Norwood High School

Drawing & Painting I

Homework Assignments 2010-2011

Overview: Each week there is a topic for you to draw.  For each topic, you are to complete 5 drawing that should take about 10-20 minutes for each drawing (feel free to work longer). For weeks with less than rather five days in the week you need to complete the number of drawings indicated.

Requirements: All of the drawings must be complete in your sketchbook, but you can be creative about how you use the pages of the sketchbook (you can put multiple sketches on the page, you can overlap drawings, think creatively).  Drawings should be completed in chronological order (The title page is the first page, the next page starts week 2, etc).  Mark sure that you clearly write your name on the cover of your sketchbook.  ALL DRAWINGS SHOULD BE COMPLETED FROM OBSERVATION. Apply the skills that you learn in class.  The assignments vary, so your interpretation can vary.  For the drawings due October 4th, you would sighting for each drawing, but one drawing might be a line drawing, another value drawing, one might be place, while another might be a thing, while another could be a person. The same object can be used, you just have to render it differently.

Drawings should be worked on the week prior to due date.

Assignments and Due Dates

  • September 13: Acquire a sketch book, design your bookmark and title page.
  • September 20: Line drawings of objects you find in your home
  • September 27: Objects that are rectangle or square

 

  • October 4:    Objects that are round
  • October 12:   Nouns with sides
  • October 18:   Leaves (4 drawings)
  • October 25:   Objects that are pyramids

 

  • November 1:   Objects with a strong light source (4 drawings)
  • November 8:   Your choice (anything you want, does not have to be from observation)
  • November 15:  One object from different point of view and/or angle
    (4 drawings)
  • November 22:  Shoes
  • November 29:  Top views of objects 

 

  • December 6:   Corners of rooms
  • December 13:  Drawings that show depth
  • December 20:  Free choice

 

  • January 3:    Research Paper (4 Drawings)
  • January 10:   Research Paper
  • January 18:   Research Paper
  • January 24:   (Midterms, 3 drawings) Faces
  • January 31:   Eyes

 

  • February 7:   Ears
  • February 14:  Nose
  • February 28:  Mouth

 

  • March 7:      Free choice
  • March 14:     (4 drawings) Food
  • March 21:     Things you find in your school bag
  • March 28:     Faces

 

  • April 4:      Chairs
  • April 11:     Objects with distinctive textures
  • April 25:     Objects that represent you

 

  • May 2:        Silverware
  • May 9:        Objects that are soft
  • May 16:       Phones
  • May 23:       Free Choice
  • May 31:       Trees

 

  • June 6:       Complex forms (4 Drawings)