NO CLASS TUESDAY, FEB. 2nd - Flex Day
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Homework #2 (Assigned 1/28 - Due 2/4) -Draw 1 pair of shoes -Use contour line -Use line to describe texture and pattern -Focus on line quality -No shading -Use 1 full sheet of the heavyweight, white drawing paper -Use pen (remember my demonstration of the homework - think about using graphite pencils to sketch your pair of shoes before applying pen - then erase all graphite)
Texture and Pattern The most important thing to remember when translating textures and patterns is that they exist on the surface. It is topical information following the curves and planar shifts of the form it covers. The subject must be drawn accurately first, then the texture or pattern may be applied.
Composition Composition is a relationship you create between positive space, negative space, and the format (your drawing surface). The center, top, bottom, and sides of the format are of equal importance until the image is placed; then priority is given to a specific area. Centralizing an image results in maximum balance and symmetry, while offsetting an image can create movement and asymmetry. The arrangement of value, line, shape, form, texture, and space within the format greatly impacts your subject matter.
Negative Space There are two components in drawing, the form/positive space, and the area around the form/negative space. It is most common to focus on the subject of a drawing, making sure the proportions are correct and the shapes are accurate. However, the space around and in between the subject, the negative space, is just as important to focus on. The form must be correct, but so must its relationship to any of the other subjects in the picture plane. Placement, spacing and proportion are considerations taken when constructing both positive and negative space. And think about this, when you draw your subject, you're simultaneously drawing/defining the negative space.
Homework #1 ( Assigned Thurs., Jan. 21 - Due Tues., Jan. 26 ) -Choose 2 organic objects (i.e. fruit, plants, rocks) -Choose 3 geometric/planar objects (i.e. luggage, tools, furniture) -Arrange a still life using all 5 objects (2 organic and 3 geometric/planar) -Create a CONTOUR LINE drawing of said still life -Use 1 full sheet of 18"x24" heavyweight, white drawing paper -Use your full range of graphite pencils (2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B) -Focus on contour line and line quality, as well as proportions and accurate shapes -NO SHADING!
Sighting The use of a measuring device to check the relative size and position of a subject and its individual parts is known as sighting. A measuring device is any straight and narrow tool with clean edges, we will most likely always use a pencil as our measuring device in this class, and I will refer to the measuring device as a pencil below. The goal is to create a unit of measure for comparison throughout your drawing , so how do we do that? Be consistent. Hold the measuring device in the hand you are not using to draw, and extend your arm fully. Make sure the pencil is at a right angle to your line of vision (imagine being pressed into a microscope slide so that you become a flat plane) keeping your pencil parallel to you, not pointing forward or backward. To gauge proportions, line up one end of your pencil with one edge of the object and adjust the tip of your thumb on the pencil to line up with the opposite edge of the subject. Between your thumb and the top of your pe...