• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Look at your neighbor. Create a blind contour drawing of them.
• This means NO looking at your paper as you draw and NO picking up your pencil, it should be one continuous line.
• Once you finish, draw the neighbor on the other side of you.
• Once you finish, draw someone across from you or somewhere nearby.
• These will look silly, that’s okay! You aren’t looking at your page, so it will look crazy!
• Think about:
  • How you can create the outside edge of the face, then move to the eyes, nose, and mouth without lifting your pencil.
  • Add details such as earrings, hair, and similar.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Create your dream house.
• What would it look like if you were standing in front of it?
• Add details:
  • Is it a house, condo, treehouse, yurt?
  • What do the windows and doors look like?
  • Does it have a fireplace/chimney?
  • Where is it located, what does the scene look like?

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Draw two squares that overlap at the corner.
• Draw a straight lines connecting the three corners that don’t intersect in the shapes. This turns your square shape into a cube form.
• Erase the inside lines of the back square to make it look solid.
• Add value to your cube shape to create a cube form.
• Think about:
  • Where the highlight, or the lightest area, is.
  • The darkest area will fall on the opposite side of the highlight.
  • The cast shadow should touch the bottom of the shape.
  • Remember, lines should not cross. Lines closer together will create a darker value, space them out to create a lighter value.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Create a sketch of your favorite animal.
• Close your eyes, think about:
  • What type of animal it is, what it looks like.
  • What pattern it has, if it’s scaly, hairy, or smooth.
  • Where it lives.
• Add details:
  • Add value to your drawing.
  • If you have time, add a background scene.
  • Try to fill up your page!

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Draw six squares in your sketchbook.
• Fill each square with a different pattern.
• Think about:
  • Playing with lines and shapes.
  • Playing with thickness of line.
  • Repeating lines and shapes.
  • Experimenting!
  • Adding value and contrast to your design.
  • Experiment with a range of colors.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Place one of your shoes on the tabletop.
• Draw your shoe.
• Include as many details as you can:
  • Add lines for sewn sections, buckles, and similar.
  • Add details such labels and text.
  • Add value, or light and dark areas, to your drawing.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Design a bug.
• Add details:
  • Can your bug fly or not?
  • Does it have a shell or hairy body?
  • Where does it live?
  • If you have time, add color using colored pencils.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Create a value scale.
• Draw 6 squares in your sketchbook.
• Use crossed lines to create a dark value in the far-left box.
• Space the lines out in the next box to create a lighter value.
• Continue to go lighter until you have even steps from the far left to the far right, leave
the last box the white of the paper.
• Using crossed lines to create value is called CROSS HATCHING.
• A strong sketch includes a range of value, reference this scale in future sketches to
make sure you have a range of darks and lights.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Create a sketch of a flower
• Close your eyes, think about:
  • What type of flowers are your favorite.
  • What it would look like if you combined more than one flower style together.
  • What the leaves and stem look like.
  • If it’s a bouquet or single flower.
  • If it has patterns on it.
• Add details:
  • Add value to your drawing.
  • If you have time, add a background scene.
  • Try to fill up your page!

• Get out your sketchbook and colored pencils.
• Go back to your mandala design from last week.
• Add color to your design.
• Think about:
  • Keeping the design SYMMETRICAL by repeating colors the same way in the rings of your design.
  • Creating a cohesive design.
  • Experiment with a range of colors.