Practice+Exercises

These are just some practice exercises that students, and family, can do to flex their creative muscles and get the imagination flowing! They are not required, but I may consider adding some extra credit points if they are turned in with the portfolio.


 * Finger Painting
 * self explanatory
 * Zoom in
 * close up to the point of abstraction
 * Draw on top of an old drawing
 * A favorite word and visual description
 * Invert/change colors
 * Music to my ears
 * draw what you hear
 * Do you dream in color?
 * painting of a dream you had
 * White colored pencil on black paper
 * How it works
 * inner workings of a machine
 * Collage paintingCartoon
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">using only colored tissue paper
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Caricature
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Scene from a movie
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Portraits with exaggerated emotions/ silly faces
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Animated Inanimates
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">draw inanimate objects with human characteristics (physical or personality)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Experiment with light on objects with different textures (shiny vs. matte)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Design a costume
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Write a reflection on a famous artwork
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Parody a famous artwork
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Animals wearing hats (or any kind of people clothes)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">zOHM NOM NOMbies
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">draw/paint a historical figure as a zombie
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Come up with something I haven't mentioned here. I can't be expected to do //all// of your thinking for you.