Sketch Guidelines:

• Spend 30 minutes or more per sketch.
• Fill the Page and add details.
• If you use pencil, add shading.  If you use colored pencils, use blending/layering.
• Please do NOT color with markers.
• Write your name and date on the back of the sketch in pen.

 Sketches 3rd Quarter 2012

7th Grade

1. Draw a scene from the cafe, including a background.  A day due 2/1/2012.  B day due 2/2/2012.

2.  Advertising Adventure drawing.  Not Homework - will be completed in class.

3.  Draw something from a bird's eye view.  A day due 3/6/2012.  B day due 3/7/2012.

8th Grade

1. Create an Illuminated Letter.  (Draw a block/bubble letter so it fills the page and fill with drawings of objects that begin with that letter.  OR  Draw one of your initials and fill with drawings of objects that represent you.  A day due 2/1/2012.  B day due 2/2/2012.

2.  Advertising Adventure drawing.  Not Homework - will be completed in class.

3.   Draw a rescue scene, including a background.  A day due 3/6/2012.  B day due 3/7/2012.

Past Sketch Topics

• Create an Illuminated Letter.
• Draw a rescue scene.
• Draw a scene from the cafe.
• Draw something from a Bird's Eye view.
• Draw your favorite healthy food next to your favorite junk food.
• Draw an animal that represents your personality.
• Draw a scene from the circus.  Include a background.
• Make a Surreal Hand drawing.
• Draw the inside and outside of a UFO.
• Design a disguise for your favorite celebrity.
• Draw a face filled with your favorite foods.
• Design a ridiculous pair of shoes.
• Draw 5 things that remind you of Autumn.
• Draw your favorite leisure activity.
• Draw yourself 20 years from now.
• Use descriptive lettering to illustrate the meaning of a word.
• Draw what you are most looking forward to over the summer.
• Design a room for a futuristic house.
• Make a detailed drawing of an althletic shoe from observation.
• Draw a scene from your favorite book.
• Draw 3 animals combined into one.
• Draw yourself doing something you do well.
• Draw 3 inanimate objects that represent you.
• Design a new mode of transportation.
• Design a personal logo using your initials.
• Draw 2 animals that represent aspects of your personality.
• Draw your home or another building important to you.
• Design a theme park ride.  Fill the drawing with pattern.
• Draw something you feel strongly about.
• Draw a series of overlapping shapes.  Practice layering and blending colors in each space.
• Use 5 or more types of line to create an unusual portrait.
• Trace your hand and add 5 or more visual textures.  (Be creative!)
• Create a 5 step value scale in pencil.  Draw and shade a cube and a sphere.  (Indicate direction of light source.)
• Draw a surreal landscape.
• Draw a tennis show from observation and color with a monochromatic, analogous, or triadic color scheme.
• Design your dream home.  (use perspective!)
• Make a detailed drawing of something from your closet. 
• Draw a scene from an "unusual" pet show.
• Design a ridiculous machine.
• Draw something from nature.
• Draw a scene from a parade.
• Draw your favorite meal.
• Use your initials to design a Personal Logo!
• Design a futuristic vehicle.
• Design a costume or disguise.
• Design a unique/original cartoon character.
• Design and abstract/bizarre plant.
• Draw something you are good at.
• Draw something in disguise.
• Design a carousel horse (or other carousel animal).
• Draw a scene from a car wash (the more bizarre/unusual, the better).
• Draw something with an extreme close up.
• Draw a scene from a supermarket.
• Create a unique superhero or villain.
• Draw a creature that hasn't been discovered yet.
• Draw someone you admire.
• Design a poster for your favorite movie.
• Illustrate a song.
• Draw your favorite junk food from observation.
• Draw something you are scared of.
• Draw something you do in warm weather.
• Make a detailed drawing of a favorite sport or hobby.
• Draw a piece of furniture or an appliance with a face and personality! Don't forget to add a background!
• Create a planet and an alien that lives on it! 
• Illustrate a Famous Saying or Quote. 
• Make a detailed drawing of something that moves.
• Design a "non-traditional" hot air balloon.   (Hint: design a creative and unusual shape!)
• Draw a room without gravity.
• Complete the Puzzle.  Finish a drawing that incorporates a magazine scrap.
• Make a detailed drawing of the inside of something.  (Must be from observation, not imagination!)
• Draw an interesting object from 3 points of view.  (Draw an object 3 times from three angles.)
• Design a hideout or a place you might go to have some privacy.  (Be creative and use lots of detail!)
• Make a Detailed Drawing of a Shoe.
• Fill a page with 'expressive' lines. (A.k.a. organized doodling!)
• Draw a favorite childhood game, toy, or memory.
• Design and color a poster idea (or advertisement) for a new amusement park!
• Design the logo for the Waunafest T-shirt.  The theme is "A Weekend in the Country" and should be patriotic to honor our Armed Forces.  Can be hand drawn or computer generated.
• Draw what you are most looking forward to over the summer.
• Draw your favorite animal combined with your favorite food.
• Draw three kitchen utensils in an interesting composition.
• Design and color an advertisement for a new candy named after yourself.
• Draw something that plugs in (from observation, not memory).
• Complete a blind contour drawing of a hand, face, or bare foot.  Then, using colored pencils, add color to the drawing so it illustrates a specific emotion.
• Make a detailed drawing from an ant's point of view. 
• Draw and color an unusual object melting.  (Cannot be an object that would normally melt like ice, ice cream, snow, etc.)
• Design and color an original CD cover.  The band can be real or imaginary, but you may not copy any existing logos or designs!)
• Design and color a vehicle that works on land, in water, and in air.
• Draw and color something you might see through a keyhole.