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ART KETCHUP DAY!

Hello, my amazing artists!
Can you imagine, this school year is almost over and the summer fun is about to start!
This week's homework assignment is to catch up on all of your missing work. Check google classroom and see if any of your assignments marked "missing". Sometimes, the assignment is marked "turned in" but there is no attachment: as you know I can not grade your work if it's not uploaded. Please check both, homework and classwork.
By the way, did you know that June 5th is National Ketchup Day? What a coincidence!:-)

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Found Objects Color Wheel

Hello, my amazing artists!

This week's homework assignment is to recreate a color wheel using household objects.

Directions:

  1. Find items around your house that are the same colors as

    the Primary and Secondary colors and if you can the Tertiary colors in the Color Wheel. Toys and school supplies work great!

  2. Arrange the objects on the floor into your own color wheel. Remember how the colors are related and make sure you put them in the correct order!

  3. When you are finished, please take a picture and submit to Google Classroom. I will share your color wheels next class!

 I am attaching some of the examples of household objects colors wheel below as well as a color wheel itself, to help you with the correct order!

 

 

 

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Drawing of Your Art Supplies

Hello, my amazing artists!
This week's homework assignment is to draw you art supplies from observation. Arrange the supplies you enjoy using the most in an interesting composition. Show the variation of shapes and sizes. Please make sure to draw at least three items (or more).
Here are some examples that I found on the internet. You do not have to draw that many! But try to do your best job drawing the supplies that you have.

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My Pet Portrait

Hello, my amazing artists!
Meeting all of your pets during the zoom classes gave me an idea to create an assignment "My Pet Portrait". You can draw the pet that you own, or a neighbor's pet, or, perhaps, a pet that you would like to have one day. You can also write a little about your pet, like the name and favorite food or a toy. 

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One Color Assignment

Hello, my amazing artists!

Today we will explore our favorite colors and how the colors can affect our mood and emotions.

As you know, certain colors inspire certain emotions; learn to use them! Choose a color to explore, compose a realistic or abstract drawing using just one single color.  Medium: colored pencils, watercolor pencils, or markers

  • Black – authority, discipline, strength, and promoting independence.
  • Blue – cool, calming, relaxing and promotes feelings of tranquility and peace.
  • Green – balance, refreshing, normalizing, and promotes emotional growth.
  • Orange – cheerful, commanding, and stimulates goodwill, conversation, and appetites.
  • Pink – calming, accepting, and encourages affection.
  • Purple – comforting, spiritual, and generates mystery.
  • Red – power, drama, competition, and passion.
  • White – purification, energy, unity.
  • Yellow – cheerful, energetic.

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Sign Language Hands

Hello, my amazing artists!
The assignment for the next week is to draw your initials using the sign language chart. Practice drawing hands and learn how to show your initials in sign language! Using the sign language alphabet, fingerspell each letter and draw YOUR HAND in each hand position. 
 

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Musical Instrument

Hello, my amazing artists!
This week we will be drawing our favorite musical instruments!
Drawing musical instruments provide us with a great opportunity to practice lines, shapes, and form. 
Let's take a look at excellent examples below.
Please post your work on Google Classroom for grading. 

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Assignment

Hello, my amazing artists!
The homework assignment for the next week is to draw our Solar System.
As always, please title your work on the top of the sketchbook page.
It is up to you whether you want to label all of the planets and the Sun. Use colors for this assignment. After all, we live on a blue planet, Mars is often called the "red planet", etc. 
 
Submit your work on google classroom for grading. 
Please do not wait until the last moment to turn in your work, google classroom timestamps your assignments and I will deduct points in case of late submission. 
 
See you in our virtual art studio! 

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Hello, my amazing artists!
 
Have you ever thought about your future? Perhaps, you imagined your dream house or a next vacation destination? Today I would like you to think about what profession would you choose.
Draw yourself in your future workplace. There are so many professions to choose from! I am attaching some images for your inspiration.
This link is showing step-by-step instructions on how to draw a doctor.
 
 
 

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Hello, my amazing artists!
 
This week's assignment is to design a book cover.
These are the steps:
-Pick your favorite book and take a look at its cover.
-If you were an illustrator for this book, what would you draw on the cover? Sketch your idea in your sketchbook. 
-Include the title of the book, name of the author, and NAME OF THE ILLUSTRATOR (you) :-)
 
Alternatively, you can create a cover for the imaginary book that has not been written yet.
 
