Drawing From Observation

Contour Line Drawings
Contour line drawing is a technique to help develop observational drawing skills by simplifying objects into lines. A traditional contour line drawing is ONE continuous line to make up a subject.
Jump to site HERE

   

Line Weight Example

Blind Contour Line Drawings
Is the same as above... without looking down at your paper.

Tips for drawing from observation
--Measure!-Compare proportions to other parts of your drawing.
--Look for basic shapes--cone-cube-sphere-cylinder
--Line weight variation--the thickness of your line will help determine how far back something is in visual space.

Bring in a small object to Draw. No bigger then the palm of your hand!Object must have detail! If you don't bring something you will be stuck drawing something of mine.. 

Marbling and Surrealism

Surrealism and Marbling

--Bubble Prints
--Shaving cream prints

Think about the surrealist concepts that we discussed in class. After creating your prints studt them from different angles. Can you find any hidden objects?

Below are images of your drying prints!

Colored Pencil on Black Paper

optical illusions shading

Shading Tips

To make a rounded object look three dimensional shade the outside edges darker and fade lighter color into the middle.

Use a white colored pencil to help blend your shading.

Colored Pencil Practice

a tint is the mixture of a color with white

 A tone is produced either by the mixture of a color with gray, or by both tinting and shading.

Earth Tone is a color mixed with Brown

Perspective Drawing Day 2

Today we will continue to explore perspective drawing. You will be drawing your name in two point perspective.

*You need to have AT LEAST 7 letters-- If you have a short name include your last name
*One horizon line- Your letters will go over the horizon line
*Sketch out your name and see what letter will fall in the middle to help plan
*Use PENCIL! I would be surprised if you didn't have to start over at least once.
*USE YOUR RULER FOR ALL LINES!

Perspective Drawing

• Perspective-Perspective drawing is a technique used to represent three-dimensional images on a two-dimensional surface (paper)
• Vanishing Point-the point on the horizon line where parallel lines appear to meet.
• If you look along a straight road, the parallel sides of the road appear to meet at a point in the distance. This point is called the vanishing point

 

Link to perspective presentation

Conceptual one point perspective by aritst-Bryan Pitt
Link to his website HERE

Markmaking+ Watercolor=Mixed Media

Requirements
-At least 60% of your page should have watercolor
-Try to stick with a color pallet ex-Warm colors or cool colors.
-NO SHADING
-Create value with "Mark making"--Patterns/designs
-You must display AT LEAST 6 different kinds of marks in your final project

Options
-Work from a silhouette and fill in that shape with pattern/design
-Break the edges of the watercolor! Don't be afraid to draw outside of the color
-Have a practice page in your sketchbook to test out
patterns before you put them on your page

Combining the Elements

So far we have discussed the following
-Line
-Pattern
Shape
-Mark making

For our first project we will combine these elements in a mixed media piece.
-Watercolor
-Pen and ink

Mixed Media- 

 A technique involving the use of two
 or more artistic media, such as ink and
 pastel or painting and collage, that
 are combined in a single composition.