Scholastic Art
Challenge!
• You will select one of the images from this PowerPoint as inspiration for your art project
• Read the directions carefully, because you are restricted to specific subjects and mediums
• Your challenge is to create an artwork that can win a gold key in the Scholastic Art Competition!!!!!!
Prepare a piece of paper with
heavy watercolor washes and
drips
Next, create a portrait on top of the paper using chalk
pastel
Last, add an interesting
background to add interest (in this case, the dead trees)
Create an acrylic painting on wood panel (you must supply the panel)
The subject should be some kind of everyday object
(shoes, an interesting hat, a wrench, etc……)
This should be highly realistic and life sized
Create a pastel drawing of a
musical instrument in an interesting
angle
Collage sheet music to create an interesting background
*** you could also do a drawing
of any other subject and college the
background with a other materials (ex newspaper, magazine, etc.)
***
Create a series of related drawings
in pencil
Then, collage your drawings on watercolor paper
and add watercolor
washes and drips
Create a watercolor
painting of a place starting with watercolor pencils
Use only expressive colors
to show the mood, or feeling, of the
place
Create a watercolor painting of an
interesting article of clothing
Use watercolor washes and drips to create a unique background
Last, layer text or other images (such as
clothing company logos) on top of your
finished painting using charcoal, pencil or
sharpie marker
Using watercolor pencils, make a painting of reflective objects. Use interesting washes for the background. Define important areas with chalk pastel or white & black charcoal pencils
Create a portrait in watercolor
Your portrait should be a close-up and show
an interesting expression
Don’t shade at all!!!!
Each value will blocked out
individually (like a coloring book)…use this image to help
you!!!
Use exaggerated color to create mood
First, create a layer of tissue paper on
watercolor paper
Draw a flower from different angles, overlapping your
drawings
Fill in each flower with watercolor…let the overlapped areas
create blended colors
Last, define the interesting areas with chalk pastel or black & white charcoal pencils
Create a watercolor wash
on a piece of watercolor paper
Draw a functional object sitting on a surface (table, bench, box, etc.)
using pencil & shade with watercolor
Use chalk pastel to define the
object
Create a watercolor painting of flowers (do not use sunflowers!)
Using sharpie marker, outline the edges that separate every value
Add texture in the background using
sharpie marker
On one piece of paper, draw 5 portraits from life using only contour line. Do not lift your pencil off the paper at all!
Later, make watercolor washes and drips to add interest and define the best sections of the drawing
Create a portrait or self-portrait in
pastel using only sepia tones
(brown, red, tan, yellow)
Show the person from an interesting angle (looking up, looking down, etc.)
Make sure your subject fills the ENTIRE PAGE
Create a portrait or self-portrait in
CHARCOAL
YOUR PORTRAIT MUST BE FROM A BIRDS-EYE-VIEW
(SHOWN LOOKING UP, FROM ABOVE)
YOUR PORTRAIT SHOULD FILL THE
ENTIRE PAGE
CREATE A DRAWING OF SOMEONE PLAYING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, BUT ONLY SHOW THEIR HANDS…THE DRAWING SHOULD SHOW THE MOTION INVOLVED IN
PLAYING THE INSTRUMENT. Begin with watercolor pencils. Add chalk pastel at the end to define important
areas.
Create a self-portrait of you experiencing a
magical transformation
Your facer should fill the page
Begin using watercolor pencil
and add chalk pastel or charcoal
at the end to create more
contrast
Create a close-up self-portrait that includes objects from an activity you enjoy (it could be ballet slippers, paint
brushes, a video game controller, etc.)
use VERY LIGHT pastel on colored paper.
Create a close-up self-portrait from a worms-eye view (shown from below)
You can use any medium
Do a great job and this could be
you, posing next to
your award-winning artwork!