Sept. 23-27 + beyond

• Make sure you have completed the "grid drawing - hand" worksheet!
• We will be going over the Element of Line.ppt
• also look at examples of textures and patterns
• Students will create a 3x5 grid of texture and pattern ideas towards "Silhouette Profile" project
• This project will be a contour drawing of each student's profile filled with unique textures/patterns
• This assignment is definitely a multi-day project
• We will end the week with an observational still life contour drawing

Upside down Princess - Due Monday

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Sept. 9-20 - The basics, the Elements & focus on various contour drawings

This week in Art:

• Syllabus due!
• Continue Album Cover Design

Coming up:

We will begin diving into observational drawing activities to strengthen your perception and explore the Elements and Principles of art:

• How to hold your pencil for drawing:
• basic tripod grip
• extended tripod grip
• overhand grip
• underhand grip
• Keep your pencil sharpened

• Wire sculpture drawing (promotes hand-eye coordination)
• Blind contour drawing (exercise hand-eye communication)
• Upside down drawing (move away from drawing what you think, but drawing what you see)
• Linear contour drawing (no worries about shading)
• Cross contour drawing (focus on form)
• Upside down drawing (focus on what you see and not what you think it is)
• Grid drawing (helps with proportion)
• Notes on Elements of art (the tools of creating art)
• Sketchbook 

What's going on in Art?

We have been learning a lot about each other!

• Covered class expectations
• Q&A session (Ask Ms. Lao (almost) anything!)
• Creative drawing activity: design your own candy
• First assignment:
• Design your own album cover (multi-day project)
• REMINDER: COURSE SYLLABUS IS DUE ASAP!!!