2nd Semester Final:

2nd Semester Final:• Create a simple still life based off of a

projected image, using scratch board as your medium.

• The goal is realism in value, texture, and proportion.

• Make full use of your page.• Proper scratchboard and shading

techniques are expected.• Good craftsmanship is a must.

2nd Semester Final:• You must submit your sketch before you

get your board. Remember that your sketch must be accurate with regards to placement, and should include a small sample of how you plan to recreate certain textures.

2nd Semester Final:

• This scratchboard will count as 10% of your semester grade.

• The assignment is due by the end of your assigned testing period.

• And zomg put your name on the back of your work.

Technique Reminders

• Draw your image on notebook paper

• Tape the drawing onto a scratchboard

• Trace your drawing, so it leaves an imprint on the scratchboard

• Fold back the paper (but do not remove) and begin scratching your image

Scratchboard Process:

Maintaining black lines:

• You have to scratch out and around your black lines

• You scratch off silver and maintain black

Rudy Cantu

• Scratchboard should be a positive image, not a negative. Whites should be white and blacks should be black.

Pencil Drawing Good Scratchboard Bad Scratchboard

Technique:

• The best scratchboards mimic old-fashioned wood cuts.

• Gray areas are made by hatching, cross hatching, stipple, etc.

• Strive for blacks, whites, and grays

• The more marks you make = the lighter the value.