FA2019.SA111.DrawingOne

This is a fun exercise to try your hand at and your mind, as you must think in reverse! Similar to charcoal drawings we have been involved with, you must, must, MUST work this type of a drawing up slowly, allowing your values to separate slowly -- and pushing the highest contrast areas of value at the very end. Your goal is to develop a separation of values that identify a foreground, a middle ground, and a background. Video: Ficitional Landscape watch for assistance Homework: On a dark piece of paper -- darker than middle grey, create a drawing with white Conte, pastel or chalk. 10 x 14" The subject matter is taken from observation such as  still life, a landscape from a photograph, human figure Here are some examples:

GO TO > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsG8k0H-MbI 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  Cross Hatching in Motion 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 fo...

#19/25 Sketchbook Entries Due MON OCT 28   Due 2pt Linear perspective - Spatial Graffiti Figure Drawing Session WED OCT 30  Figure Drawing FRI NOV 1 Figure Drawing #21/25 Sketchbook Entries Due WEEK 11 Pre-Registration Week begins MON NOV 4 Due: Figure Drawing #2 Figure Drawing Session WED NOV 6    Figure Drawing Session FRI NOV 8 Figure Drawing Session #23/25 Sketchbook Entries Due WEEK 12 MON NOV 11 Due: Research Paper** Send an electronic WORD Doc to Pepper by 10 AM WED NOV 13  Figure Drawing Session FRI NOV 15 Figure Drawing Session In-progress Critique Figure Drawing #4 NOV 16 Fall Open House (SAT) #25/25 Sketchbook Entries Due WEEK 13 >> Hand in SketchBooks for Final grading MON NOV 18 Due: Figure Drawing #4 Introduction to Final: Figure Drawing Session: facial features WED NOV ...

Human Figure Proportions Gesture drawings Negative Shape drawings