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WEEK ONE to WEEK THREE
Introductions and Syllabus Review
1) Black Walnut Ink Making
collecting black walnuts
processing the black walnuts
testing the color quality
creating a tonal range
drawing with ink
2) India Ink value studies
3) Black Walnut value studies
4) Plein Air drawing of the black walnut tree
Juglans nigra, the eastern American black walnut
“While the Constitution was written in iron gall ink, many everyday Americans, naturalists, and even [civil war] soldiers made their own ink from black walnut husks—leaving behind letters, diaries, and sketches in this earthy brown tone.”
“While the Constitution was written in iron gall ink, many everyday Americans, naturalists, and even [civil war] soldiers made their own ink from black walnut husks—leaving behind letters, diaries, and sketches in this earthy brown tone.”
WEEK FOUR and FIVE
1) Pencil Grades and Pencil Value Study
2) Making Textures
3) Collaging a still life using the texture library
4) Catch-up or Three classes to complete a finished drawing (in either india ink, pencil, black walnut or collage of texture).
PENCIL GRADES
Conté and Hardtmuth had both discovered that by varying the ratio of graphite to clay, you could produce pencils of varying softness and darkness. The more graphite was in the mixture, the softer and darker the pencil would be. The more clay was added, the harder and lighter the mark it would make.
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