Syllabus
Course Descriptions
Calendar
Grade Calculation
Supply List /Text
Research Presentation
Vocabulary
Sketchbook
Gallery Experience
Final Presentation

Student Gallery

Color Theory
Shading
Drawing in Perspective
Confident Compositions
Classic Compositions
Matting Instructions

Safe Studio Practices
J201 Art Lab Policies

Drawing 1 Sketchbook Assignments

Each set of sketchbook drawings is 16 pages. Students are encouraged to use and experiment with a variety of drawing materials. Use real life, not photos, as your source. It is important to listen in class for additional specific refinements of the assignments listed below.

Each sketch should be cropped with lines so that its composition is evident.

#1
16 pages of drawings echoing and practicing techniques presented in class. Beginning a drawing.

#2
16 pages of drawings echoing and practicing techniques presented in class. Value.

#3
16 pages of drawings echoing and practicing techniques presented in class. Line.

#4
Using felt-tip marker or pen and ink, make simulated and abstracted textures based on objects from nature -- shells, flowers, bones, or bark. 8 drawings.

Use frottage as the beginning for 4 drawings.

Start with a photocopy, finish in the media of your choice. 4 drawings.

#5
Complete a set of 8 drawings each using the same object(s). Demonstrate your ability to illustrate the subject in a variety of ways: media, abstraction, types of lines, values, etc.
Complete a second set of 8 drawings using another object(s).