WET MEDIA: Wash Drawings

David

Dylan

Michelle

Last night the class made wash drawings employing mostly a "dry on dry" technique. This approach requires working in layers of the same water/ink mixture. Each layer is allowed to dry before successive layers are applied. This yields clearly defined values illustrated in David and Dylan's drawings. In contrast, Michelle has applied a "wet on wet" technique in addition to the previously mentioned method. This is how she achieved the cosmic effects with splatters and bursting shapes within the background.

PEN AND INK: Mini Sculptures

Michelle

Rachel

Rio

Last night the class made little sculptures out of clay and wood scraps and then drew them using pen and ink. Michelle's drawing illustrates the more expressive qualities of drawing with ink using a twig. By diluting the ink with water, she achieved various tonalities of gray. They angles of the sculpture combined with the drawing style and tonal range have created a very powerful and weighted image. Rio and Rachel have both used traditional quill nibs. Throughout their images they have employed the various techniques of hatching and stippling indicative of pen and ink drawings. Notice that each technique addresses light and form while also suggesting texture.

INDIA INK: Exquisite Corpse and Still Life

Friday morning began with a game of the Exquisite Corpse. This is one of the strongest group displays I've seen yet. All of the work exhibits strong use of value techniques and line quality. Well done and a fun game.

Dorothy Fast

In the afternoon, students practiced the various techniques of value and mark-making on a still life. Dorothy's drawing illustrates the strength and graphic qualities of working with pen and ink. The contours swell and the values are rich. She has effectively used darker forms to recede allowing the objects in the foreground to advance. Her attention to the negative areas between the forms and in the background enhances the contours of the forms as well as re-enforcing depth and space.

INDIA INK: Still Life

Daniel Orjuela Beltran

Techi Brant

Last night the class continued drawing with India ink. The objective was to address either the light or volume or a combination of the two of a complex still life arrangement. With his parallel hatched lines following the cross-contours of the forms, Daniel has equally addressed the light and the volume. The values are rich and the image is well balanced with its asymmetrical placement.
Techi's drawing is also very rich yet she has giving each object an individual character by applying a different mark-making technique. The values are strong and bold. The image has depth and the negative areas have been emphasized enhancing the juxtaposition of the varying edges.

INDIA INK: The Exquisite Corpse

Monday night students began working with India ink. To become familiar with the medium and explore the various techniques, the class played a round of the Surrealist game "The Exquisite Corpse".  The drawings above illustrate the techniques of parallel and cross hatching, short hatching, scribble, stippling and drawing with a brush.

WET MEDIA: India Ink and "The Exquisite Corpse"

Last night students experimented with various pen and ink techniques while playing the Dadaist/ Surrealist game "The Exquisite Corpse". The drawing above illustrates brush lines in the head, parallel hatch and cross-hatch lines in the torso and short-hatch and stippling in the legs.