OUT OF SCHOOL
Required Assignments Semester 2 2020
You can use your sketchbook from class, a personal sketchbook, printer paper, cardboard, paper bag, old receipt paper, digital drawing app or even notebook paper to make art on! Get creative with what you have available at home!
Materials: pencil, pen, colored pencil, markers, sharpies, acrylic paint, watercolor paint, pastels, crayons, drawing pens, chalk, digital drawing apps, collage materials, make-up, anything that allows you be expressive within your artwork!
HAVE FUN AND ENJOY!
MAY & JUNE SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENT SHEET
Choose one sketchbook assignment to complete per week, due by end of day Sundays --- use any materials you have at home to complete each assignment. Make sure to photograph in a well lighted area, crop out any extras, and submit artwork into google classroom for credit---write prompt # in comment section when you turn in assignment.
CHOOSE A NEW PROMPT EACH WEEK TO PRACTICE YOUR SKILLS !
DRAWING AND PAINTING 1 SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENT SHEET
(drawing 3, scroll down MORE for prompt sheet***)
DRAWING AND PAINTING 3 SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENT SHEET
April 27-May 3 Classwork Prompts #1-3
All work will be due by end of day Sunday, May 3rd. Be sure to upload class work into the correct links in google classroom*.
PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!
I can't wait to see your artwork! Have fun and enjoy!
PROMPT #1 Re-Create Your Own Photograph
For prompt #1 I want you to take a look through your camera roll OR take a picture of something that interest you. You can use any materials of your choice and draw/paint exactly what you see OR be creative and put your own artistic spin based on the picture you've chose.
This can be big or small---if you only use pencil add value*
Submit photograph AND artwork into google classroom link.
<<---examples can be found here.
PROMPT #2 Universe Ink Drawing
For prompt #2 I want you to think about the word Universe. What comes to mind first? Is it a place of this world? A place of your imagination? Or can you picture the entire galaxy/universe as we know it?
Use any type of paper and something to ink with (pen, sharpie, drawing pen) create a drawing depicting your idea of universe. No color is needed BUT please feel free to add some if your drawing requires it!
Check out some of these examples down below----be sure all artwork is YOUR OWN and only use examples as references to help artwork*
PROMPT #3 Post IT Note Drawing
For prompt #3 create a drawing using a post it note---can be ANYTHING (school appropriate of course). Don't have one? Make one! Find a piece of square paper, cut to make small, shade in with color, complete drawing on top. Try to outline drawing with black pen, sharpie, or drawing pen to make drawing details POP.
Check out some fun examples to help generate creative ideas! ------->
April 21-26th Classwork Prompts #1-3
Hey everyone---like we discussed last week I have posted all 3 Class Work assignments at once for you to work on throughout this week----all work will be due by end of day Sunday, April 26th. Be sure to upload class work into the correct links in google classroom*. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS---I think this format will be better for you guys to plan and use your studio time more efficiently at home.
I can't wait to see the artwork! Have fun and enjoy!
PROMPT #1 Room Observational Drawing/Painting
For your Prompt #1 I want you to select a room in your house and create a detailed, observational drawing OR painting of exactly what you see. Try to use value (shading, hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, scribbling) and consider space (perspective) in which to show the viewer of the room. Try your bedroom, living room, dining room, bathroom, siblings room, basement, garage space, or even outside space like your yard or house/apartment---get creative. Remember to work with your eyes and hands to communicate and draw exactly what you see---not what you think you see. Take your time, this can be done using any media or paper of your choice.*. (check out examples below)
PROMPT #2. Surface Test
For prompt #2 I want you to check out the youtube video by The Art Assignment----in this video you meet artist Kim Beck who is famous for creating texture "rubbings" that translate into surface drawings. Beck considers a rubbing to be a kind of alternative snapshot. Rather than capturing a place the way a photograph does--though light and time--a rubbing creates a record of a place through texture and touch. Answer questions in a google doc and create drawing based on steps below:
Create a "Suface Test" Rubbing;
1. Using a large piece of paper and crayon find a ground that you respond to (can be inside/outside) and make a rubbing by placing the paper on the ground and dragging the crayon slowly and repeatedly over.
