Fri. No Classes - Mass and Activities
Week Jan.: 24-28
Mon.: finish quiz, hand out shading tools: embony pencil and kneaded eraser, shading notes, shading scale, shading scribble drawing
Tues.: scribble drawing (late start)
Wed.: introduce grid drawing, car drawing
Thurs.: car drawing
Fri.: car drawing
Week Jan.: 17-21
Mon.: shoe drawing
Tues.: Sketch book drawing due, introduce sighting,Assign new sketch book drawing, finish shoe drawing
Wed.: practice with staight box still life, uneven and round boxes,
Thurs.: review for contour line drawing quiz, angled box still life practice (late start)
Fri.: quiz and final box (late start)
Week Jan.: 10-14
Mon.: finish day three, Day Four of combined lines
Tues.: finish four days of contour drawing, assign Sketch book - Due next Tues. at the end of the day
Wed.: shoe practice
Thurs.: shoe drawing
Fri.: snow day
Week: Jan. 3-7
Mon.: no classes
Tues.: class syllabus, sign into Google classroom, view future projects, 1st drawing, basic drawing notes: introduce contourline drawing
Wed.: Day One - parallel lines on blocks
Thurs.: Day Two: parallel lines on round objects
Friday.: Day Three - mixed lines