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#9 Cross Hatching > Value & Anatomy



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CROSS HATCHING

Figure Drawing
  • Develop volumes and masses of the figure through cross hatching 
  • Develop a scale of values
  • Organize your marks to follow the natural planar analysis of form 

Homework:

  • Compose a drawing with two feet / two hands (or one and one) in it
  • Scale your forms to take up most of the proportion of the paper. Compose the form and negative space together to create an interesting visual field.
  • Place first foot/hand towards the bottom of the pictorial space (Placement Perspective) 
  • Compose the second foot/hand behind that drawing in space
  • Think of activating negative space in your composition through a variety of values
  • Make use of a full value range on both figures and within space
  • Think of making full volumetric feet/hands - they should not have any contour lines that define their form
  • Your cross hatching marks need to follow the planar analysis of the forms
  • Think of directing a lighting source or sources on your subject
  • Think of the emotion conveyed through each foot or hand's gesture
NOTE: Should you wish to try your hand at copying a master drawing you may do that instead! Artists to look at: Da Vinci, Raphael, Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Durer

Drawing scale = 10" x 14" or smaller watercolor paper
Media: 
Thin Sharpie Marker, Pen & ink and colored pencils, watercolors 
THINK ABOUT the color temperature of the areas in your drawing - warm temperatures tend to advance, cooler ones, recede.

Here are a few inspirations...








Student Work Spring 2019 (NOTE: these are each parallel hatching marks NOT planar analysis ones!)





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