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WHAT’S INSIDE MY LOCKER?

You will be creating TWO drawings – one of your locker as it appears in real life, and one fantasy locker.

Objectives: students will

• Use imagination

• Develop measuring and ruler skills

• Apply different techniques to create perspective and depth

• Practice drawing skills

• Use creativity in developing a fantasy scene

Materials:

drawing paper

black marker, colored pencils

pencil, eraser, ruler

Procedure:

(No instruction necessary—set up supplies and example along with student instruction sheet. Students work on this when finished with main project)

1. Fold 12x18 paper vertically to make a long folded paper 6”x18”. Put fold on side that your locker opens.

2. Draw front of locker. You may go out in the hallway to draw outside the art room door. Remember to draw the vents, locker number and combination lock. Don’t forget the hinges. Draw top and bottom section.

3. Open fold and draw top and bottom section. Draw items in your locker that will tell a story about who you are. Select objects of importance to you.

4. Outline locker with fine point black marker.

5. Color with watercolor markers or colored pencils

6. DRAWING 2: You’re having a bad day and suddenly, when you open your locker, you experience a fantasy or “surreal” scene. Following the same steps as above, draw a fantasy scene of what might be in your locker. Be creative/funny/weird/exciting!

Evaluation:

15% - straight lines in appropriate proportion

15% - perspective used to create depth in locker

15% - perspective created through overlapping objects, using more detail at front, etc.

15% - range of values used to provide contrast

20% - Drawing 1: objects inside locker are well-drawn with good detail and shading

20% - Drawing 2: your scene is well-drawn and demonstrates creativity

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100%