2. When finished, take a photo of the rubbing in the place it was made (example below) and submit into google classroom*
Be sure to respond to questions in google classroom VIA a google doc.
Prompt #3 Vacation Ink Drawing
For prompt #3 I want you to think about the word Vacation. What comes to mind first? Is it a place you've been? A place you've always wanted to go but haven't? Is it even actual place you can travel too or completely made up to only you? Use any type of paper and something to ink with (pen, sharpie, drawing pen) create a drawing depicting your idea of vacation. No color is needed BUT please feel free to add some if your drawing requires it!
<--------check out these examples (use your own photographs as reference!)
CHECK OUT THESE STEP-BY-STEP EXAMPLES
(DO NOT COPY)
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April 16, 2020
Hey Everyone,
Todays prompt I want you to take a look around your house or use google and find images of house plants to observe. Notice the shape, texture, line, color, and the style of the pot that houses the plant. On ONE piece of paper, following each of the steps, you will create 4 fun plant drawings using simple materials. This assignment is due Sunday April 19th.
STEP ONE; On a piece of paper draw/paint 4 squares using color (no coloring materials? Try using make up for color, create different grey values using just your pencil, have post it notes? cut 4 small squares on glue/tape them down---get creative).
STEP TWO; Using a pen (black OR blue) or drawing pen outline the rectangle you've created and make a fun design using pattern and line to create the pot that will house your plant. From there either by drawing from observation or using images from your google search draw 4 different plants for each pot.
STEP THREE; If you have coloring materials available finish your design and shade in plants with different values of green color to make your final designs pop! against the black/blue outline.
4 plants are required but please feel free to make a whole sheets worth of plants if you'd like!
Be sure to photograph final designs and upload into google classroom by Sunday, April 19th.
April 14, 2020
Hello Everyone,
For todays classwork I want you to watch the attached youtube video FIRST. Some of you may have heard or seen the $150,000 banana art that popped up at Art Basel in Miami this past December. There are TWO parts to this assignment.....
1. IN A GOOGLE DOC ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS DOWN BELOW AND ATTACH;
1. In a google search look up and write down the definition of Conceptual Art (try to use your own words).
2. In a few sentences, what are your thoughts about the video? like? dislike? confused? interested? love it? hate it? Be honest, I'd like to
hear what you like or dislike about this kind of art or first reactions.
3. They show you many examples throughout the video, do you like or dislike the artwork of Maurizio Cattelan? Why OR why not?
4. Is this art or not art and WHY? please explain.
2. VISUAL REPONSE;
5. Create a piece of art with BANANA as your theme/focus---you can use any medium of your choice and create a fun interesting composition (get creative) OR make your own version of conceptual art like Maurizio Cattelan. Be creative, have fun, and photograph/upload when complete.
ALL FINAL WORK IS DUE BY END OF DAY SUNDAY 4/19/20
ART VIDEO;
Marcel Duchamp, Bicycle Wheel, New York, 1951
“To see that wheel turning,” Duchamp once remarked, “was very soothing, very comforting, a sort of opening of avenues on other things than material life of every day. I liked the idea of having a bicycle wheel in my studio. I enjoyed looking at it, just as I enjoyed looking at the flames dancing in a fireplace. It was like having a fireplace in my studio.”
April 13, 2020
Hey Everyone,
Todays prompt we are going to focus on using a classic art technique and create found object drawings. What's a found object you ask? A Found Object "is a natural or man-made object, or fragment of an object, that is found (or sometimes bought) by an artist and kept because of some intrinsic interest the artist sees in it" (https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/found-object). Many artists have used this technique in this work such as Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Damien Hurst (works featured below).
Your prompt for today, I want you to come up with a drawing (with or without color) that includes one found object. This drawing can be big or small and I suggest using a black thin sharpie or black pen to outline drawing when complete to POP with the object you chose to include. Do NOT copy the drawings in this post---these are here to help you generate ideas, please make sure work is always your own. Only one drawing is required but if you make more than one please upload pictures of all work. Please photograph and upload to google classroom by end of day TODAY, Monday April 13th. Have fun and any questions, always email.
