Getting started in drawing

We are going to start the year by having some conversations about art and what is great art? What do we value in our society? How is a piece chosen for a museum? It is important to understand preferences and bias in art. So we are going to do a group project to get the conversation started. The goal is to keep this conversation going through-out your classes in the art dept.

We will also cover the theory of light and shade through the work of Sheri Lynn Boyer Doty. A link to her webpage can be found here on the Art instruction Blog. We will be referring to this page in class.

I will be focusing on this second presentation after we complete the group project above.

We are also going to talk about composition. We will be using this link during the discussion. The worksheet we will be using is here or you can find the file at the bottom of this page.

Vocabulary:

Chiaroscuro

Illusion of Space/Intuitive Space

Light Source

Shadow

Cast Shadow

Form Shadow

Reflected Light

Value

Mood

Tenebrism

Notan

Light, Dark and Gray Tones

Unit 1:

Assignment: Drawing Fruit using various textural techniques

Draw cast and formed shadows using fruit, real or plastic

Students will create 3 images using stippling, hatching, or scumble, rendering with gradation, to create the illusion of dimension using fruit and dramatic lighting. Paper size 12 x 18 inches. Students will create a still life using fruit or vegetables. Students will overlap the objects to create depth. Dramatic side lighting will be used to create cast shadows.

Vocabulary:

Hatching/Cross-hatching

Stippling/Pointillism

Scumble

Shading

gradation

rendering

Work time:

1 week

Still life by Samethsim

Art by:Gnomes and Cookies

“The eyes are the window to your soul” in Miguel Endara’s spellbinding art piece.

Patrice Murciano 1969 - French Pop Art and Mix Media painter - Tutt'Art@ (29)