Studio Art II/III/AP Homework: Pumpkin "Sculpting"

Due Date:
One week

​Project:
An artistic, sculptural carving of a pumpkin

Objectives:

• Explore three-dimensional art-making
• Analyze the structure of a human head.
• Exercise your creative thinking

Materials:

• Pencil
• Sketchbook (for generating ideas)
• Two pumpkins (The first is for practice.)
• Knives and other sculpting/carving tools

Grading Criteria:

• Inventiveness
• Ambition
• Quality

To Start:

• Study the structure of the human head
• View the following website:
  • http://villafanestudios.com
  • View the videos below and on the Villafane website

VIDEO: 

Alternative: Still Life Drawing with Pumpkin

As an alternative to sculpting a pumpkin, you may instead make a full color observational drawing of a pumpkin as the main subject in a scene, considering the entire picture plane as a composition.

Medium: Color Pencil or Oil Pastel

Size: 11 x 14" (sketchbook size) or larger

Objectives:

• Form (Illusion of three dimensions)
• Texture
• Composition
• Refinement

Drawing by Irina G.