REAL ARTISTS USING FOUND OBJECTS IN THEIR WORK
April 8, 2020
Hey Everyone,
For todays drawing/painting prompt I want you to select ONE mannequin out of the 5 different images on the side of this post. You will first re-draw the mannequin you've selected as you see it (downloaded links available in google classroom to help*). Second, come up with a background, this can interactive, abstract, a landscape, patterns, splashes of color, get creative! When you're down sign the bottom right corner with your artist signature, photograph, and upload to google classroom. Since this assignment has two key parts you have by end of day Friday April 10th to turn in digitally. *Feel like challenging yourself, try creating a drawing/painting with two or more mannequins in your final*
Materials: pencil, colored pencil, markers, sharpies, acrylic paint, watercolor paint, pastels, crayons, drawing pens, chalk, digital drawing apps, collage materials, make-up, anything that allows you be expressive within your artwork!
You can use your sketchbook from class, a personal sketchbook, printer paper, cardboard, paper bag, old receipt paper, digital drawing app or even notebook paper to make art on! Get creative with what you have available at home! Have fun and enjoy!
I attached some examples down below to help you get creative if you feel stuck!(don't copy exactly what you see, make sure all artwork is YOURS and YOURS only)
April 7, 2020
Hey Everyone,
I found this great artist to check out for todays inspired prompt from thisiscolossal.com. Hoàng Hoàng is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Vietnam. His recent artwork consists of illustrations that merge science and art in which he creates insects shown in their natural habitats and replicating those pinned in display cases for preservation.
His artwork focuses on the use of geometric shapes that create the insect body, use of lines on flowers/grass, and pastel like colors that fill the background. For your prompt today I want you to think of an insect and create a painting or drawing in the style of Hoàng Hoàng's work. Insect should consist of geometric shapes, a plant like feature interacting with insect, and a light color (if available) of your choice for the background. Make sure to photograph completed artwork and turn in by end of day/midnight Wednesday April 8th* I attached a list of insect and geometric shapes to help---any questions always feel free to email.
Check out the Artist of the Day down below! Another fellow Contemporary art Illustrator/Graphic Designer Shepard Faiery.
Artist of the Day; Shepard Fairey (1970-present)
Shepard Faiery is a Contemporary street artist, graphic designer, illustrator, and founder of OBEY clothing (available @ Newbury Comics). He attended the Rhode Island of Art & Design in the 90's and started his career by referencing Andre the Giant within his artwork and making a name for himself among the streets of Rhode island. In 2008 Fairey showed support for the Obama campaign and created the "Obama Hope Poster" which you may recognize from the past and that launched his career. In 2016 he became apart of the We the People movement which is a nonpartisan campaign dedicated to igniting a national dialogue about American identity and values through public art and story sharing. He currently makes art today--I attached a few links down below to check out if you like his work (one of my favorites).
Official Shepard Fairey Website; https://obeygiant.com/
Current Artwork; https://obeygiant.com/blog/
We the People (links available to download free art); https://amplifier.org/campaigns/we-the-people/
Obey Giant; Hulu Documentary Film
April 6, 2020
Hey Everyone,
For todays prompt, I want you to find your keys--house keys, car keys, lanyard with keys, or if you don't have keys borrow someones at home---set them up in front of you with a light source close by and notice the value. Using just pencil OR colored pencil (no paint)---create a observational key drawing using full value on any paper you have at home. Things to think about---what perspective of the keys will you give the viewer? Where is your direct light, highlights, shadows, and cast shadows within and around the object? Try to use most of the paper, take your time, and if you get stuck photograph your still life with a device and adjust picture to black and white to help find values. This assignment is due Tuesday April 7, 2020 by end of day in google classroom---please allow yourself up to an hour* of drawing time for a successful composition ---your final piece should look something like the images on the left of post---NO OUTLINE DRAWINGS. Any questions please email me.
March 31, 2020
Hey Everyone
Super excited for you to check out this amazing Contemporary artist today, Bradley Theodore! He started by "adorning the streets of New York City with vibrant, chromatic murals of skeletons depicting contemporary pop culture and fashion royalty. " Still known for this colorful painting and prints of fashion icons, Bradleys work can be found in streets of New York, Tokyo, and Milan as giant murals and also in sold-out gallery shows across the world.
