Creative Design Projects - Using "Art" to Improvise Unique Design Projects

All drawing activities will cycle back to the beginning every four weeks, or be variated spontaneously depending upon the skill level of each week's group of students.  Over a four week period, eventually each exercise will be introduced and practiced in class.

Weekly Class Activities:

1. Week of Dec. 5th:  

Topic: "Scribble Monster Face" 
Theme: Visualization and imagination exercises

Topic: "So Scary!" creature expressions
Theme: Learn and practice drawing cartoon emotions

Topic: Wings and things
Theme: Experiment drawing a variety of wing shapes


2. Week of Dec. 12th:

Topic: "Monster MadLibs"
Theme: Students suggest a range of monster parts to combine

Topic: Strange shapes for strange creatures
Theme: Base character shapes on ovals, rectangles, triangles, etc.

Topic: Spooky backgrounds with V's, B's, and Z's
Theme: How to convert alphabet shapes into scary scenes


3. Week of Dec. 19th:  

Topic: "Story Tag: You're An IT!"
Theme: Suggest themes for a scary story

Topic: Zombies, mummies, and aliens
Theme: Focus on drawing key elements of these creatures

Topic: Castles, crypts and caves
Theme:  Where do cartoon monsters live?


4. Week of Dec. 26th:

Topic: Horns, hooves, and fangs
Theme: Exercise your ability to draw these various monster parts

Topic: 20 second scenarios
Theme: Quickly brainstorm a "who, where, what" story

Topic: Tentacles, eye-stalks, and energies
Theme:  Exercise your ability to draw these various monster parts