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Figure Drawing (on Newsprint)

1. Glue strips and scraps of newsprint onto illustration board.

2.  Once covered with newspaper, allow to dry before applying water-thinned gesso to surface; allow to dry.

3. Once gesso is dry, complete a figure study using charcoal or NuPastel that has realistic shading.  You may need to spend a few class periods completing the figure.

Files that you can download:

Gesture Drawing PowerPoint

Oil Pastel PowerPoint

Blind Contour PowerPoint 

Altered Book PowerPoint 

Notebook Example PowerPoint 

Projects

TERM 1

Altered Book (10)

Notebook

8 x 10 Portfolio

Blind Contour Self Portrait

Ink Still Life

Timpanogos landscape (comp.)

 Figure Drawing (gesture)

TERM 2

Charcoal Figure on Newspaper

Student Choice Project (w/research)

Wet in wet watercolor (candy, still life, student choice)

TERM 3

Grid Self Portrait (graphite)

Viewfinder Color Scheme Project

TERM 4

Series of Three Monoprint Maps