#8 Figure Drawing Visual Library

Negative Shape Figures

with Wet Media

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Finding the Chi

The premise of Chi meditation technique is simple.

i. Many practitioners of it recommend that when inhaling, you think of taking life energy into your body.

ii. When you exhale, release that energy.

This breathing technique can be applied to almost all chi meditations and movements.

iii. When engaged in drawing gestural figures, think that you are recording a thread of energy moving around your body. Similar to one's breathe, this line appears alive, organic and reacts to your sensitive touch and pressure of your tool.

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R E F E R E N C E images

Richard Diebenkorn

Bay Area Artist

1922 - 1993

David Park

Bay Area Artist

1911 - 1960 (49 yo)

#1 Interpreting Local Color > Local Value

In this project, you will be inspired by some of the work created by artists and designers from the Surrealist and Dada movements of the early 20th c. Materials: Magazine images are your fodder for material that are to be arranged into three separate collages in your sketchbooks that are incongruent in the subject matter. Strive for excellent composition in each. Rules: i. Making use of found images from magazines, on the web, etc., you will make use of a large image to be used for the background of a collage. The minimum edge on any side needs to be 7" or larger. Make sure you look for images that have a variety of values in them, and areas where you can experiment with a variety of interpretive mark-making practices. Repeat this for each collage. ii. You may "scale" up on the copier machine if necessary. iii. Through found materials look for objects that are incongruent with one and other, however...

Materials List

Art Box or waterproof toolbox (fish tackle box) to keep all supplies in 8” x 10" or larger sketchbook (spiral or hardbound) 18 x 24” Drawing Paper – spiral bound >> minimum size Drawing pencils: HB, 2B, 6B, Ebony, pencil sharpener Compressed Charcoal – 3 sticks – soft or medium paper stumps 1 small piece of chamois cloth and/or cotton cloth Black and Titanium White acrylic paints Plastic or metal palette knife India Ink + plastic water container (Pepper will supply) Bamboo brush – round # 4 or #6 1 chopstick hand sharpen one end Metal compass Rubber paper cement Spool of white string or jute/twine 1” Artists’ Tape or Drafting Tape Scissors Handled X-Acto blade or Matt knife Metal edged ruler (18”) 1 box clear pushpins Spray can of Charcoal Fixative (Pepper will supply) Roll of Wax paper from the grocery store (Pepper) Inexpensive Watercolor set (12 colors, pucks or tubes) Selection of colored pencils (inexpensive) Kneaded Eraser, White Plastic d...

#11 Psychological Color

c o l o r is a l w a y s in C O N T E X T considerations towards final project Egon Schiele Egon Schiele Egon Schiele Edward Munch Self Portrait Edward Munch Self Portrait Edward Munch Edward Munch Edward Munch Henri Matisse Henri Matisse Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh Jean-Édouard Vuillard Jean-Édouard Vuillard Alice Neel Alice Neel Alice Neel Self Portrait

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