Drawing Unit
WARM UP: The Portrait Party!
Julia Kay's Portrait Party Flickr page We will start with 2 minute drawing, then move on to 5 minute drawings. Rules:
(Homework is also posted on the Sketchbook Assignments Page) HW: Bring your sketchbook home Draw contour portraits of family members and pets. Extra credit if you get them to draw you too! Check out this page for inspiration!! |
Video: Why is drawing important?
-First, write down 3 reasons YOU think drawing is important.
-Then while watching the video, take some notes on the big ideas you hear these artists/designers discuss regarding drawing and its importance and benefit.
-First, write down 3 reasons YOU think drawing is important.
-Then while watching the video, take some notes on the big ideas you hear these artists/designers discuss regarding drawing and its importance and benefit.
2. Popcorn Imagery
This drawing assignment will help you look at values but working in reverse, so we will use white color pencil on black paper. It will also require you to practice finding interesting compositions by zooming in and looking closely at popcorn pieces, practicing your realistic drawing skills. Lastly, you will exercise your creative problem solving skills when you have to find imagery within the shapes of your positive space and transform it into something from your imagination.
We will begin with a 10 step value scale using white charcoal on black paper to get a feel of working in reverse tones.
1. Value Scale or Greyscale
on black paper- 10 INCHES or 25 CM
-10 steps
1 is pure white
10 is black (plain black paper)
Label with title and numbers and cut it out and glue in your sketchbook.
We will begin with a 10 step value scale using white charcoal on black paper to get a feel of working in reverse tones.
1. Value Scale or Greyscale
on black paper- 10 INCHES or 25 CM
-10 steps
1 is pure white
10 is black (plain black paper)
Label with title and numbers and cut it out and glue in your sketchbook.
2. In your sketchbook, draw 3 small square frames and SKETCH OUT 3 DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS with your pieces of popcorn. (2 or 3 pieces of popcorn)
Consider:
- NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SHAPES
-Orientation of popcorn pieces (vertical, diagonal, horizontal)
-ZOOM IN
-have 1 or both pieces go off the edge of the frame
Consider:
- NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SHAPES
-Orientation of popcorn pieces (vertical, diagonal, horizontal)
-ZOOM IN
-have 1 or both pieces go off the edge of the frame
3. Draw your final chosen composition from your 3 thumbnail sketches on the black paper with white color pencil.
Start drawing lightly, as you want to maintain the TRUE TONES and VALUES of the actual popcorn pieces.
4. Color pencil practice
Practice blending color pencils together and creating gradients of light to dark tones.
-Glue into your sketchbook when you are finished.
Start drawing lightly, as you want to maintain the TRUE TONES and VALUES of the actual popcorn pieces.
4. Color pencil practice
Practice blending color pencils together and creating gradients of light to dark tones.
-Glue into your sketchbook when you are finished.
5. Salvador Dali's Double Images "Paranoic Method"-We interpret the visual data that we're receiving in different ways....how do we interpret the world around us? Dali created a new animation technique, the cinematic equivalent of "paranoid critique" of Dali's work. This was inspired by the work of neurologist Sigmund Freud on the subconcious and inclusion of hidden and double images.
So what are the double images you see in the popcorn drawing?
INTERPRETATION-LOOKING AT YOUR B&W DRAWING-Sketches in sketchbook
-Take your B&W popcorn drawing and look at it....what do you see.
-Turn your drawing upside down...now what?
-Turn it on it's side...now what do you see?
-Create 3 thumbnail sketches drawing your popcorn transforming into something you see. Spend no more than 5 minutes per sketch. Add notes next to each sketch explaining what you see here.
*Idea from Chloe: Look at the NEGATIVE SPACE in your popcorn drawing. Do you see something emerge from the shapes in the negative space? If so, turn the negative space into the positive space for your next drawing! Thanks, Chloe!
FINAL PLAN on Sketchbook page
-Create a 1/4 page drawing of your final Interpretation drawing using color. Use a square frame, as this frame will be the shape of your final paper. Use photo references from Google Images if you need it.
FINAL PAPER
When you are happy with the outcome of your small final plan study in your sketchbook, you may begin your final paper.
-Sketch in pencil.
So what are the double images you see in the popcorn drawing?
INTERPRETATION-LOOKING AT YOUR B&W DRAWING-Sketches in sketchbook
-Take your B&W popcorn drawing and look at it....what do you see.
-Turn your drawing upside down...now what?
-Turn it on it's side...now what do you see?
-Create 3 thumbnail sketches drawing your popcorn transforming into something you see. Spend no more than 5 minutes per sketch. Add notes next to each sketch explaining what you see here.
*Idea from Chloe: Look at the NEGATIVE SPACE in your popcorn drawing. Do you see something emerge from the shapes in the negative space? If so, turn the negative space into the positive space for your next drawing! Thanks, Chloe!
FINAL PLAN on Sketchbook page
-Create a 1/4 page drawing of your final Interpretation drawing using color. Use a square frame, as this frame will be the shape of your final paper. Use photo references from Google Images if you need it.
FINAL PAPER
When you are happy with the outcome of your small final plan study in your sketchbook, you may begin your final paper.
-Sketch in pencil.