Students had to think about how to layer through their values in this portrait exercise. The main goal here is to assist students in thinking about how they utilize base layers in future painting projects.

Students had to think reductively while removing the black top layers off of their scratchboard surface to reveal the white underneath. Students also had to think about texture, movement, and transitions as they created the illusion of varying gray values based on how they spaced and sized their markmaking.

Students were tasked with drawing an object of their choosing that would then be translated into a variety of media. Students had the opportunity to dabble with pen quills and ink, collage, reduction drawings, digital layering, and burnishing colored pencil.