Sketchbook Assignment: Big Nature

Problem: Using one whole page in your sketchbook, create a drawing of a houseplant, flower, or even a plant you found outside that uses the entire page, touching at least two sides.

Your drawing should:

-Have an interesting composition (zoomed in, touching at least 3 sides of the page)

-Include 4-5 recognizable parts of the plant (leaves, flower petals, etc.)

-Demonstrate careful observation of overlapping shapes.

-Show shading and a wide range of values (darkest darks and whitest whites)

-Demonstrate at least an hour of careful study.

-Demonstrate use of varied line quality and texture.

This sketchbook assignment is DUE: Friday, June 4th

Clay Effigy and Expresive Pedestal

The Problem

You were to select a person who found to be influential or significant to you. Using brainstorming techniques such as though web, sketches, and proportional drawings you were to design how your effigy was going to look and designed your expresive pedestal. The effigy was to be representative of your chosen person either realistic or caracture. The expressive pedestal is to illustrat who your person is to the viewer (how they were influential, what they did for a career, etc.).

Clay Effigy Criteria