Art II

Oil Pastel Homework: You are What You Eat!

Objective:
Create an observational drawing on 18x24 with oil pastels in which you respond to the idea “you are
what you eat”.

Specifics:
This entire drawing must be from OBSERVATION (no made-up stuff!). Choose your favorite...snack,
meal, or guilty pleasure and arrange it in an exciting or interesting way to showcase its importance to
you, while also considering the colors of the background/setting and how they work with the colors of
your favorite food. Think about plate/glass/mug color, the color of the packaging of a
product...EVERYTHING! Above all else (well, in addition to everything else) make a COOL
COMPOSITION! Your composition should move our eye around...off the page then back on again.

I don’t just want to see apples, bananas, and oranges in a bowl...think above and beyond, and most
importantly, make it about YOU and your TASTE BUDS!

Bon Appétit!
Objective Design Studio Skills Presentation

Drawing has been
completed on 18x24 paper.
All objects and colors have
been drawn from DIRECT
OBSERVATION to create a
sense of light, color, form,
and space.
Drawing clearly responds to
the prompt “You are What
You Eat”.
There is a clear sense of
visual movement through
your composition, created
by where/how you placed
your objects on your page
and the colors used.
The color choices you have
made work well to
compliment the other colors
in the drawing.
Accurate colors have been
mixed by layering the
pastels over one another.
Sighting has been used to
achieve accurate
proportions.
You have avoided “over-
mixing” colors by scraping,
when necessary, and lightly
layering.
Drawing is evident of
quality time, thought, and
care.
All areas of the drawing are
resolved with equal effort
and attention (there are no
left-over or neglected areas
of the drawing).

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DUE Dates:
4 Thumbnails- Tuesday 3/24/09
In Progress Critique- Tuesday 3/31/09
Final Drawing- Friday, 4/17/09