Don't forget to submit your image via google classroom by the due date to receive full credit.

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Hello, my amazing artists!
The homework assignment for the next week is to draw your favorite board game or game character.
Think about what games you like to play, whether it is a board game or an electronic game.
Plan your composition, fill up the whole sketchbook page with your drawing, size up!
Make sure your work looks finished. Spend at least 15 minutes on your drawing.
Your effort shows in your work!

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Hello, my amazing artists!
This week's homework assignment is to draw a place you would like to visit. 
I am attaching some sketches for inspiration.
Please submit your work via google classroom. 
Thank you!

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Hello, my amazing artists,
Traditionally, March is the month when we celebrate women, their achievements and their influence. This week's homework assignment is to create a drawing of a superhero, and I am encouraging you to think of a female superhero. While there is no lack of female superheroes in comic books and on tv, this is an open-ended assignment. Think of women or girls who inspire you and show strength. 

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Hello, my amazing Artists!
The homework assignment this week is to draw a butterfly. 
Butterflies are beautiful colorful creatures. You will have no trouble picking the one that you like. Use colors for this assignment; color pencils, crayons, and markers will work the best!

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Assignment

Hello, my amazing artists!
I know many of you will enjoy this week's assignment:-)I have received quite a few requests for a dragon drawing!
 
A dragon is a large, serpentine legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures around the world. Beliefs about dragons vary drastically by region, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire.(source: Wikipedia)
 
Art historians found and cataloged drawings, sculptures, etchings, architectural fragments depicting dragons from many parts of the world, please see images attached.
 
Your homework assignment this week is to draw a dragon. Please do not hesitate to color your work and add extra details! 
 

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Hello,
The homework assignment for the following week is to draw a furnished room. It can be any room in your house: bedroom, kitchen, bathroom. Take a look at the attached examples. Can you spot the room painted by Vincent van Gogh? How did the artist make the room appear three dimensional?  What helps to show the depth of the room?
Can you draw your room using a one-point perspective?  
 

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Hearts, hearts, hearts!
 
Hello, my amazing artists,
The homework assignment is to create an interesting composition that involves the image of the heart. Many artists painted, collaged, and carved hearts out of wood and stone. I am curious to see your drawing of this symbol of love, family, friendship. 
 

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Assignment

Hello, my amazing artists,
This week we will be drawing our favorite animals.
Please write a one-sentence long statement about your choice. What makes the animal you decided to draw special? 
E.i. My favorite animal is a cheetah. It is the world's fastest land animal.

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Hello, my amazing artists!
This week's homework assignment is to draw a flower (from memory) or a potted plant ( from observation). If you have a plant at home that you can draw from that's great! If not, drawing a flower from memory (or a reference image) will work just fine.
Many artists were inspired by nature and organic, intricate shapes of the botanicals! 
 

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Hello, my amazing artists!
The homework assignment for this is week is to draw a logo of your favorite sports team!
You can find the short video on how to draw the San Francisco 49rs logo here.
It does not have to be an NFL, it could be soccer, hockey, baseball, any team sport!
 

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Hello, my amazing artists!
Google just announced the theme for this year's Doodle for Google contest and we are game!
"I show kindness by..." 
The homework this week is to brainstorm your ideas and to draw them in your homework sketchbook. I will print out submission forms for you next week. It's a great contest and the prizes are fantastic! Follow the's the link to read contest's rules and conditions. 

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Hello, my amazing artists! 
Happy 2020! 
Did you know that according to the Chinese zodiac, 2020 is the year of the Rat?
The Rat is the first of all zodiac animals. According to one myth, the Jade Emperor said the order would be decided by the order in which they arrived to his party. The Rat tricked the Ox into giving him a ride. Then, just as they arrived at the finish line, Rat jumped down and landed ahead of Ox, becoming first. Quick thinker! 
Our first homework assignment of 2020 is to draw a famous rat character (or a mouse). 

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Hello, my amazing artists!
 
Next week's homework assignment is to draw a portrait of a friend or a family member! You can sketch a portrait of your friend from observation, or photograph (yearbook is a good source of your classmates' photos). Start with the oval or egg-like shape of the head. Think about what features make your friend's/ family member's face special. Is your friends hair curly or straight? What color are your friend's eyes? So many details to keep in mind! 

