Sketchbook Due 2-28

"Everybody's Junk Drawer"
1.
I think every household has a
"junk drawer" - that drawer that's filled with all the "stuff" no one knows what to do with. Open the drawer, don't move anything, and draw what you see as a modified contour drawing.
--Do the drawing very lightly in pencil- no black marker
--You can make the drawing in a 7" x 9" rectangle.
--Don't be obsessed with realism! Let the drawing be loose! Fill the page! (or the rectangle.)

2.
After completing the pencil drawing, now outline in felt tip marker.
Then layer colored pencil in interesting ways.
What color scheme/approach can you invent?

Flying the coop....

With spring approaching....(hopefully), 7th graders studied the work of James Audubon and then created watercolor paintings of a chosen bird. Check out this example; isn't it amazing?!

2 pt. perspective names

Year long art 8 classes have been learning about perspective. They created their names in 2 point perspective and are now working on creating cityscapes.

contour & charcoal drawings

As the new semester begins, 2-D art students are studying basic drawing skills. Check out their amazing talents. This is going to be a great semester.

sketchbook Due 2-21

"Full of Contours Page"
• Do a page full (20 to 25) of "mini" blind and modified blind contour drawings. (May take 2 facing pages.)
• These are quick studies of people/children in different positions doing things.
• Perhaps --- go to a park or a sporting event of some kind. Observe and Quickly draw people being active
Do this in pen please!!
After the contour drawings are done:
Add some color accents
Finish the page in an interesting way.

JMU art Show

On Sunday, February 13th, JMU will be hosting the opening to a year long art show. 5 students from Hillyard will be exhibiting their work at Memorial Hall on the JMU campus along with other students from around the county.
The opening is from 2 - 3:30 on Sunday, but you may go by Memorial Hall anytime between 8 am and 8 pm, Monday through Friday to check out our students' work.
Please come out and support the following students as they are honored for their talents:
Dorothy Alliata-Shipp
Natasha Shenk
Cody Shifflett
Megan Miller
Lily McMichael

sketchbook Due 2-14

- - - - S k e t c h b o o k - - - A s s i g n m e n t - - - -
DUE: FEBRUARY 14TH OR 15TH

Two techniques to practice that make objects in your drawing look closer or further away:
1. Overlapping
2. Change in baseline "Bottle Landscapes"
Everyone knows that things that are further away from us look smaller. But what if you can't rely on size to tell the story? This assignment uses plastic bottles, which can be any size. How do you make a big detergent bottle look like it's sitting behind a little eyedrops bottle?
• Things that are partially covered by another object are seen as being behind the object: (overlapping)
• Things that are further away are drawn higher on the picture plane. Their bases (bottoms) will be placed higher on the page than the bottles that are supposed to be closer.
Assignment: Draw one bottle at a time, and do a contour line drawing of it, starting anywhere on your page. Then do the same thing with another bottle. Fill your page with overlapping bottle shapes. Bottles that are meant to be in front must have a base that is lower on the page than the object that is behind it.
Warning: If the bottom of your front object is higher than the one behind it, your front object will appear to be floating in the air!

For a EXTRA CREDIT: shade EACH BOTTLE with smooth pencil gradations to create the appearance of
volume.