TUES. 10/18 Midterm Drawing

Students began work on their Midterm Drawing Project.  Students will have at least an hour on Thurs. to put the finishing touches on these drawings before the critique. Pics will follow.

Remember to have ink materials for next week: India Ink, pen and nibs, brushes,sticks, stamping materials and any other mark-making tool.

THURS. 10/13 Playing with Blocks

Zoe Brester-Pennings

Students made drawings from a still life of blocks.  This project applied the theory of Linear Perspective without actually using vanishing points.  Instead, armed with the knowledge of perspective and proportion, students drew the still life free-hand. In the drawing above, Zoe has created interest and dynamics by adding a diagonal edge in the background as well as applying textural and tonal elements to the blocks.

TUES. 10/11 IMAGINARY SPACE

Ashley Hurd

Here are a couple of finished drawings from the Imaginary Space in Two-Point Linear Perspective. Ashley's drawing above has not only accurately rendered a 2-point space but has also imaginatively illustrated the whole purpose of the project.  Which is to create spaces that will complement your concepts and narratives.  Note how she has repeated architectural elements in the design of the space (archways) as well as repeating the tentacles. The room brings a rigid structure while the tentacles add a fluid rhythm and movement to the composition.

Danielle Bazsuly

Danielle's drawing, albeit a more straight forward rendering of a space, is also very inventive and imaginative with her use of eastern influenced archways. This space too is beautifully designed.  Note how the tonal rendering brings a sense of depth and atmosphere to the space.

PORTFOLIOS ARE DUE FOR THE EVENING CLASS

THIS ONLY CONCERNS ART 7A T/TH 7-10 PM
Work must be presented in a paper, plastic or canvas tote envelope or cardboard duct taped.  No folded or rolled drawings.
1. Gestures (3 of any)
2. Contour
3. Ideal Solids (both)
4. Subjective Value
5. Value Patterns
6. Value Reduction
7. Modeling
8. Rendering Light
9. Perspective
10. Homework
11. DHR

HOMEWORK#4: Under the Sink

On 18 x24 in., hand-toned, drawing paper using charcoal materials and erasers make a drawing of the space under your sink; any sink. Use value subjectively to emphasize and exaggerate the lighting conditions and the character of the space. Note the composition in the drawing above.  The use of receding diagonals adds depth and dynamics to the space.  A straight on view of the sink would be far less interesting. Also note the use of dark values in the background to push the objects forward.

THURS. 10/6 Imaginary Space (continued)

Students continued working on their Imaginary Space in Two-Point Linear Perspective drawings. Above is a work in progress by Lina Chambliss.

TUES. 10/4 Two-Point Linear Perspective

In class we discussed some of the functions and properties of Linear Perspective: 1. Establishes viewer location from a fixed point of view. 2. Diagonal parallel lines will converge meeting at vanishing point(s) located on the horizon line (eye level). And 3. Objects will appear to diminish in size as they recede into the distance. By the end of class we had established the ground plane and back walls seen in the demo above.