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1 Summer is a great time, but is important to keep doing artwork. There are three optional, extra credit assignments that are fun, keep your skills up, and your brain creative! If you have questions feel free to . All extra credit is due the Tuesday after Labor Day. Assignment #1: Mixed Media Robots! (see attached) You may work in a sketchbook or on a separate piece of paper, cardboard, or canvas. For inspiration (not copying) look at artists Rebecca Collins and Jim Bradshaw. Create three pages of sketches and mixed media compositions in your sketchbook. You might also choose to create a mixed media sculpture of your robot in place of one of the sketchbook pages. Assignment #2: Drawings from Observation: 10 Mixed Media Drawings (Select 6 small objects to sketch, then choose 4 other things of your choice to draw. Draw ½ in pencil & ½ in ballpoint pen (any color), then add your choice of media to your drawings.) Again, these can be done in a sketchbook, or individual pieces of paper. Spend some time looking at an object (not a picture of an object). Begin by sketching lightly in pencil to get accurate lines, then you can add detail with darker values. Half of your sketches should be done in pencil, the other half in ballpoint pen (any color). Assignment #3: Your Choice: Cut paper Illustration or Wire/Mixed Media Sculpture (see attached)

2 Robots: Show us how your brain works! Now is your chance to make your own robot artwork! Try to employ mixed media and collage like Rebecca Collins and Jim Bradshaw, Be creative! Robots can take many forms and do many things. If it helps, then think of a story for your robot. Has your robot become overlord of the planet? Is it a comedian? Broken all the time? What is its purpose? A nanny? A warrior? A policeman? An explorer? A rolling T.V. set that follows you around? Use the many pictures to inspire you (not to copy) or use the poem below as a starting place & start your own series of robots. Rebecca Collins Jim Bradshaw My robot's misbehaving. It won't do as I say. It will not dust the furniture or put my toys away. My robot never helps me with homework or my chores. It doesn't do my laundry and neglects to clean my floors. It claims it can't cook dinner. It never makes my bed. No matter what I ask of it, it simply shakes its head. My robot must be broken. I'll need to get another. Until that day, I have to say, I'm glad I have my mother. --Kenn Nesbitt

3 You may work in a sketchbook or on a separate piece of paper, cardboard, or canvas. For inspiration (not copying) look at artists Rebecca Collins and Jim Bradshaw. Create three pages of sketches and mixed media compositions in your sketchbook. You might also choose to create a mixed media sculpture of your robot in place of one of the sketchbook pages. More Robot Art for Inspiration!

4 Wire Sculpture/Found Object Sculpture Option for Assignment #3 Use wire, or a combination of wire and found objects to create a sculpture. Check out the work of Thomas Hill & Lisa Fedon to get you started! (*hint: There is more than one well known artist with the name of Thomas Hill. When searching for him online you may wish to use Thomas Hill wire.)

5 Paper Illustration Option for Assignment #3: Create a 9 x 12 dimensional paper illustration. You may use any type of paper, or combinations of paper. Some of the paper areas may be completely flat, or may extend outward up to 1/2 from the flat surfaces. At least some areas must project forward from the flat surface of the picture plane. You may tear up magazine pictures in order to create variegated color areas, or you may choose to work only in flat areas of color. There are many examples of paper illustrations on the web and in children s books. Have fun! Research helps you develop ideas, but don t copy!