ADVANCED PLACEMENT STUDIO ART

Fall Trimester 2012 Home Sketchbook Assignments

Always take composition into consideration before you begin your work and remember to draw from life. NEVER
use photos as your primary source of reference.

Your letter grade will drop one letter grade for each day past the due date.
NO CREDIT will be given for any homework more than three days late.

Due Date Assignment Points Possible

8/22/2012 #1 All-Do a work of art of your choice of media, style, subject matter 20 pts
8/24 scholastic art worksheet on Joseph Cornell 10 pts
8/29/2012 #2 Dr- Set up a personal still life with many levels; draw in contour using weighted line
2D- Do an expressive landscape from life in any color scheme; media of choice
3D-Using wire, create a figurative gesture sculpture 20 pts
8/31 scholastic art worksheet on Urban Art 10 pts
9/5/2012 #3 Dr-Do a charcoal drawing using newspaper for the unoccupied space
2D-Create an image using only found images (magazines, newspapers, etc….)
3D-Build a new vehicle for a superhero of your choice 20 pts
9/7 scholastic art worksheet on Dale Chihuly 10 pts
9/12/2012 #4 Dr-Draw a contour drawing in color marker; add one area in colored cut paper
2D-Do a piece that shows movement
3D-Create a foam core set for a specific play 20 pts
9/14 scholastic art worksheet on Asian Art 10 pts
9/19/2012 #5 Dr-Fill a glass jar with similar objects or use a jar of olive or pickles and draw in color
2D-Do a mixed media illustration piece for an existing book
3D-Create a sculptural piece showing movement with repetition of simple forms 20 pts
9/21 scholastic art worksheet on Alice Neel 10 pts
9/26/2012 #6 Dr-Draw or paint an imaginary landscape from a dream
2D- Do a scratchboard work that emphasizes one of the principles of design
3D-Do a found object figurative sculpture 20 pts
9/28 scholastic art worksheet on Women Graphic Designers 10 pts
10/3/2012 #7 Dr-Do a gesture style of drawing based on movement
2D-Do a cut or torn paper design for a school concert or play in a limited color scheme
3D-Create a personality chair 20 pts
10/5 scholastic art worksheet on Perspective (Richard Estes) 10 pts
10/10/2012 #8 Dr-Fill a page with charcoal, smooth it with a cloth and with erasure, draw a figure
2D-Create a work where text or partial text is used for emphasis6
3D- Create an artist’s book, a dream suitcase or confined sculpture 20 pts
10/12 scholastic art worksheet on Art with a Message (New Version) 10 pts
10/17/2012 #9 Dr-Do a color oil pastel still life incorporating color
2D- Grid a photo. Distort or warp the grid and draw, making sure to add “voice.”
3D-Create a non-objective sculpture using rolled paper 20 pts
10/19 scholastic art worksheet on Edward Hopper 10 pts
10/24/2012 #10 ALL- Do a work of art emphasizing isolation 20 pts
10/26 scholastic art worksheet on Marc Chagall 10 pts
10/31/2012 #11 ALL- Do a work dealing with interior space 20 pts
11/2 scholastic art worksheet on Faith Ringgold 10 pts
11/7/2012 #12 ALL- Do a work of art dealing with a current social issue in any style 20 pts
11/7 scholastic art worksheet on Giacometti 10 pts

Homework assignments should take anywhere between one-half to four hours.

No makeup homework is accepted in Advanced Placement Studio Art.