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Hello, my amazing artists!
 "Winter Sports" is our homework theme for the next week. Please draw a scene from any winter sport activity or create an elaborate image of your favorite sport's equipment. You can use a regular 2B pencil for this task( use shading, hatching, and cross-hatching) or some color pencils! 
 

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Hello, my amazing artists!
This week we will be drawing a teacup (or a coffee mug) from observation. As always, we are looking for the biggest shape to identify. In cups and mugs, it is either a cylinder or a sphere. Start by drawing a vertical guideline. As we are trying to convey the 3d form of the object we pay attention to the depth of the teacup-the circular (oval) opening and the base. Remember our classroom discussion and try to avoid a common mistake: oval opening and flat base. 
Here's the link for advanced students of step by step instruction. 
Happy Thanksgiving!

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Hello, my amazing artists!
The homework assignment for the next week is to draw a tree leaf from observation. The Fall season gives us an opportunity to draw many beautifully colored tree leaves from observation. So next time you go for a walk, look around, you might just find a leaf waiting to be drawn!
To show the rich colors of the leaf use colored pencils. If you decide to use the favorite pencil of Shakespeare, 2B can be used to shade the leaf, showing a variety of darker and lighter areas. 

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Hello, my amazing artists!
This week's assignment is to draw a dinosaur in the natural setting.
Since the first dinosaur fossils were recognized in the early 19th century, mounted fossil dinosaur skeletons have been major attractions at museums around the world, and dinosaurs have become an enduring part of world culture. The large sizes of some dinosaur groups, as well as their seemingly monstrous and fantastic nature, have ensured dinosaurs' regular appearance in best-selling books and films, such as Jurassic Park(source: Wikipedia).
I am attaching some of the dino drawings and the links for step-by-step tutorials for those of you who need a little help to get started. Do not forget to add a background!
 
 
 

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Hello, Artists,
This week's drawing challenge is to combine three existing animals in one, creating new, absolutely fantastic species! I can't wait to see the combinations you will come up with! 
Have fun!

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Hello, my amazing artists! 
This week we will be drawing a haunted house. It can be an exterior or interior of the house. Add as many spooky characters as you want! Have fun!
If you are having a hard time drawing a haunted house, there is a step-by-step print out sheet that you can use as a guide. 

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Hello, my amazing artists!
Halloween is quickly approaching, the homework assignment is to draw your favorite candy or two! This is a great opportunity to use color pencils or watercolors! Yum!

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Hello, my amazing artists!
This week's homework sketch assignment is to draw a pumpkin! 
Start by identifying the biggest shape (usually circle or oval) and sketching it on your paper lightly. Keep adding details such as stem and decorations (you can use lines, shapes, patterns, abstraction). See attached examples of decorated pumpkins. My favorite is a pumpkin sculpture by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. What's yours?

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Hello, my amazing artists!
This week's homework is to draw an animal playing on a musical instrument! 
The assignment gives you a fantastic opportunity to create a unique drawing, due to multiple possible combinations! I can't wait to see what ideas you will come up with!

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Hello, my amazing artists!
 
This week's homework is to draw your spirit animal. In certain spiritual traditions or cultures, spirit animal refers to a spirit which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies. It is also a metaphor, often humorous, for someone or something a person relates to or admires.
Here are some examples of spirit animals :
  • Bear
  • Crow
  • Dragonfly
  • Elephant
  • Frog
  • Hummingbird
  • Panda
  • Snake
  • Eagle
  • Lion
  • Owl
  • Wolf
  • Fox
  • Butterfly
  • Horse
 

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Hello, my amazing artists!

The homework assignments for the next week is “Imaginary Place”. Today we looked at some examples from the Romanticism period of art, which commands the free expression of the artist's feelings. To express these feelings, it was considered the content of art had to come from the imagination. Think of this assignment as a chance to create a new environment, your fantasy land, the place where everything is possible. 

 

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Assignment

Hello, my amazing artists!
Our first homework assignment is to draw a Self Portrait! 
What is a self-portrait? It is a painting or a drawing of yourself that is done by yourself.
Look in the mirror. You are special. Your features are unique. 
Try to draw what you see. Don't get discouraged if something is not going the way you planned. Give it your best effort!
This homework is due next Wednesday, September 18th.