Sketchbook will be collected the last school day of each month. Total of 4 times. Aim to fill at least 5 pages with thoughts, ideas, sketches, images, quotes, experimental techniques. If you would like to understand what sort of drawings, illustrations and artist analysis should be included within a sketchbook and how to annotate a sketchbook, please read: Tips for Producing an Amazing Sketchbook. If you are looking for creative ideas for use of media within sketchbooks (such as exciting materials to draw upon and ideas for creating backgrounds) you may be interested in: How to Make Your Art Project Exciting: Inventive use of Media.

another great source is : www.artstudentguide.com

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(This will be worth 10% of final mark)

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SKETCHBOOKS WILL BE COLLECTED 4 TIMES DURING SEMESTER
 

1. SEPT 27, 2018

2. OCT 31, 2018

3. NOV 30, 2018

4. DEC 19, 2018 (SO I CAN GET THEM BACK TO YOU BEFORE THE BREAK)
    

• Your sketchbook should demonstrate a variety of different drawings:

• Representational Drawings (still life, figure, portraits, landscapes)
• Collage works (Mixed media sources)-experimentation with line, wet mediums (acrylic, w/c and ink)
• Abstract Drawings
• Sketches (Brainstorming & Preliminary Ideas & Concepts)
• Conceptual Designs
• Storyboards
• Cartoons & Doodles
• Poetry & Writings (song lyrics, memorable quotes)
• Reflection entries about your work
• Research drawings
• Art Articles from the newspaper
• drawing in the style of another artist research (historical and contemporary)with accompanying sketches
• parody of existing work
• fantasy dream drawing
• object at extreme angle or point of view
-investigations into mood and colour
-mind maps

 

• Remember to date your drawings as you will be evaluated through the semester (ongoing)
• Evaluation will be on variety of different drawings demonstrating on going process and personal investigation of different themes/subject matter throughout the semester.

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