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Eye Ball Project
-Draw an eye ball but add a unrealistic twist to it
-The eye can be from a human or an animal
-You can use pencil, colored pencil, water color or pen
-You must show the techniques you have practiced for drawing eyes the past couple of days.

Oil Pastels on Black Paper

Examples of Black Out Poetry

* You CANNOT simply black out the page with black marker! You need to incorporate design, pattern, narrative ect..

Next Project--Black Out Poetry

When creating a black out poetry piece you will be creating your own poem by blacking out other words on the page with mark making, designs, shading, patterns ect..

Tomorrow you will all receive several pages from an old book to work with..

If you are finished painting practice designs and sketches that you can use on your black out poetry page.

Ikat painting continued!

You must complete your ikat painting on paper 

before you move onto canvas

-Below are some examples of a couple styles that are a little "looser" patterns

-Also think about experimenting with more colors--don't use every color in the rainbow

--Think about warm colors cool colors and earth tones to pair together.

Ikat Day one products!

you do not have to work in a pattern. You can work
around the canvas a still balance out your piece.

Painting in the IKAT style

Ikat is a type of fabric that utilizes specific methods of weaving (the word means "to tie" or "to bind" in Indonesian) and a dipping dying method similar to that of tie-dying. Because its creation was so time consuming, it was often a status symbol of wealth and power.

Check out the Process.. CLICK HERE

Ikat painted patterns

You will choose 3 Colors to create your ikat painting!!

We will practice with watercolor first in our sketchbook.

On day two we will work on canvas.

Idiom Drawing Project

Sketchbook Assignment
An idiom is a phrase that is not taken literally..

Examples of idioms

Give it a shot - Try

Speak your mind - Say what you really feel

A piece of cake - Very easy

Slipped my mind - I forgot

Cross your fingers - For good luck

Be in hot water - Be in trouble

It cost an arm and a leg - It was expensive

It’s in the bag - It’s a certainty

Get cold feet - Be nervous

A rip off - Too expensive

Get a kick out of - Enjoy

Read between the lines - Find the hidden meaning

Have mixed feelings - Unsure how you feel

Draw a blank - Can’t remember

Have a change of heart - Changed your mind

Be second to none - Be the best

Get your act together - Behave properly

Play it by ear - Improvise

Have second thoughts - Have doubts

A basket case - A crazy person

Have a shot at - Have a chance

Be in the same boat - Be in the same situation

Out of the blue - With no warning

A grey area - Something unclear

Give someone the cold shoulder - Ignore someone

I’m all ears - You have my undivided attention

See eye to eye - Agree

Call it a day - Time to quit

The icing on the cake - Something additional that turns good into great