His work is focused on the skeletal form but in a non-morbid way. Theodore states, “a skull for me represents a symbol of a person’s spirit. It’s like I’m wrapping someone’s soul around their skeletal system.” Your prompt today, use the skeletal figure and incorporate colors/details that symbolize YOUR spirit and things that make you, you. Focus on color, form, shape, line, and the perspective you want to give the viewer (you don't have to draw a full body skeleton IF you don't want too). Have fun and let the work of Bradley Theodore inspire you! Photograph completed artwork and turn in by end of day/midnight*
You can use your sketchbook from class, a personal sketchbook, printer paper, cardboard, paper bag, old receipt paper, digital drawing app or even notebook paper to make art on! Get creative with what you have available at home! Have fun and enjoy!
I added a couple extras down below--- ART NEWS, Van Gogh heist at a Dutch museum overnight and check out ARTIST OF THE DAY, Salvador Dali who inspired art prompt artist Bradley Theodore and his current work today.
ART NEWS
Van Gogh Heist Overnight! Read the article below for more info!
Artist of the Day; Salvador Dali (1904–1989)
The man. The master. The marvel. Spanish artist, Salvador Dalí is one of the most celebrated artists of all time. His fiercely technical yet highly unusual paintings, sculptures and visionary explorations in film and life-size interactive art ushered in a new generation of imaginative expression. From his personal life to his professional endeavors, he always took great risks and proved how rich the world can be when you dare to embrace pure, boundless creativity. In 1929, Dalí officially joined the Surrealist movement, a group of artists dedicated to exploring the creative and often disturbing power of the unconscious mind.
View some of his famous art work below and check out the Salvador Dalí Museum in Florida! You can view the collections, see up-coming exhibits, and download their app to take a virtual tour! https://thedali.org/ Enjoy!
March 30, 2020
Hey Everyone!
Watch the Elements of Art; Texture video above and take a look at the article, "Get a Meteorite-Speckled Slab of the Moon's Surface Made with NASA Data" off of https://www.thisiscolossal.com/. There are so many interesting things about this piece of artwork--I want you guys to notice the texture, depth, value, perspective, and overall feeling you get while looking at this piece. Your prompt today is to channel those thoughts/initial reactions and create YOUR version of the moon using drawing/painting materials. This piece is influenced by NASA data from the moon itself ---what will influence you?
You can use your sketchbook from class, a personal sketchbook, printer paper, cardboard, old receipt paper, digital drawing app or even notebook paper to make art on! Get creative with what you have available at home! There will be a google classroom link to attach the artwork you've created--due by midnight. Have fun and enjoy!
MARCH 27, 2020
Hey Everyone! Today I broke down prompts and lessons by drawing and painting levels....
DRAWING AND PAINTING 1
I attached 3 videos for you all to watch--Two of them are on next two elements we would have talked about in class. The first is about shape with the focus on the difference between geometric and organic shapes. Second is on form and how that is defined visually in 2D and 3D art. The third video is a drawing practice you can try at home---turn your 2D shapes into 3D forms using pencil (don't forget a light source to help you with value). If you find yourself with more time try the drawing and painting 3 prompt below for some advance drawing.
*Turn your 2D shapes into 3D forms using pencil*
1. Create a light source
2. Watch pencil pressure to give you range from light - dark values
Drawing and Painting 3
The Statue of David is one of the most famous pieces of Renaissance art known to man. Located in Florence, Italy this all marble sculpture was created by artist Michelangelo, between 1501-1504. David sculpture comes from the famous story of David and Goliath out of the bible . Biblical artwork was an important focus during the Renaissance art because of the churches power and influence during that time.
Drawing prompt
I have attached an image of Davids profile from his sculpture. I want you to re-copy this image using graphite BUT also find a way to include color to create something unique.
Have fun and create the profile that YOU see.
MARCH 25, 2020
Hey Everyone!
Take a look at the article I posted off of This is Colossal, one of my FAVORITE art websites out there. Scotland has recently launched new artwork for their currency that features Scottish wild life and Influential women in the history of Scotland. For your art prompt today, redesign the US $1 Bill using drawing/painting materials. Things to thing about...what colors to use, famous figures, objects, or animals to include that symbolizes America, and font style for numbers/letters. Take your time to think the design through and have fun! I also linked another virtual museum to check out! Today we are heading to Florence to tour through The Uffizi that is home to some of the most famous pieces of Renaissance art---lots to see, check it out!
