Sunday, October 4, 2009

October 12 - 16


Unit 2 - Value to Model Form
Current Project
: Graphite Reduction Fortune Cookies (click here for the project rubric.)
Objectives: Create a 9x12 graphite drawing with the following:
  • Use value to create the form of fortune cookies.
  • Correctly apply and create a graphite reduction drawing with 0-9 values.
  • Create composition with visual movement.
  • Correctly use different erases to create dense shadows and crisp edges of the still life objects.
  • Monday: Last day to work on paper sculpture in class.
  • Tuesday: Introduce graphite reduction. Minilabs: Make a value scale & sphere using graphite reduction. Coat a 9x 12 piece of drawing paper with graphite.
  • Wednesday: PSAT for 9th - 11th graders, 12th reports to auditorium. No class. Work on on fortune cookie drawing.
  • Thursday: Make a thumbnail of your fortune cookie arrangement. Make 3 modified contour drawings of your fortune cookie arrangement. Paper Sculpture drawing due for a class critique.
  • Friday: Journal Day!"Object" journal entries are due!
Homework: make a ten minute gestural drawing on a corner in your home each evening. You should have 5 drawings by next monday, 10/19.

Quote for the week: Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art. - Leonardo da Vinci

VVJ assignment: Using any book you are currently reading - randomly write down three sentences. Make three 2-page spread about the sentence. The sentence will dictate color choice, line quality, and imagery. It should NOT relate to the story you are reading - in other words, do not illustrate what you are reading. You must include the sentence in the pages. Due October 29th.

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