• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Place your backpack, purse, or similar on your desk.
• Draw your backpack.
• Include as many details as you can:
  • Add lines for each pouch and zippers.
  • If you can see the straps or loops, add them in.
  • Add details such labels and text.
  • Add value, or light and dark areas, to your drawing.
  • Fill the page!

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Copy the T-shirt outline in this slide. You can do a back and front design or just a front design.
• Design your own shirt graphic.
• Add details:
  • Is there text on the shirt? If so, what is the style?
  • Is there text and graphics? If so, how do they go together?
  • Does it include graphics? If so, how are they placed on the shirt?
  • If you have time, add color using colored pencils.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Draw a triangle.
• Draw a curved line connecting each bottom corner of your triangle, erase the straight, bottom line of the triangle to create a cone.
• Turn your cone shape into a form by adding value using HATCH LINES.
• 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 home.
• Close your eyes, think about:
  • What it looks like when you are standing in front of the entrance.
  • What shape the windows and doors are.
  • What type of material it is made out of.
• Add details:
  • Add value to your drawing.
  • If you have time, add plants, walkways, etc. details.
  • Try to fill up your page!

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Draw three different sized circles inside each other.
• Create a mandala design in the rings.
• A mandala has a SYMMETRICAL design, keep the design
• repeating as you move around the ring.
• Think about:
  • Using a lines and shapes to create patterns.
  • Add a range of styles.
  • Experiment with various thickness of line and adding values.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Draw your non-dominate hand.
• Think about whether you want your hand flat, holding something, or in a different position.
• Include as many details as you can:
  • Make sure you LOOK at your hand as you draw it!
  • Pay attention to the contour line of your hand.
  • Add details such as wrinkles, fingernails, rings, etc.
  • Add value, or light and dark areas, to your drawing.

• Get out your sketchbook and a pencil.
• Draw an underwater sea creature that hasn’t been discovered yet.
• Add details:
  • Is this a deep-sea creature or can it also go on land?
  • What type of anatomy does this sea creature need to survive?
  • Label some of the features and explain why they need them.
  • 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 parallel 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 parallel lines to create value is called 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 tree.
• Close your eyes, think about:
  • What time of year it is? Are there leaves on the tree or is it bare?
  • Is it a leafy, floral, or a fruit tree?
  • Is it old, with a thick trunk, or a sapling?
• Add details:
  • Add value to your drawing.
  • Add texture 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 a line that fills your page.
• The line can loop, go straight, have hard corners, overlap, have fun with it.
• Fill the spaces between the lines with designs.
• Think about:
  • Using a lines and shapes to create patterns.
  • Adding a range of styles.
  • Experimenting with various thickness of line and adding value.
  • If you have time, use colored pencils to add color.