WARM UPS

2013-2014

PURPOSE AND LEARNING GOAL

• To practice and improve drawing skills

• To get your brain ready for Art Class

• To develop ideas for expression

• To select materials, tools, and techniques in your work

REQUIREMENTS

• You must clearly label your paper in the upper right-hand corner with:

• Your name• Period• Warm Up Number

• You must use your entire paper with drawing

• Do NOT just fill it in solid or leave large areas blank

• You must try your best

• You must use your time wisely

PROCEDURE• Come into class quietly

• Get out your sketchbook and pencil

• Have one person from your table get the supply caddy from the front table

• Read the board to find out what the warm-up is

• Begin warm-up without talking

• Work silently and focused for 5 minutes

• If someone stops working or is talking, the 5 minutes starts over.

• If you have a question about the warm-up, raise your hand for me to answer or I will give you specifically permission to ask a neighbor.

GRADING• 10 points per week (lowest grade is 5/10)

• To get the other 5 points

• Ideas/Expression (1 point)• You developed an original idea to express in your warm-up

inspired by the prompt.

• Use of Page (2 points)• You practiced using drawing materials throughout the

entire page. You did not simply color in.

• Neatness (2 points)• You selected and used supplies with care to create a neat

drawing.

• Sketchbook check every two weeks

WARM UP #1• Draw 3 random lines on your

neighbors paper.

• The lines can be any size, thickness, curvy, straight, zigzag, etc.

• Use the three lines that your neighbor drew on your paper to create a drawing.

WARM UP #2

• Invent a new candy bar and draw the wrapper

WARM UP #3MAKE A DRAWING TO GO WITH THIS POEM:

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me

Maya Angelou

Shadows on the wallNoises down the hallLife doesn't frighten me at all

Bad dogs barking loudBig ghosts in a cloudLife doesn't frighten me at all

Mean old Mother GooseLions on the looseThey don't frighten me at all

Dragons breathing flameOn my counterpaneThat doesn't frighten me at all.

I go booMake them shooI make funWay they runI won't crySo they flyI just smileThey go wild

Life doesn't frighten me at all.

Tough guys fightAll alone at nightLife doesn't frighten me at all.

Panthers in the parkStrangers in the darkNo, they don't frighten me at all.

That new classroom whereBoys all pull my hair(Kissy little girlsWith their hair in curls)They don't frighten me at all.

Don't show me frogs and snakesAnd listen for my scream,If I'm afraid at allIt's only in my dreams.

I've got a magic charmThat I keep up my sleeveI can walk the ocean floorAnd never have to breathe.

Life doesn't frighten me at allNot at allNot at all.

Life doesn't frighten me at all.

WARM UP #4• Write down the first 5 words that

come to your head in the upper left-hand corner.

• Make sure they are appropriate!• Create a drawing based on the

words you thought of.

WARM UP #5• Have everyone at your table

draw three organic shapes.

• Using ONLY organic shapes, finish the drawing.

WARM UP #6• Have everyone at your table

draw a geometric shape.

• Using ONLY geometric shapes, finish the drawing.

WARM UP #7• Make a drawing that uses at

least 5 different textures.

NO NEW WARM UP• Make sure warm-ups 5-7 are finished and

labeled correctly.

• Grade yourself.

• Make sure your story is finished WITH the symbols you brainstormed.

• Make sure your 2 sketches are finished with one colored.

• Place grade sheet on top of warm up #5.

• Turn in to file cabinet drawer.

• If you are missing anything or finished/improved an assignment for a higher grade, be sure to dog ear the page!

WARM UP #9• Design a new clothing brand with a logo and examples of

the clothing.

• Shirts• Formal wear• Pants/jeans/shorts• Accessories

• Jewelry• Hats• Shoes• Belts• Suspenders

• Anything you can wear!

WARM UP #10Create a drawing that includes 5 different patterns.

WARM UP #11• Create a fall inspired drawing

• Leaves changing• Fall Holidays• Weather getting cooler• Pumpkins• Anything else you can think of

WARM UP #12• Design a new mode of transportation

• Invent a new car• Invent a new way of flying (a giant pencil

with bird wings?)• Anything else that can get you from one

place to another!

WARM UP #13

• Create a new alien race and where they live.

WARM UP #14• Draw different types of pottery

or things made out of clay.

• Hint—think about things that you would like to create for our clay project!!!

WARM UP #15• Create a symmetrical

drawing.

WARM UP #16• Create a small drawing for each element we have learned this

semester:

• Line• Shape (organic and geometric)• Form• Value• Color• Contrast• Texture• Pattern• Variety• Emphasis• Unity• Balance (symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial)

• These should be small drawings, not just a bunch of examples on their own.

Keith HaringUntitled

1982

Which element does this show

best?