FOA --> Intermediate Art

Moving from Fundamentals of Art Into --> Drawing/Painting, CLay, Photography

Take an opportunity to complete these assignments over time using your sketchbook or journal. Make the work personal to your experiences. Explore 1 prompt in depth OR explore multiple prompts to fill your 8 page Zine (including cover and backcover). We will use this work as a jumping point for your art-making this fall. These zines will be on display for the first few weeks of class! Good luck, and we cannot wait to catch up with you in the fall!

Missing the zine sketchbook we created in June? Didn't take art in 2025-2026? Create a zine using the tutorial below.

Challenge! Can you fill a zine this summer?

Option 1. Observe & Collect

This prompt is all about being a careful observer. In her book, How to be an Explorer of the World, Keri Smith asks readers to investigate their world by "looking closer, consider patterns and connections, and notice the stories going on around you." Choose at least one of the following "Explorations" from her book and complete the exercise in your zine. How can you DOCUMENT these collections in your zine in a interesting and meaningful way?

Prompt 1: Make a zine collecting different fonts or types and write about where and when you found them. You can photograph, draw, frottage, etc. your types.

Prompt 2: Collect multiples of the same thing and write about them in a zine; you can glue the objects on the zine, draw them in your zine, photograph them and add them to your zine, etc.

Prompt 3: Make a zine that collects different pieces of found paper glued in it. Think about how you will arrange your paper.

Propt 4: Make a zine collecting different patterns you found around the world. You can photograph and paste these patterns, you can draw the patterns, etc.

Option 2. Experience & Document

Use your zine to document your summer experience. Draw, paint, collage, write, sketch! Try and draw a little bit everyday.

Example of drawn Experience and Collect Zine

Example of Collage/Photography Experience and Collect Zine

Zine Techniques:

Want to practice filling your zine? Watch this video for suggestions!