8th Grade Sketchbook Project
8th graders are required to complete a sketchbook project, in which you will work independently to explore individual artistic styles throughout the semester. You may work on the drawings in your sketchbook any time you are finished early with a class project, or whenever you have a little extra time in class. Sketchbooks may be taken home as long as they come back to class the next day! Each drawing should take time and effort and include color and/or shading and creative detail.
**Drawings do not need to be done in order, but make sure you label the drawing in the corner with the number of the corresponding prompt**
**Drawings do not need to be done in order, but make sure you label the drawing in the corner with the number of the corresponding prompt**
Drawing Prompts:
- Illustrate your favorite song
- Draw the contents of a trash can
- Draw a plant or flower
- Draw a shoe
- Draw your favorite junk food
- Draw how you think an object of your choice would look if it were melting
- Illustrate a word in a creative way (ex: the word batman in the shape of the Batman symbol)
- Draw what you would imagine seeing through a mystery keyhole
- Draw your favorite animated character
- Draw several sketches of eyes, noses, and mouths
- Draw everything you see from where you are sitting
- Draw your view as if you were as small as an ant
- Fill the page with lines and patterns (zentangles)
- Draw any man-made object
- Draw a metallic (shiny) object and the reflections you see in it
- Draw a made-up monster or alien and make up a name for it
- Draw an art supply from three different views
- Draw what you imagine the inside of a clock looks like
- Draw an animated (cartoon) version of your family and pets
- Draw a realistic picture of an animal
Click on the images below to view some nice examples of completed sketchbook pages!