Process Journal Assignment #1:  
​SIX SOMETHINGS

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Six Houses in the Neighbourhood
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Six Border Collies
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Six Dead Birds
This assignment will start during class and will be finished at home. The whole assignment should take approximately 3 – 6 hours to complete, so do a little each night in order to avoid cramming the whole assignment into one night before it’s due!

The goal of this exercise is to learn to LOOK CAREFULLY and to “draw from observation” – that means drawing people or objects “just as we see them”, and with them right in front of us. For this assignment, you may also use photographs from the internet to draw from, as long as they are (1) not comics - real photographs and (2) not an artist's work.
 
YOUR TASK:  Create a series of 6 (six) OBSERVATIONAL* graphite pencil drawings of six types of one thing. For example, draw six different frogs. Or six different famous statues. Or six different chocolate bars. Or six of your relatives. Each drawing should be fully developed, and a minimum 3” X 3”, which is about the size of the palm of your hand... drawn in your idea journal. They can be on separate pages, or on one page - however you want!
 
* Remember that in order to create an accurate observational drawing, you must LOOK at the thing (either in real life, or on a photograph) while drawing it, paying attention to its proportions, position, colours / values, etc. In order to record small details, the “thing” you’re drawing should be the same size you’re drawing it  (minimum). The best way to see details is to look at it on a computer, in a library book, or on a printed page, rather than on your phone. Observational drawing is the toughest kind of drawing to do – it takes patience, your full attention and TIME – it can’t be rushed. Please do your best to work slowly and in a focused way! 
Six Different Toys

Process Journal Assignment #2: PHOBIAS

Create a visual interpretation of a phobia (an extreme or irrational fear of something) or of something you, yourself are terrified of.
For this assignment, you must:
  • Use any COLOUR 2D medium (this can include digital work).
  • Complete one page of idea development, or conceptual play - whatever way you work best. This could include:
    • brainstorming (webs, lists, sketches, whatever)
    • ideas of different ways to represent the one(s) you chose
    • play with materials (art media) and images (ways of representing)
    • thumbnail sketches showing how you might deliberately compose the page space to lead the viewer's eye
  • Develop and finish the work at home
  • Spend at least three hours (preferably more) on the artwork
  • DO NOT rip the page out of your idea journal!
​​Click HERE to see a massive list of PHOBIA options!