Year 9

 

YEAR NINE HOMEWORK

Term 1 (First Half) Buildings 1.Two week homework Draw the front of any house (pencil). Make sure you add detail and tone 2.Two week homework Draw your bedroom from an angle (pencil). 3 Design a fantasy tower (biro). Produce a piece of descriptive writing to go with this explaining where the tower is and who would live there. Use your imagination!		Term 1 (Second Half) Buildings   1. Two week homework  Research – Find a painting with a building/s in and copy it in colour (pencil crayons/felt tips/paints). Annotate your work 2. Two week homework Draw any famous building (eg Eiffel tower) (ink). 3. Draw a staircase from the bottom looking up (pencil).
Term 2 (First Half) Figure   1. Two week homework Tonal studies of a RELAXED hands – you must not draw around your hand. (Pencil/ pen/ ink). 2. Two week homework  Research – copy a portrait by the artist Picasso in colour. (pencil crayons/ paints). On the same sheet, draw your own portrait in the style of Cubism in colour. (pencil crayons/felt tips/paints). 3. Draw 2 studies of your mouth, open and closed. (pencil).		Term 2 (Second Half) Figure   1. Two week homework Colour studies of a hand that has been made into shapes – for example, a fist, a pointing finger, a grasping hand… – you must not draw around your hand. (pencils /paints/ pastels ). 2. Three week homework Group work, work in pairs or threes – you have 3 weeks to create a piece of work made from recycled materials that is used to adorn the body; this could take the form of a headdress, interesting jewellery or even clothing.  Materials could include newspaper, plastic bags, bottle tops, elastic bands, old wrapping paper and string, post-it notes…ANYTHING!!! Photos of work will be displayed alongside the most successful pieces produced.
Term 3 (First Half) Frames   1. Research – Find 2 different artists who use pattern and copy an example of each in colour (pencil crayons/felt tips/paints). Annotate your work. 2.  Box designs- design 3 boxes using the patterns from homework one as decoration. Annotate your designs (colour) 3.Three week homework – Make one of the boxes you have designed (Use any materials you can get your hands on, e.g. card, papiér maché, string, paint etc.)		Term 3 (Second Half) Frames   1. Two week homework Design two frames based on Mendhi patterns in colour, earthy tones. Annotate your work (pencil crayons/felt tips/paints, you could even use henna!). 3. Design a hat based on Chinese new year (any). 4. Design a bag decorated with patterns found in any previous homework (any).

Remember:  Producing homework to your best standards will help you to achieve the best level possible for that half term.  Try to spend AT LEAST one hour per week on the actual work you submit (not 25 minutes thinking about it and 5 minutes producing it!)

If you are absent when homework is set, you are still expected to complete it – if you are unsure of what to do, ask someone in your class in the first instance as they are easier to find sometimes than your class teacher! There are many break time opportunities for you ask questions and to work on your homework (or class work!)  in the Art rooms using any materials available; there will also be after school availability.

You will be provided with A3 paper for each of your homeworks, along with a folder to keep them in. It is your responsibility to look after your sheets and you will not be issued with more paper should you lose the one you are given.