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Homework Due 9/15/09
0 Comments Published by Mark Mcleod on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 6:22 AM.
Read pages 10-36 and 50-59 in your textbook. Complete projects 1 and 2 in your sketchbook. If the project requires a specific size sheet of paper, just use your sketchbook. Let me know if you have any questions.
For this assignment, you need to create 3 drawings. 2 of these will be on white archival drawing paper and the remaining drawing will be done on archival watercolor paper. Using various tools from the tool cabinet, create at least 5 compositions and sketch these compositions in your sketchbook. I will help you select the 3 best compositions. Remember to think about where your eye is moving through the image. Are you stuck in the center, or are you creating enough focal points to allow the viewer to find interest throughout your drawing without creating the "kudzu" effect?
Once you have your 3 good compositions selected, reset up your tool still life for each one. Gesture the tools onto your large sheets of paper, paying close attention to composition and technical accuracy. Once these are gesture out you can start with contour drawings. DO NOT TRACE YOUR GESTURE. DRAW FROM THE STILL LIFE; USE YOUR GESTURE ONLY AS A REFERENCE. Create these 3 drawings using a fine tipped Sharpie marker. The drawing created on watercolor paper will be used for a value study assignment later in the semester. Below are some great examples by the artists Jim Dine and Cy Twombly. Look at Dine for tools and Twombly for mark making.
Once you have your 3 good compositions selected, reset up your tool still life for each one. Gesture the tools onto your large sheets of paper, paying close attention to composition and technical accuracy. Once these are gesture out you can start with contour drawings. DO NOT TRACE YOUR GESTURE. DRAW FROM THE STILL LIFE; USE YOUR GESTURE ONLY AS A REFERENCE. Create these 3 drawings using a fine tipped Sharpie marker. The drawing created on watercolor paper will be used for a value study assignment later in the semester. Below are some great examples by the artists Jim Dine and Cy Twombly. Look at Dine for tools and Twombly for mark making.
