Drypoint Drawing Topics:
• Repeat Serial Forms
• Scale in Landscape – Extreme Depth
• Light Sources
• Organic Repeated Form
• Layers & Meaning – Hung Liu
• Found Object Incorporation –
Rauschenberg
• Surface Pattern Textile Design
• Symbolic Narratives
• Landscapes – Macro
• Figures in Space
• Birds
• Holidays
• Furniture as Art
• Movement & Light
• Light Source & Color – Monet
• Children in Motion
• Color in the City – Abstraction
• Quiet Landscapes
• City through the senses
• Self-Portraits
• Reflection of Light on People/Things
• Abstracting Symbolism
• Addressing time effects on an Object
• Develop recurring motif
• Motion effects of Wind – Make it Visible
• Nests
• Contents of Purses/ Backpacks
• Abstracting Landscapes –Diebenkorn
• Construction Machinery
• Parks & Playgrounds
• Personal Spaces
• Refuge
• Power Over
• Quiet
• Manifest Destiny
• Transition
• Recession
• Climbing Out
• Waiting
• Pathways
• Travel
• Effect of Light & Motion in Urban Settings
• Urban Decay
• Color/Texture Triptychs
• Reflections in Water or Metal
• Watches
• Book Cover Designs
• Rusty Machinery
• Side view Landscapes
• Storms
• Abstracted shape with detail
• Wings
• Vertical Spatial Composition
• Barriers
• Figure/Ground Relationships
• Restrictions
• Childhood Fears
• Fences
• Exaggerated Portraits
• Package/Industrial Design
• Working with Hands
• Windows
• Nature in Urban Landscape
• Coverings
• Family Traditions
• Nets
• Figues in Costume – Narrative
• Things that Unravel
• Dramatic Weather Landscapes
• Within the Jar
• Environmental Impact
• Roots
• Musical Instruments
• Bridges
• Bicycles
• Ripples & Waves
• Life of a Raindrop
• Cocoons & Life Cycle
• Stuff that Happens to Me
• Out of Focus/ In Focus
• Chrome, Reflection
• Ropes
• Seasons
• Soda Can
• Mirrors
• Dark Alleys/Hallways
• Openings
• “The Attic” the childhood experiences
• Peeling
• An exploration of design textures
• Landscapes based on childhood
• Portraits and the human form
• Dreams and Dream Images –
Chagall
• Dance Images – Degas
• Junk yard still life
• The Infinite – M.C. Escher
• Fantasy characters – gargoyles,
• Struggle to Find One’s Self – Dali, Picasso
fairies, dragons, etc
• Abstract Portraits
• Circus life
• Unconventional Angels
• My ancestry
• Childhood Memories
• Crime and punishment
• Toys/Games
• Things that come in pairs
• Visions of the Future
• The movie experience
• Deconstruction of Still life, Subject or Portrait
• Foreshortened figures and objects
• Families/Couples – Alice Neal
• Portraits
• Transformations – Dali, Magritte
• “Exhaustion”
• Appliances – Warhol, Oldenberg
• “Seven Deadly Sins”
• Tools or Utensils – Dine, Warhol
• “Things That Make Me Smile”
• Common Objects that Investigate Social
Issues
• Architectural viewpoints that are
unusual. Architectural forms that are
unusual.
• Historical events
• Architectural Landscapes w/ Morphing
Shadows – deChirico• Figure Drawing –
Contour, Gesture, Portrait
• Personal or Social Issues
• Reflections of images wherein the
reflections are an emotional
exploration (of literal reflections)
• People Morphing into Objects that have
become Obsolete
• Instruments that make music
• Animal Bones
• Icons within our society
• Skeletal Structure
• Strength of Women
• Visual Puns – Magritte
• The Human Form Within Nature
• Travel
• The Graphic Self
• Hunger
• Family Relationships
• Urban Symbols
• Asymmetrical Composition• Culture in the
Classroom
• Community in the Lesson
• Who Are We?
• Transnational Identity
• The Multicultural Family
• What is a Family?
• Suburban Interpretations
• “My Cultural Icons”
• Fears
• People That Have Influenced My Life
• What is Personal Balance?
• Rhythm as Motion
• Direction through Line
• Natural/Distorted Realities
• Toys and the idea of what a toy is to
different people and age groups
• The Natural vs. Ideal
• Transportation - trains, planes, autos
• Communities & War
• Pattern in Nature
• Men & War
• Distortion
• Children & War
• Radial Composition
• Impact of War
• Melting
• Timeline as Design
• Illustration of a Fairy Tale
• Personal Relationships
• Invent a Toy
• Making an Object Speak
• Life Cycles
• Anatomy• Botanical Studies
• Portraits as Pattern – Klimt
• Transportation
• Historical Events
• Automotive Design