300: Mirror face: color study. Find a face that is frontal view in COLOR from a magazine. The face should be no smaller than 8 inches high ( good magazines are Vogue, Elle or People)
Cut the face in 1/2 and glue one side to the page. Right handed: glue image on the left side and copy your 1/2 on the right. Left handed folks: do the opposite
Do in any color medium you wish that is drawing: color pencil Try observe the colors as closely as you can. Do the hair as well and don't forget to include the neck and shoulders.
Due in two weeks so you have plenty of time to work on it!
Due Wednesday, Feb. 13th
400: A color study of someone from observation from a picture or you can do what the 300 level is doing for review. Same due date: Feb. 13th
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
beginning sketchbook assignments
Sketchbook assignments spring: On an altered page in your sketchbook in pen or pencil or other media. Each sketch must fill a page in your sketchbook ( i.e. use the entire surface area), show thoughtful time spent, execution and craft. You can choose anyone to do and in any order BUT one must be completed each weekend or during the week for homework.
Sketchbook cover: create a cover on your sketchbook based on your identity. Media: Cut paper, collage, drawing, painting, words, etc.
Texture study: Close up study of a leaf, tree bark or other organic texture. Any Medium: Cut paper, collage, ink, pencil, watercolor, colored pencil, mixed media.
Drapery Study: Study of a piece of clothing or cloth that shows wrinkles, Carefully observe the tonal changes: light areas and shadows: Your goal is to make it look Three dimensional and realistic. Do this one on a light wash.
Advertisement of Yourself: what would you like to say about yourself. Use mixed media to create an advertisement or logo, Street Art.
Collage: A family portrait: A grouping of photos of you and your family with words, drawn images, mixed media. Express what you think your family is about. What emotions, etc.
Negative Space: Look at an area in your home and draw the negative shapes of objects in your home ( chairs, lamps, etc.) On another page in their sketchbook copy that composition and add tone, color or pattern.
Draw a Pile of shoes in pen: observe the texture and shoe laces using cross hatch or stippling.
Detail of a portrait photo enlarged: Cut out squares 1” X 1” from a photograph and enlarge it so the largest square 10” X 10”
Photocopied Collage/Mixed Media Face and body parts: Photocopy faces and body parts and create a design with actual drawings you made of these parts. Overlap images of the design.
Each one is due the first class after the weekend.
Sketchbook cover: create a cover on your sketchbook based on your identity. Media: Cut paper, collage, drawing, painting, words, etc.
Texture study: Close up study of a leaf, tree bark or other organic texture. Any Medium: Cut paper, collage, ink, pencil, watercolor, colored pencil, mixed media.
Drapery Study: Study of a piece of clothing or cloth that shows wrinkles, Carefully observe the tonal changes: light areas and shadows: Your goal is to make it look Three dimensional and realistic. Do this one on a light wash.
Advertisement of Yourself: what would you like to say about yourself. Use mixed media to create an advertisement or logo, Street Art.
Collage: A family portrait: A grouping of photos of you and your family with words, drawn images, mixed media. Express what you think your family is about. What emotions, etc.
Negative Space: Look at an area in your home and draw the negative shapes of objects in your home ( chairs, lamps, etc.) On another page in their sketchbook copy that composition and add tone, color or pattern.
Draw a Pile of shoes in pen: observe the texture and shoe laces using cross hatch or stippling.
Detail of a portrait photo enlarged: Cut out squares 1” X 1” from a photograph and enlarge it so the largest square 10” X 10”
Photocopied Collage/Mixed Media Face and body parts: Photocopy faces and body parts and create a design with actual drawings you made of these parts. Overlap images of the design.
Each one is due the first class after the weekend.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Beginning Painting
On one of your altered sketchbook pages: complete ONE of the sketchbook assignments from the list:
Cover of your sketchbook,
Pile of Shoes,
Drapery Study,
Natural object from observation
Collage of your family
ONE of these is due each week: The first is due Thursday, Jan 29th
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Intermediate and Advanced drawing skin tones from torn magazines
In your sketchbook create a "skin tone palette of as many different darks, midtones, and light skin tones. You can base it on your own skin tones for reference if you wish.
Just create a tone scale like you did in paint but with magazines
Due: Monday
Just create a tone scale like you did in paint but with magazines
Due: Monday
Friday, January 9, 2009
Intermediate and Advanced Drawing
In your sketchbook create an image that crosses two facing pages. The drawing can be realistic or abstract BUT each side must relate in some way. Here are a few examples as seen in this post:
Prompts:
Growth
Alter-egos
Transformation
Chaos Vs: Serenity
Plan on spending 90 minutes on the actual creation
1 page is due Tuesday, the other is due January 20th
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Drawing and Painting F G blocks: Drawing of a shiny object in pencil
Draw a shiny object ( an object with reflections etc.) in your sketchbook full page. Use pencil or color pencil ( either medium is fine, but make sure that you are familar with the media first--what you drew in Draw Paint such as your weave drawing). Set up your object under a light and so that there is a cast shadow. You are to observe the tonalities and draw the reflections of the object. Make it as realistic looking as possible. You will need a 4B pencil and a kneaded eraser ( both of which you should have at home). Make sure that you make it fill 65% of the page. Include at LEAST five values: dark light and midtones
Plan on spending 90 minutes on this drawing. Due Jan. 12th.
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