Sketchbook Exercises

Sketchbook Exercises

1. Enter the required process folio assignments per project. (include every self-evaluation)
2. Paste the checklist below into your sketchbook. Fulfill the following exercises outside of class. (some will correlate with project directly and will be worked on in class as noted). Number each exercise with the sketch # given.
3. Use your sketchbook for yourself! This is your book, not mine. I want you to enjoy it and make it interesting, exciting, and personal. 

Sketch #	Checklist	Sketchbook Assignments
1		Draw an image of your new handmade sketchbook! Paste in the instructions on how you built it. Flesh out these instructions with notes to yourself about what was difficult about making it for future reference.
2		Draw anything you want, but draw it upside down using ink. Twice. Make it messy, using textures from your ink splotch studies.
3		Create a Value Scale: Stack 2 rows of 9 - 1” square boxes in a row. On the top row, Shade in 9 boxes from black to white, with middle grey perfectly in the middle. Use 6B pencil for the darker half, and a 2B pencil for the lighter half. On the bottom row, create the same value scale by cross-hatching with the same pencils.
4		Create a small stamp out of a raw potato, foam, gum eraser, or linoleum block (speedball linoleum is easiest). Cut it out using an Xacto knife or linoleum cutting tools. Repeat this image in such a way that the sum of all the stamps creates another image (e.g. a school of fish). Use an ink pad or some acrylic paint for your color.
5		Cutout a partial image from a magazine, newspaper, or any printed material. Draw a continuation of the image. Try and create a sense of depth.
6		Create a color wheel (extra instructions in class)
7		Mixing acrylic paint, make a grid out of the palette of colors you will use to paint the artist reconstruction in project 4. (extra instructions in class)
8		Create a collage that shows how to focus in and emphasize a subject within a composition (check with instructor for examples)
9		Use one page to make a short comic about your first kiss, a trip to the emergency room, or a movie that you loved. OR take an assignment from www.learningtoloveyoumore.com and complete it.  Record your experience in photos and writing.
9		Build the thumbnails for your book project. Show each page layout sequentially as well as your process for building your page design. (extra instructions in clas)