7th grade Sketchbook Assignments

Below are the previous sketchbook assignments (up to April 6, 2012). New assignments will be posted after the Easter/Spring break.

1. Friday Jan. 6: Face Studies: Draw several studies of your own eyes, nose, and mouth. Look closely in a mirror. Use details and draw what you see.


2. Friday Jan. 13: Upside Down Drawing: Find a photo, either from a magazine or from home, and draw the picture upside down. This means your picture is upside down and you draw it that way. You will be using the right side of your brain and if you take your time and try to draw what you see upside down you will be surprised at the result!


3. Friday Jan. 20: Magazine Drawing: Find a picture from a magazine or newspaper and cut it in half. Tape that into your sketchbook leaving room to draw on the cut side. Complete the picture using complete creative reign. You may use color. Turn a person into an alien. Or an object into a person. Be sure to connect lines so it looks like a realistic transition.


4. Friday Jan. 27: Sketchbooks due. No assignment.


5. Friday Feb. 3: No new assignment. Fix or make-up any assignment(s).


6. Friday Feb. 10: Personal Still Life: Set up a still life (grouping of objects) using your personal artifacts. Draw your objects as you see them (overlapping, etc.) and your completed drawing must have: a) good composition (filling the entire sb page), b) dramatic light (set up a spot light, lamp, or even a candle and draw the shadows and dark areas), c) full range of value (lights and darks including white, black, and many grays in between)


7. Friday Feb. 17: No school. No assignment.


8. Friday Feb. 24: You are what you eat! Draw a burger with at least 8 different "ingredient" layers. Each layer should say something about who you are. For example, you might have a layer that illustrates/shows your favorite food (even though it is part of a burger, you can draw pizza). Or you might draw your favorite hobby (like to ride bicycles? Play video games? Draw a bicycle or draw an XBox or controller.). Be creative. Have fun. You may use color.


9. Wednesday Feb. 29: Sketchbooks due. No assignment.


10. Wednesday March 7: No assignment. Fix/make-up any assignment.


11. Wednesday March 14: No assignment.


12. Wednesday March 21: No assignment.


13. Wednesday March 28: Crumpled Paper Drawings: Crumple a piece of paper. Create three drawings OF that paper. You may turn the paper for a different view each time. Your drawings should be 15 minutes each. The first drawing should be a black and white pencil drawing. Be sure to draw a background (table, etc.) and use a full range of value (whites, blacks, and grays). The second drawing should be "negative" drawing where all of the whites will be black and the blacks will be white. The third drawing should be completed using color.

Sketchbooks are due Wednesday, April, 18, after Easter/Spring break.

Enjoy your break and Happy Easter!!