Title: Art 20 Assignment #8 Art Synectics - a New Viewpoint
Course: Art > Section: Art 20 Assignments

Assignment choice 1 -

Concept: Developing a composition that show progressive magnification of a subject

Procedure:

1. Select either an organic or inorganic subject to draw.
2. Divide a large piece of drawing paper into nine equal sections
3. Starting in the top left hand box draw a representational, overall view of the objects as accurately as you can.
4. In the net box to the right, imagine that you have a camera with a zoom lens and draw a close up portion of the object in acurate detail.
5. In the remaining sections, continue zooming and enlarging finer details. the last frame should be an enlarged detail created with the aid of a magnifying glass or microscope.

Assignment choice 2-

Concept: Creating visual puns from words that sound alike, or figures of speech that have double meaning.

Procedure:

1. Make up a list of words or phrases that have double meaning

Strong Box | Fan Club | Arms Race | Attached to his dog
Watch Dog | Tow Truck | Loud Tie | Bedspring
Pen Pals | Photo Bug | Fingerbowl | Sank in his chair
Fly Paper | Watergun | Water Closet |
Bookworm | Car Pool | Eggbeater |
License Plates | Second Hand Store | Coat of Arms |

2. Mentally visualize a preposterous or outrageous image that stems from these words or phrases.

3. Make a pencil or pen-and-ink drawing from one of your ideas.

4. Make s three dimensional sculpture in clay or paper mache from one of the themes.