THURS. 11/29 Portraits cont.

Alisha Ascencio

Victor Torres

Alisha's drawing exhibits voluminous features complemented with accented contours and tonalities. Notice how the strong values around the eyes elevates their importance and focuses the viewer's attention.
Victor's drawing is more expressive, exhibiting a more subjective approach to rendering values and the proportions of the face while maintaining a sense of volume and dimension.

TUES. 11/27 Portraits

Phoebe Kobabe

Students in the T/TH class began portrait studies. As an introduction to the "proportions of the head", students made planar analysis drawings. A "planar" drawing flattens all curves into angles. Addressing the planes raises awareness of the subtle shifts of volume creating a stronger sense of structure. In addition, planes are important because they establish the placement for values. In Phoebe's drawing notice the angle of the hatching is directed by the planes, arcing downward across the cheeks and upward over the nose and forehead.

TUES. 11/21 and MON. 11/26

Kelly Gregorian

Students from the T/TH class wrapped up their color drawings last week whereas the M/W class began theirs last night. Kelly's drawing has established multiple rhythms by repeating the flowers as well as the eyeballs.

MON. 11/19 COLOR

Trey Smith

M/W class started color studies. For the first project students drew from an arrangement of "dice and balls." Trey's drawing exhibits a good sense of volume as well as light. Notice the strong accenting of highlights in the dice and the edges of the number. He has effectively exaggerated the perspective creating a more dynamic sense of depth complemented by foreshortened volumes.

THURS. 11/15 COLOR

Jessica Wapp

Students in the T/Th class began large scale compositions in color. Jessica is in the process of creating a free-floating arrangement. She has already established rhythms by repeating similar shapes. The challenge now is to complement the "shape" rhythms with "color" rhythms.

HOMEWORK #6 Simulated Texture

This assignment is a repeat of the in-class project. In your sketchbook with graphite pencil, make a frame of 4 x 5 in. for a rectangle or 5 x 5 in. for a square. Make a continuous field composition of a texture. Remember that rendering texture is essentially observing light and dark value patterns. It is recommended that you light your object with a single light source to enhance the subtleties of volume. See recent posts on Texture for examples.

WED. 11/14 Simulated Texture

Daniel Doughty

Shaina Dehart

Students of M/W class made texture studies Wednesday night. Daniel's drawing above illustrates the frenzied rhythms of wood grain. The zig-zag movement is reminiscent of a waterfall.
Shaina's drawing of rope with its flowing twists and woven layers has the appearance of peering through a microscope.