Part 1
Choose an interesting object and make a full value drawing of it in pencil. Value basically means light and shadow. Place the interesting object that you chose next to a strong light source (a lamp), so there are strong lights and strong darks. Shade the object and the background so that you can tell the direction that the light is coming from. The lightest areas should be the white of your paper, and the darkest areas should be as dark as you can get with your pencil, with a nice range of grays as well.
Part 2
Make a self portrait in full value. This means you should set up a strong light source near your mirror (or move the mirror to a light source) and draw yourself as the lights and shadows fall across you. Make sure the background is also shaded in!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Homework for Week 6
So I forgot to post the homework for this week. Sorry about that . . .
This week I introduced the concept of cross-contour line drawing. If you'll recall, contour line drawing refers to drawing though outline, and cross-contour refers to making lines that go across the face of the planes that the contours outline. Cross-contour uses line to describe volume (not just shape) and shading.
You are to make your self portrait for this week using cross-contour line drawing. Do your best to describe both volume and light and shadow using line. Good luck!
This week I introduced the concept of cross-contour line drawing. If you'll recall, contour line drawing refers to drawing though outline, and cross-contour refers to making lines that go across the face of the planes that the contours outline. Cross-contour uses line to describe volume (not just shape) and shading.
You are to make your self portrait for this week using cross-contour line drawing. Do your best to describe both volume and light and shadow using line. Good luck!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Week 5 Homework
Self Portrait
So up until now we've been concentrating on to do the job of making the drawing. This week I want you to address Light and Shadow. Set yourself up looking at a mirror just like before, but now I want you make sure a light source--like a lamp or a window--is nearby to create areas of shadow and areas of light. Using pencil, shade in the shadows and the negative space, and leave the illuminated areas the white (or near white) of the paper.
Object in Perspective
You are to choose a rectilinear object in your house (or one with lots of vertical and horizontal lines) and draw it in linear perspective. Choose where your eye level is, decide where the vanishing points would lie, and draw that object in two point perspective with as much detail as possible. If it helps, use a straight edge and make sure your verticals stay vertical! Fill a page in your sketchbook with this drawing.
So up until now we've been concentrating on to do the job of making the drawing. This week I want you to address Light and Shadow. Set yourself up looking at a mirror just like before, but now I want you make sure a light source--like a lamp or a window--is nearby to create areas of shadow and areas of light. Using pencil, shade in the shadows and the negative space, and leave the illuminated areas the white (or near white) of the paper.
Object in Perspective
You are to choose a rectilinear object in your house (or one with lots of vertical and horizontal lines) and draw it in linear perspective. Choose where your eye level is, decide where the vanishing points would lie, and draw that object in two point perspective with as much detail as possible. If it helps, use a straight edge and make sure your verticals stay vertical! Fill a page in your sketchbook with this drawing.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Week 4 Homework
Self Portrait
You are to make a self portrait from a mirror, and pay particular attention to the typical proportions of the face. No matter who you are or what you look like, from the front--head on--your eyes are half way between the top of your head and the bottom of your chin. Your head is 5 eyes wide from the front (but once your head turns, it's not anymore), and there's an eye width between your eyes. Also remember how your ears are the same length as your nose.
So certainly draw what you see, but know that what you see WILL follow these rules.
Invented Birdhouse
You are also to design a birdhouse and draw it in linear perspective. Choose one or two point perspective (remember vanishing points, eye levels, and straight lines), and draw your birdhouse as well as you can using perspective. It must look as if it's possible to actually build! Good luck.
You are to make a self portrait from a mirror, and pay particular attention to the typical proportions of the face. No matter who you are or what you look like, from the front--head on--your eyes are half way between the top of your head and the bottom of your chin. Your head is 5 eyes wide from the front (but once your head turns, it's not anymore), and there's an eye width between your eyes. Also remember how your ears are the same length as your nose.
So certainly draw what you see, but know that what you see WILL follow these rules.
Invented Birdhouse
You are also to design a birdhouse and draw it in linear perspective. Choose one or two point perspective (remember vanishing points, eye levels, and straight lines), and draw your birdhouse as well as you can using perspective. It must look as if it's possible to actually build! Good luck.
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