MIDTERM

Diana

Emily

Jennifer

All this week the class was working on their Midterm Drawings during portfolio review. The still life consisted of all white objects. The objective was to create a balanced composition addressing light and form. Diana's drawing is well balanced illustrating soft, even values of a high key range. The dark areas are very well balanced against the lighter areas adding support to central forms.
Emily has also employed a high key value range. The placement of the forms encloses the negative areas allowing the gradation in the background to support the still life.
Jen has managed to engage with all four sides of the picture plane. The values are rich, skillfully addressing the light and form. The full value range is complemented with energetic and dynamic mark-making.

LOCAL VALUE

Gretta Collaso

 Last night the class made drawings addressing Local Value. The objective was to illustrate the three individual values of each object. The objects in Gretta's drawing are well proportioned to the scale of the paper and all the values are skillfully rendered. Note the way the dark values recede and the lighter values advance. The dark vase is particularly well drawn. She has keenly observed the various highlights and reflected light from the table.

Sam Wingfield

Sam's drawing too is well proportioned. The values are rich and well balanced. The composition is slightly heavier on the left but this is easily remedied by extending the table edge towards the right.

VALUE: Seeing the Light in White (Local Value)

Mikayla Steele

Randall Little

Last night we began working with graphite pencils. Our subjects were white objects. Notice in Mikayla's drawing (top) how the darkened negative space accentuates the form increasing the contrast and strengthening the sense of light. In Randall's drawing the tonalities are very even throughout yet as in Mikayla's drawing the background accentuates the form unifying the positive and negative areas.

MIDTERM DRAWINGS

Erin Currie

Erin Deacon

Kayla Brown

Meghann Lyon

Above are four excellent examples of the Midterm Drawing Exam. Each composition is well balanced with strong attention to the negative and positive relationships. Notice how each composition has engaged with the edges of the paper. The objects are well proportioned and rendered with attention to the volumes and light. When contour lines are present, they are complementary to the values strengthening the structure, texture and character of the objects and space. In addition, each student has successfully achieved a strong and individual mood in their use of value ranging from the calm to the dramatic.

Value Patterns- Swiss Cheese Drawings

Tuesday night began with a look at last Thursday's drawings. Drawings by Arianna Preston and Archer Krugman.