VIRTUAL MUSEUM TOUR
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
The Gallery entirely occupies the first and second floors of the large building constructed between 1560 and 1580 and designed by Giorgio Vasari. It is famous worldwide for its outstanding collections of ancient sculptures and paintings (from the Middle Ages to the Modern period). The collections of paintings from the 14th-century and Renaissance period include some absolute masterpieces: Giotto, Simone Martini, Piero della Francesca, Beato Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Mantegna, Correggio, Leonardo, Raffaello, Michelangelo and Caravaggio, in addition to many precious works by European painters (mainly German, Dutch and Flemish).
Moreover, the Gallery boasts an invaluable collection of ancient statues and busts from the Medici family, which adorns the corridors and consists of ancient Roman copies of lost Greek sculptures.
MARCH 24, 2020
Hey Everyone!
For today I posted a link to over 1,000+ Disney coloring pages! This features everything from Pixar, Disney Princesses, Star Wars, Marvel Universe, and more! When the website loads scrolls towards the bottom to find all the click-able attachments to find coloring pages you can print right from home! Want to be more creative? Cut up the color page and draw your own drawing to make something totally new! Don't have a printer? Grab some spare paper and copy the image with pencil and fill your drawing in after with color. Check out the virtual museum tour of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. --there are two virtual gallery tours, videos, and lots of links to view artwork in their famous galleries (some you may recognize from Muse lectures and your history textbooks!) .
VIRTUAL MUSEUM TOUR
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The National Gallery of Art regularly features temporary exhibits that highlight distinctive artists in a range of mediums. From Renaissance masters to modern day marvels, you will be able to take in creations that advance and challenge form and structure.
This famous American art museum features two online exhibits through Google. The first is an exhibit of American fashion from 1740 to 1895, including many renderings of clothes from the colonial and Revolutionary eras. The second is a collection of works from Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer.
March 23, 2020
Hey Everyone ,
Here is your drawing prompt/challenge today---read the article I attached below. This famous Japanese chef has filled 32 years of his life in notebooks with illustrations of all his meals. Think of your favorite meal OR use the meal you have tonight for dinner as inspiration and create a drawing/painting of what that looks like. Don't forget all the details that truly make a meal and a successful drawing---consider the perspective you want to give the viewer and add color!
VIRTUAL MUSEUM TOUR
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses the largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) in the world. The permanent collection includes over 200 paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 500 drawings and more than 750 letters. The museum also presents exhibitions on various subjects from 19th-century art history.
MARCH 20, 2020
Hey Everyone! I attached a few videos to try at home today! Feel free to improvise and use any materials you have to complete each video. Since I will not be grading your work there are NO links on google classroom. However, I would LOVE to see any artwork you make during our time out of school--feel free to email me (k_schlegel@stoughtonschools.org) artwork and I will share it on the website. Keep an eye out at the top for updated links for artwork and more! Stay creative ☮✌
PAINTING; Northern Lights tutorial
MATERIALS; acrylic paint, palette knife, brushes, water cup w/ water, paper towels
DRAWING; Sonic the Hedgehog
MATERIALS; paper, pencil, eraser, sharpner, ruler if needed*
DRAWING; A Rose Flower
MATERIALS; paper, pencil, eraser, sharpner, ruler if needed*
Artist of the Day; Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
The work of Post-Impressionist French painter Paul Cézanne is said to have formed the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic inquiry, Cubism. The mastery of design, tone, composition and color that spans his life's work is highly characteristic and now recognizable around the world. Both Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were greatly influenced by Cézanne.
Depicting reality as such was never Cézanne's primary objective. In his own words, it was "something other than reality" that he endeavored to reveal. In the 1880's, Cézanne executed a large number of still lifes, completely reinventing the genre in the two-dimensional mode. The central feature of these still lifes was the crucial shift of attention from the objects themselves, to the forms and colors that were potentially communicated by their surfaces and contours.
*this artist has work on view at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; https://collections.mfa.org/search/objects/*/paul%20C%C3%A9zanne
Hortense Fiquet in a Striped Skirt
Mont Sainte-Victoire
Still Life with a Skull
The Forest