Sketchbook Assignment: Week 15
Monday, November 30th
Prompt 10: Blacken a page of your sketchbook with charcoal or graphite. Use an eraser to draw a subject. Focus on creating an illusion of form. See Frank Auerach’s drawings.
Sketch #1, Prompt 10, “Lamp on Credenza”
Sketch #2, Prompt 10, “Reverse Drawing of a Sphere/Ball”
Inspiration for Sketchbook #15
Monday, November 30th
“Self-portrait” by Frank Auerbach 1958
“Head of JYM II,” by Frank Auerbach 1984-85
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 14
Monday, November 23rd
Prompt 8: Quickly sketch an object in your sketchbook with a light pencil. Go back over the sketch with a darker pencil, this time slowly and accurately. Following Leonard’s example, be open to adjustments and corrections. See Leonardo da Vinci’s “Burlington House of Cartoons,” and his “Sketch of Female Hands.”
Sketch #1, Prompt 8, “Picture Frame of 50 Yard Line in Ohio Stadium”
Sketch #2, Prompt 8, “Coffee Mug”
Inspiration for Sketchbook #14
Monday, November 23rd
“Female Hands” by Leonardo da Vinci completed around 1474
“The Burlington House Cartoon,” by Leonardo da Vinci
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 13
Monday, November 16th
Prompt 2: Take a short walk. Draw the things you observe along the way. Look at the weed drawings of Cathy Nan Quinlan.
Sketch #1, Prompt 2, “Vines and Bushes Growing at the Base of a Fence”
Sketch #2, Prompt 2, “Hammock Between Two Old Trees”
Inspiration for Sketchbook #13
Monday, November 16th
Work from “Drawing of Weeds” Collection by Cathy Nan Quinlan
Another Work from “Drawing of Weeds” Collection by Cathy Nan Quinlan
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 12
Monday, November 9th
Prompt 24: Draw from your own autobiography and memory. Look at the work of Carol Rama.
Sketch #1, Prompt 24, “Christmas Eve in the Smith House”
Sketch #2, Prompt 24, “High School Volleyball Highlights”
Inspiration for Sketchbook #12
Monday, November 9th
“I due pini [The Two pines]” by Carol Rama 1941
“Opera n.” by Carol Rama 1940
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 11
Monday, November 2nd
Prompt 28: Draw a storyboard of your day using six boxes to capture the events. Look at the work of Luca Buvoli.
Sketch #1, Prompt 28, “My Day Oct 31st”
Sketch #2, Prompt 28, “My Day Nov 1st”
Inspiration for Sketchbook #11
Monday, November 1st
A Work by Luca Buvoli
An Additional Work by Luca Buvoli
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 10
Wednesday, October 28th
Prompt 3: Create a landscape using cross-contour lines. Imbue your lines with some type of emotion, for example, calmness or anger. Draw in the style of Louise Bourgeois.
Sketch #1, Prompt 3 (Anger/Hostility Depicted)
Sketch #2, Prompt 3 (Calmness/Serenity Depicted)
Inspiration for Sketchbook #10
Wednesday, October 28th
“Untitled,” by Louise Bourgeois
“Throbbing Pulse,” by Louise Bourgeois
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 9
Monday, October 19th
Prompt 34: Go to the House of Illustrations website and look at the works of artist’s who have had recent exhibitions. Make illustrations in the style of Jo Brockelhurst.
Sketch #1, Prompt 34
Sketch #2, Prompt 34
Inspiration for Sketchbook #9
Monday, October 19th
Jo Brocklehurst House of Illustrations Collection: Nobodies and Somebodies
Jo Brocklehurst House of Illustrations Collection: Nobodies and Somebodies
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 8
Monday, October 12th
Prompt 29: Draw a map of where you live now or where you grew up from your imagination. Look at the work of Courttney Cooper.
