INTRO TO DRAWING

What makes a work of art “good”

Don’t forget the date!!!

September 2, 2011

What makes a work of art “good”?

Examine the prints

Which one would you say is your favorite?

Why is it your favorite? What stands out about it? How does it emphasize the word at your

table? In what way does the other image fail? Does everyone in your group agree with

you? How can the artist of the other print (the

not good one) make it better?

Characteristics of art

GOOD NOT GOOD

Composition makes sense

Objects are grounded on the paper and fit correctly

Artist used all of the space around the objects

Artist added value to imply 3 Dimensions

Composition doesn’t make sense – why are these things together?

Objects are too small/too big and seem to be floating on the paper

The background is neglected

There is no shading or bad shading. It looks flat

Are these always good/bad characteristics?

Sometimes artists don’t want to follow the rules. Sometimes they want to make art that causes discord because it makes us look at it longer and talk about it.

This is not pretty, and doesn’t follow the

rules, but people still talk about it because

it is interesting

Why do we use the elements/principles of art?Don’t forget the date!!!

September 9, 2011

Bad Composition/Placement

UNBALANCED

TOO TINY ON THE PAPER

Good Composition

http://www.draw23.com/drawing-composition

Would moving the objects to the left/right/up/down make the image look more balanced?

Would "zooming in" or "zooming out" from the picture make it look more balanced?

Are the spaces between the objects balanced?

Make this image balanced

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Move the Circle

Measuring/Proportion

An easy way to make sure your drawing looks like it makes sense is to make the objects proportionate to each other

The best way to do this is to use dowel rods to measure long distances against short ones and to get the right angle.

How many of these

Fits into this?

Answer: 1.5

How does this angle

Relate to this one?

What are we doing?

Using three classroom objects, put together a still life.

Use the measuring techniques along with what we’ve learned about placement and composition to draw a contour drawing of your still life

Don’t worry too much about the details!! All we want is the outline.

Make sure it’s proportional!!!

Can a drawing go off the edge of a paper? Why/why not?Don’t forget the date!!!

September 16, 2011

Positive/Negative Space

Positive space is the object we are meaning to draw

Negative space is the around the object, often called the background

What we are doing

Fill in the objects of your still life with one color

Fill in the negative space with its complement Complementary

colors are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel

BlueOrang

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Yellow Purpl

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RedGree

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What is one way to make 2-D drawings look 3-D?Don’t forget the date!!!

September 23, 2011

Value

How we add depth and make a 2-D drawing look like it’s 3-D

Incidental Inherent

Incidental value

Where the light hits and causes a change in the value

Varies depending on the time of day, type of light, etc.

What we are doing?

Using your still life from the last class period, add black ink to where there is shadow

An easy way to tell is to hold your finger over it, can you see the shadow of your finger? If you can, then that part is not in shadowThe rest is left white

Inherent Value

Value caused by the color/shape of the object

Does not change What are we doing?

Using your still life from the other day, take the vine charcoal and completely cover the drawing. Blend with paper towel

Add darker charcoal to make the dark parts, erase the charcoal to make the light parts.

You should have at least 3 different shades!!

When you’re done…

Mat all three/four of your drawings to black paper

Write your name on the back of the black paper

Fill out the self assessment with pencil Tape it to the back of your drawings Put in the box for me to grade!!!

Most important part!!