Create a Football Helmet Design

You are the owner of an new Arena Football Team. Design a Team Helmet/Logo.

• Use colored Pencils.
• More helmet worksheets are in the front of Room 42
• Include a Gylph ( a simplified image)
• Include a Logo (the phonic name)

Line Conversion Project

In this project we will explore the use of line by filling in an object with those lines. No outline will be used. The interior lines will create the illusion of and edge, an implied line.

Process:

1. Find an image that has many basic shapes in it. You can use a magazine image or look on the web. The image should be about 5x6 inches in size. Cars, cameras and other mechanical objects usually work well for this project. Avoid people and animals!
2. Trace our the image and include all the major shapes.
3. Transfer the image to a 9x12 inch piece of white oak tag.
4. Use a pencil to fill the shapes with some of the lines your created in the last project. Have your lines reflect the shape of the object itself. Do NOT OUTLINE any shapes!!
5. Ink over your pencil lines with India ink. Take your time. Make sure to hold the pen upright. Test it on a piece of scrap before moving to your work. Work away from the last area you inked.
6. Erase any pencil lines that are still showing. The lines inside the shapes will create an implied edge around the object.
7. Use a water color wash to add color.
8. Cut out the image with an x-acto knife and glue it down onto a contrasting piece of construction paper.
9. Sign and date your work.

25 Type of Line Project

Material:

• T-square
• Triangle
• Masking tape
• 9x9 inch white drawing paper.
• #2 and colored pencils

Procedure:

1.  Using a T-square and triangle, square and tape your paper to your table. Use the corner of the table.
2. Divide the drawing paper into 25 equal boxes. Use your ruler as a "dividing stick".
3. Fill each box with 3 to 4 examples of different kinds of lines. Remember that lines can be created through repetition of objects that do not connect. These are implied lines.
4. Make sure your examples are not two close together so that they may appear as a visual texture. Leave plenty of space between them. (The lines are too close in the above example.)
5. Be creative, don't just repeat the same idea by changing the lines weight or color.

You will be using these lines in the next project!

First Sketchbook Assignment

Make sure your name is clearly marked on your sketchbook! Your first sketchbook assignments has two parts. Do Both!

1. Design a cover sheet for your sketchbook. Your cover sheet should tell me something about you. What do you do? What are your likes and dislikes? Make the image visually interesting by creating an area of strong emphasis where your eye is forced to go. You may us any medium you choose. Pencil, crayon, marker, collage and cut-outs etc. This assignment should take you at least an hour, it should be a worked up image not a sketch.
2. Select music that helps to create a dramatic mood. (something you like) Use markers, colored pencils, watercolors, etc. to create a design that reflects the energy of the song. It does not need to be realistic. Let the lines, colors and shapes express the feelings in the song. Think about how the views eye will move across the page.