Sketch #1, Prompt 29 (Map of Where I Currently Live)
Sketch #2, Prompt 29 (My Hometown Neighborhood Map)
Inspiration for Sketchbook #8
Monday, October 12
“Cincinnati Map,” by Courttney Cooper, 1977
“Cincinnati Map II,” by Courttney Cooper
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 7
Monday, October 5th
Prompt 27: Make various marks and use different styles of drawing in one work. Look at work of Ellen Gallagher.
Sketch #1, Prompt 27
Sketch #2, Prompt 27
Inspiration for Sketchbook #7
Monday, October 5th
Image by Ellen Gallagher; Gagosian
Image by Ellen Gallagher; Gagosian
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 6
Monday, September 28th
Prompt 23: Make an automatic drawing, unlocking your unconscious mind. Use Tate Gallery on Surrealism and link provided for Automatic Drawing.
Sketch #1, Prompt 23
Sketch #1 (2nd Version), Prompt 23
Sketch #2, Prompt 23
Sketch #2 (2nd Version), Prompt 23
Inspiration for Sketchbook #6
Monday, September 28th
“Metamorphosis of Narcissus,” by Salvador Dali 1937; Surrealism Inspiration
“Forest and Dove,” by Max Ernst 1927; Automatism Inspiration
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 5
Monday, September 21st
Prompt 1: Draw a piece of fruit. Focus on rendering light. Look at work of Paul Cezanne.
Sketch #1, Prompt 1
Sketch #2, Prompt 1
Image Apple Is Based On
Image Blackberry Is Based On
Inspiration for Sketchbook #5
Monday, September 21st
“Avocado,” By Paul Cezanne
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 4
Monday, September 14th
Prompt 7: Choose a subject that can be used to create a symmetrical drawing. Change your point of view and draw the same subject as an asymmetrical composition. Inspired by Hilma Af Klint.
Sketch #1, Prompt 7
Sketch #1, Prompt 7, Symmetrical Butterfly
Sketch #1, Prompt 7, Asymmetrical Butterfly
Sketch #2, Prompt 7
Sketch #2, Prompt, Symmetrical Drawing
Sketch #2, Prompt 7, Asymmetrical Drawing
Sketch #2, Prompt 7, Side View – Images Both Look Symmetrical
Inspiration for Sketchbook Assignment #4
Monday, September 14th
Untitled by Hilma af Klint at the Guggenheim
Tuesday, September 8th
Prompt 19: Make a line drawing. Using a different color, make another line drawing or markings on top of the first drawing. Experiment with different subjects. Look at the work of Marisol Escobar.
Sketch #1, Prompt 19
Sketch #1: Cacti with added detail, Prompt 19
Sketch #2, Prompt 19 (Paper ripped so I had to cut the sketch out)
Sketch #3, Prompt 19; Experimenting with Marker on Line Drawing Instead of Colored Pencil
Sketch #4, Prompt 19; Using Marker Over the Line Drawing
Inspiration for Sketchbook Assignment #3
Tuesday, September 8th
Untitled by María Sol Escobar, a suite of six prints, 1978, in The Bradbury Art Museum, Windgate Gallery
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 2
Wednesday, September 2nd
Prompt 25: Start to doodle and using your imagination allow it to grow.
Sketch #1, Prompt 25
Sketch #2, Prompt 25
Inspiration for Sketchbook Assignment #2
Wednesday, September 2nd
“Hong Kong Night,” by Dr Doodle
“A Bundle of Beautiful Chaos,” by Matt Lyon
Further Inspiration by Dr Doodle: https://mrdoodle.com/Home
Sketchbook Assignment: Week 1
Thursday, August 27th
Prompt 22: Make marks that are inspired by foliage drawing with confident free flowing lines. Inspired by Henri Matisse
Sketch #1, Prompt 22
Sketch #2, Prompt 22
Inspiration for Sketchbook Assignment #1
Thursday, August 27
“Magnolia”, by Henri Matisse