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Owosso Hi gh School

Vi sual Arts Department



AP and Art Chal l enge:
Sketchbook Assi gnments

Week Assi gnment Materi al
Used
! of
Pages
"

#Cover at least four pages with charcoal$
#Make a variety of marks; smudge the charcoal% experiment with an
eraser$
#Draw a favorite object in your house$

Charcoal & Pages
Covered
'

#Practice drawing with graphite$
#Draw a bowl of fruit$
#Use the whole page$
#Do not leave any white showing$
#Experiment with line and value$

Graphite Stick ( Pages
Covered
( #Use a ballpoint pen
#Draw objects from your kitchen in an arrangement$
#Experiment with different widths and take advantage of
the strength and rich textures these pens permit$

Ball Point Pen
Black Marker
( Pages
Covered
& #Select a work of art by a famous artist$
#Paste a copy of the work in your sketchbook$
#Make three studies of the chosen work of art$
#Make a drawing using only line$
#Make one showing only the values (no line)$
#Make another showing only the colors (crayon% color
pencil% marker)$

Pencil%
Marker%
Crayon%
Color Pencil%
Marker
( Pages
Covered
) #Scribble randomly over your book$ Sit back and let your
imagination run free looking for shapes and patterns that
may appear$ Be aware of images that appear and
disappear as you stare at the page$ If one image is
present% work back into the drawing to bring that image
out$ Create areas of light and dark to define space and
form$ Add details to create a composition$ Dont be
afraid to over do it!

Your choice
of drawing
material or
materials
Cover at
least one
complete
page
* #Using India Ink and a brush% practice marking graduated
lines$ Be aware of how you can change the expression of
the line by changing the pressure on the brush$ Make a
variety of lines exploring the expressive character of the
medium$ Do a self#portrait with a thick brush$ Dont try
to be realistic$

India Ink
Your choice
of brush
Cover at
least (
pages
+ #Look at the bark of trees% rock formations% leaf shapes%
and objects in nature to find images$ Create a pattern
with an image from nature$ Use lights and darks to
create emphasis$

Your choice of
media
Cover at
least '
pages
, Drop some ink on a page$ While the ink is still wet% fold
another page over the one with ink% letting the ink make
an impression$ Open both pages$ Look hard at the spots$
What do they suggest? Think about composition and
create something incorporating the blots$ Be
imaginative!

Ink and other
medias of
your choice
Cover at
least two
pages
- Draw your bedroom window and whats outside the
window$ Fill the page with the composition$ Use value
to define the different spaces$

Your choice of
media
Cover at
least one
page

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