Drawing/Painting

E-Learning Assignments

Minnesota 9-12 Visual Art Standards

  • 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of the arts area.
  • 1A. Analyze how the elements of visual art including color, line, shape, value, form, texture and space; and principles such as repetition, pattern, emphasis, contrast and balance are combined to communicate meaning in the creation of, presentation of, or response to visual artworks.

  • 1b. Evaluate how the principles of visual art such as repetition, pattern, emphasis, contrast and balance are used in the creation of, presentation of, or response to visual artworks.

  • 1c. Analyze how the characteristics of Western and non-Western styles, movements, and genres in art contribute to the creation of, presentation of, or response to artworks.

  • 1d. Apply understanding of the health and safety issues related to creating in art.

  • 2. Demonstrate knowledge and use of the technical skills of the art form, integrating technology when applicable.
  • 2a. Integrate the characteristics of the tools, materials and techniques of a selected media in original artworks to support artistic purposes.

  • 3. Demonstrate understanding of the personal, social, cultural and historical contexts that influence the arts areas.
  • 3a. Analyze how visual artworks influence and are influenced by personal, social, cultural or historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

  • 3b. Synthesize and express an individual view of the meaning and functions of visual art.
  • 4. Create or make in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations.
  • 4a. Create a single, complex artwork or multiple artworks to express ideas.

  • 4b. Revise artworks based on artistic intent and using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

  • 4c. Justify an artistic statement, including how audience and occasion influence creative choices.
  • 5. Perform or present in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations.
  • 5a. Present, exhibit, publish or demonstrate collections of artworks for different audiences and occasions.

  • 5b.Revise presentation based on artistic intent and using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

  • 5c. Justify artistic intent, including how audience and occasion influence presentation choices.
  • 6. Respond to or critique a variety of creations or performances using the artistic foundations.
  • 6a. Analyze, interpret and evaluate works of visual art by applying self-selected criteria within the traditions of the art form.

  • 6b. Justify choices of self-selected criteria based on knowledge of how criteria affects criticism.
    • *All standards listed above are from the 2012 Minnesota Art Standards document.
  • 1) Pencil Drawing, Eggs: Arrange 3 eggs on a table and draw them as realistically as possible using pencil. Notice how the light reflects off the table and bounces back onto the egg ("bounceback"). Notice how shadows fade from light to dark. Be sure to use the dark pencil to get deep black tones that contrast with the strong white highlights.

    Email a photo of your finished drawing to Mr. Kulzer (gkulzer@htwinsted.org) Be sure to show some background that proves it's your work.
    Due 3/28

  • 2)Charcoal drawing Ghost: Use the charcoal provided to draw a ghostly figure similar to this image. Utilize the "smudgability" of charcoal to get the faded, ghostly look.

    Email a photo of your finished drawing to Mr. Kulzer (gkulzer@htwinsted.org) Be sure to show some background that proves it's your work.
    Due 4/4

  • 3)Lined drawing: Use lined paper to draw a creative figure similar to these examples.

    Notice that, to give it the illusion of depth, each drawing includes a little shading where the bars or lines fall in front of the figure. This gives the illusion that the figure is behind the lines and adds a sense of depth.

    Email a photo of your finished drawing to Mr. Kulzer (gkulzer@htwinsted.org) Be sure to show some background that proves it's your work.
    Due 4/7
  • Pieta Extra Credit Click here 4/7 -- No points will be given for the Pieta past this date.

  • 4)Crayon drawing: Use Crayons to draw a 3-d Character of your own design. Student examples can be found here..

    A lesson on cartooning is done prior to this lesson. If you haven't gone through the cartooning lesson already, a short video similar to what is covered in our cartooning unit can be found on Youtube here, or download it here.

  • 1. Practice drawing 3-d shapes with crayons first (Youtube video lesson) -- (Downloadable video lesson)

  • 2. Next draw your cartoon lightly with pencil. Make it as large as you can because crayons are thick. You won't be able to blend or shade with the thick crayons on a small drawing. In class we use 24X32 inch paper. Use whatever you have today.

  • 3. Choose 3 or more crayons of a certain color. For example, a light blue, normal blue and dark blue. Use the lightest of the 3 and start laying the color on, pressing harder on the outside edges of the drawing and lighter toward the inside.

  • 4. Use the middle color and layer it on like the first color, being sure to make it look 3-d by pressing harder and laying more color down on the outside edges while blending toward light on the inside of each shape.

  • 5. Do the same with the darker color.

  • 6. Now find Complimentary colored 3 crayons (opposite color on the color wheel. See illustration here). So if you used blues first, you would find three orange colored crayons. Note that yellow and purple don't work so well. Choose purple and green or yellow and red.

  • 7. Repeat the layering process with the Complimentary colors starting with the lightest and blending as you did in step 3-5.

  • 8. When you are finished with color, use black to outline all the shapes to give a sharper detail. Use black to blend and add a little extra shade as well. Note how the black is used in this example.


    • A time-lapse video of layered crayon coloring of a cartoon face can be found on youtube here. (Downloadable version here.) The finished cartoon here.

    Email a photo of your finished drawing to Mr. Kulzer (gkulzer@htwinsted.org)
    Due 4/17

  • 5,6,7) Independent Projects:The next three projects over the last four weeks of the quarter are individual projects that students do on their own. They must be large enough or intricate enough to have spent approximately 5 hours of work on each of them. Students may paint or draw for these projects.

    If students are having difficulty coming up with ideas, go to the Drawing/ Painting class page. Many project ideas can be found there.

    If the student has a large project (Hannah S.), she may work on that the rest of the quarter but must show progress pictures on or before every due date. 10 points will be awarded for each project or progress photo.

    All projects must be completed by 5/20/2020. NO INCOMPLETES WILL BE GIVEN The projects that have not been submitted by 11:59 May 20, will be graded as zero.

    Email a photo of your finished project to Mr. Kulzer (gkulzer@htwinsted.org)
    Progress or individual project photos are due 4/24, 5/8, and 5/20.

    • ALL PROJECTS MUST BE TURNED IN BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, 5/21/2020 OR THEY WILL BE COUNTED AS ZERO. NO INCOMPLETES WILL BE GIVEN.