Distance Learning
Weeks One and Two: Work in your sketchbook using the following prompts:
- Split a magazine page in half. Draw the other side of it. Be sure to include value and texture.
- Attach a piece of scrap paper to your sketchbook page. Draw on top of it.
- Draw a person, place, or thing. Include Value. Draw a floral background for it.
- Create a NEW cartoon character. Include his/her/it’s name on the page.
- Look at artist Edward Hopper's work. Recreate one of his pieces. Reflect on his work. Describe in two or three sentences the painting you chose. How can you relate to his work right now? Describe emotion of the painting.
- Draw something from your home. (from observation; include value) Add a completely unrelated background to it.
- Draw “anything” really good. (think of this like a “prompt”)
- Think about something positive that has happened from the quarantine. Draw that. In a few sentences, explain why.
- Look at Keith Haring’s work. Recreate one of his pieces.
- If you could vacation anywhere right now, where would it be? Draw a piece of architecture, landmark, or signature food from that place.
Week Three Distance Learning:
Barbara Kruger
Look at Barbra Kruger’s work “I shop therefore I am,” 1987. read more about it HERE
Draw a sketch of this in your sketchbook. Then, on the following page, answer the following questions:
What is going on in this picture?
Why do you say that?
How does the artist utilize color in this artwork? *WHY
What message do you think the artist is trying to convey in this artwork?
Barbara Kruger was making a statement on consumption in 1987. In relation to what is currently happening, how does this relate to today? If you were to change “shop” to another word, what would it be? How would it define what is currently happening?
Recreate this image on a new page in your sketchbook. You may sketch your own hand or trace the hand. Change the words to fit what you currently think about the mentality of this current situation. Would you change the color? Why?
Think about all the things that you have. Are there any objects that you have that you can’t live without? Think about how these objects define who you are. Write about 3-5 things that mean a great deal to you and how they make up who you are.
Arrange these items as a collection and draw them on the next page of your sketchbook.
Kruger wanted to challenge the viewer to think about something she thought was important. What would you want to challenge the world to think about? Create your OWN COMPOSITION and saying to challenge the world. This could be about anything you deem important. Think about Kruger’s simplistic design to inspire your own.
Kruger put her artwork on billboards and often displayed them larger than life to challenge the viewer. Think about your own composition. Where would you put it to make sure it was seen? If not billboards (we don’t have many here in Lincolnton) then where? How do you get your message to the community? Write OR draw your answer on the next page of your sketchbook.
Draw a sketch of this in your sketchbook. Then, on the following page, answer the following questions:
What is going on in this picture?
Why do you say that?
How does the artist utilize color in this artwork? *WHY
What message do you think the artist is trying to convey in this artwork?
Barbara Kruger was making a statement on consumption in 1987. In relation to what is currently happening, how does this relate to today? If you were to change “shop” to another word, what would it be? How would it define what is currently happening?
Recreate this image on a new page in your sketchbook. You may sketch your own hand or trace the hand. Change the words to fit what you currently think about the mentality of this current situation. Would you change the color? Why?
Think about all the things that you have. Are there any objects that you have that you can’t live without? Think about how these objects define who you are. Write about 3-5 things that mean a great deal to you and how they make up who you are.
Arrange these items as a collection and draw them on the next page of your sketchbook.
Kruger wanted to challenge the viewer to think about something she thought was important. What would you want to challenge the world to think about? Create your OWN COMPOSITION and saying to challenge the world. This could be about anything you deem important. Think about Kruger’s simplistic design to inspire your own.
Kruger put her artwork on billboards and often displayed them larger than life to challenge the viewer. Think about your own composition. Where would you put it to make sure it was seen? If not billboards (we don’t have many here in Lincolnton) then where? How do you get your message to the community? Write OR draw your answer on the next page of your sketchbook.
Week Four: Marc Chagall
"I and the village"
Look at Marc Chagall’s painting, “I and the Village” and recreate it in your sketchbook. On the next page, answer the following questions:
What is going on in the artwork? (what do you see?)
Why do you say that?
How does this artwork use color? Shape? Line? Value?
Look at the two intersecting circles. What could those represent and what meaning does it give the work?
I and the Village is a “narrative self-portrait” featuring memories of Marc Chagall’s childhood in the town of Vitebsk, in Russia. The dreamy painting is ripe with images of the Russian landscape and symbols from folk stories.
The picture can be broken down into 5 distinct sections. The first at the top right includes a rendering of Chagall’s home town, with a church, a series of houses and two people. The woman and some of the houses in the village are upside down, further emphasizing the dreamlike quality of the work. Below that we see a green-faced man who some say is Chagall himself. At the bottom of the work, we see a hand holding a flowering branch. Next to that, an object which some say is a child’s bouncing ball — perhaps a plaything from Chagall’s earlier days. Finally, we see the image of a milkmaid layered atop the head of a lamb – a motif common to Chagall. (Cows, bulls and lambs figure in many of Chagall’s paintings as cosmic symbols).
The important thing to note about this picture is that is a reflection of Marc Chagall’s dreams and memories. Also relevant is the fact that many of Chagall’s pictures (including this one) have symbols that relate specifically to Jewish folklore.
* Copied from Here
On the next page of your sketchbook, I want you to list 5 important memories you have. Beside each memory, draw a symbol for that memory.
This painting can be broken up into five distinct sections. On the following page of your sketchbook, break the page into five sections. (very lightly, these lines will be a guide, but not apart of your final drawing). You can do this by creating an “X” and then drawing a shape on top of the X somewhere.
Example:
In the top triangle, draw symbols or buildings or a landscape to represent your hometown. Think about Lincolnton and what buildings or places are UNIQUE to it.
In the left triangle, draw a profile of an animal. Think about an animal that could represent you. In the right triangle, draw a profile of a person. This could be a profile of you or someone you think is important.
In the bottom triangle, draw one of the symbols from your previous sketchbook page. In the shape, draw another symbol.
Look at your composition and see where else your symbols could be added in. In the necklace on the person? Hanging from a tree? On the inside of a pupil? Come up with an interesting way to incorporate these symbols.
Once you have finished drawing, decide how you will add value. Do you have color pencils? Watercolor? Pen? Pencils? Use what materials you have available.
Once you have finished adding value and/or color to your artwork, on the following page in your sketchbook, analyze your work answering the following questions:
Describe your artwork and what you included (3-4 sentences minimum)
What does the symbolism in your artwork mean? (1-2 sentences)
What colors did you choose for your artwork and why? Does the color affect the MOOD (the feeling) of the artwork? (2-3 sentences)
How does the use of value impact your artwork? (1-2 sentences)
What is the title of your artwork and why? (1-2 sentences)
ADDITIONAL LINKS FOR CHAGALL:
This link is an online coloring page for this painting. Although you can spend some time playing on it, it has a really good image of this painting broken down into an easy drawing. Look at it for an easier guide to drawing.
MOMA
Week Five: Sketchbook Prompts
Pick at least three
- stairs leading to... look at M.C. Escher's work (below) for inspiration
- raining inside
- hands
- a BLIND CONTOUR drawing. (this is when you do not look at the paper! Don't pick up your pen!)
- Dog (look up humane society or dog shelter's !)
- Prank
- Medicine
- "Tough"
- Something on fire
- Anything Australia related
- Bridge
- Fish
- Skateboard
- "Action"
What is going on in the painting? What colors do you see? How does the artist use LINES in his artwork? What do you think the artist is trying to express ? How does the artist express SPACE?
Day Five: Recreate the image but using a more modern approach. Do we see what the person is responding to? Do the colors change? Does the way the person is drawn change?