PLEASE GET OUT SKETCHBOOK AND ON A BLANK
PAGE WRITE OUT THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
Studio ArtTOYS AND TREATS
 an artist and professor of art,
currently living and working in
Athens, Georgia
 paintings incorporate figurative
elements as well as surreal
subjects and still life images
 diagnosed and treated for breast
cancer in 2008
 notable shift and her work became
a visual celebration of life
 her dark palette was replaced with
jewel like colors, high intensity
 turned to imagery that became
physical and psychological therapy
 Sweet treats and toys on a
massive scale predominated her
paintings
ARTIST: MARGARET MORISSON
“Sweet Nothings”
“Marbles
”
“Menace”
“Trojan Horse”
“Right Between The Eyes”
“Wax Lips”
“Candied Apples”
“Ring Green”
STEP 1 - FOR HOMEWORK:
PLEASE BRING IN ANY CANDY, CHOCOLATES, SWEETS, TOYS,
OR TRINKETS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER PUTTING INTO
YOUR PROJECT.
PLEASE KEEP TOYS ITEMS ON THE SMALL SIDE AND THE
TREATS NEED TO BE NON-PERISHABLE.
STEP 2: TECHNIQUE
Watch the demo on
colored pencil
techniques and then
complete the
colored pencil
technique art card.
STEP 3,4,5: EXPERIMENT, PLAY, AND
SKETCH!
 You will get a 6”
square cardboard card
 experiment with the
various arrangements
of your toys and
candy/treats to create
an interesting
composition
 5 thumbnail sketches
of possible
compositions in your
sketchbook
 5 Thumbnail sketches in your sketchbook =
conference with your teacher to discuss which
composition is the most successful
STEP 6: CONFERENCE!
 After your conference,
you will glue your toys
and treats into a
permanent sculpture
using a hot glue gun
 If you do not want to
hot glue your items
make sure you trace
them onto your card so
you know where they
are supposed to be!
STEP 7: CREATING YOUR STILL LIFE
make a gridded
viewfinder by
cutting a small
square out of the
paper provided and
then crossing
thread across your
viewfinder to create
4 quadrants.
STEP 8: MAKING A VIEWFINDER
Viewfinder
TapeString
 Sketch out
COMPOSITION
 check for proportions
and placement of your
toys and treats. Use the
gridding to help to check
this
 add color to your
composition making use
of the colored pencil
techniques demonstrated
as well as referencing
the technique guide for
reminders.
STEP 9 & 10: GRID AND DRAW!
TOYS AND TREATS:
EXAMPLES AND IDEA STARTERS
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    PLEASE GET OUTSKETCHBOOK AND ON A BLANK PAGE WRITE OUT THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
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     an artistand professor of art, currently living and working in Athens, Georgia  paintings incorporate figurative elements as well as surreal subjects and still life images  diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in 2008  notable shift and her work became a visual celebration of life  her dark palette was replaced with jewel like colors, high intensity  turned to imagery that became physical and psychological therapy  Sweet treats and toys on a massive scale predominated her paintings ARTIST: MARGARET MORISSON
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    STEP 1 -FOR HOMEWORK: PLEASE BRING IN ANY CANDY, CHOCOLATES, SWEETS, TOYS, OR TRINKETS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER PUTTING INTO YOUR PROJECT. PLEASE KEEP TOYS ITEMS ON THE SMALL SIDE AND THE TREATS NEED TO BE NON-PERISHABLE.
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    STEP 2: TECHNIQUE Watchthe demo on colored pencil techniques and then complete the colored pencil technique art card.
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    STEP 3,4,5: EXPERIMENT,PLAY, AND SKETCH!  You will get a 6” square cardboard card  experiment with the various arrangements of your toys and candy/treats to create an interesting composition  5 thumbnail sketches of possible compositions in your sketchbook
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     5 Thumbnailsketches in your sketchbook = conference with your teacher to discuss which composition is the most successful STEP 6: CONFERENCE!
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     After yourconference, you will glue your toys and treats into a permanent sculpture using a hot glue gun  If you do not want to hot glue your items make sure you trace them onto your card so you know where they are supposed to be! STEP 7: CREATING YOUR STILL LIFE
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    make a gridded viewfinderby cutting a small square out of the paper provided and then crossing thread across your viewfinder to create 4 quadrants. STEP 8: MAKING A VIEWFINDER Viewfinder TapeString
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     Sketch out COMPOSITION check for proportions and placement of your toys and treats. Use the gridding to help to check this  add color to your composition making use of the colored pencil techniques demonstrated as well as referencing the technique guide for reminders. STEP 9 & 10: GRID AND DRAW!
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    TOYS AND TREATS: EXAMPLESAND IDEA STARTERS