The Following is an outline of our first unit. It is subject to change, but will give you a rough idea of the direction we are headed / and or lessons you may have missed, or need to catch up on.
Warm-ups:
Art 11 E “Iron Artist” Challenge
Cats! (Drawing from Imagination)
Walk about Contour Exercise (on pre “stained” paper)
Imaginary Ink Blot Creature
Scribble Face Gesture Drawing
Eye Dropper Faces
Contour/Tonal Drawing
Texture drawing exercise
Major Project: The 'Deconstruct' Project (also on blog post)
Create a visual response to the following prompt using any drawing medium you prefer (no restrictions). Ex: graphite, charcoal, marker, watercolour, pen and ink, ink and brush, etc, You may use any size/type of paper or drawing surface that you wish Note: you may also mix collage/found materials with your image This assignment can be as much about process as presentation and you are encouraged to engage in experimental thinking and risk-taking. No particular outcome is valued more than another, so feel free to explore the full range of possible expression in this piece of work. Prompt: • deconstruct | ˌdēkənˈstrəkt | verb [with obj.] | reduce (something) to its constituent parts in order to reinterpret it Steps to take:
Select something.
Deconstruct it.
Make a work in response to the process or result of the deconstruction.