Homework is to make considerable progress on Project 2 between now and next Tuesday. Attendance has been a bit shoddy around the Mardi Gras Holiday, so I expect those of you who have missed to be making progress outside of class. Several are coming along nicely and are already looking great! I would like to see the projects somewhere between 50%-75% completed at the beginning of next class.
Also, Value/LIne Quiz on Tuesday. This one will resemble the first quiz and will be completed IN class.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
1011 & 1847: Chiaroscuro
Some words on Chiaroscuro as well as a diagram from StudioChalkBoard.Evansville.edu:
Chiaroscuro is a method for applying value to a two-dimensional piece of artwork to create the illusion of a three-dimensional solid form. This way of working was devised during the Italian Renaissance and was used by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. In this system, if light is coming in from one predetermined direction, then light and shadow will conform to a set of rules.
A hightlight will mark the point where the light is being reflected most directly. This is most often bright white, although in my illustration it is 10% Black. As one's eye moves away from this highlight, light hits the object less directly and therefore registers a darker value of gray. In my illustration there is a regular transition until you reach the point where the shadowed area of the form meets the lighted side.
Here there is a more sudden transition to darker values because no light is hitting that side. Some indirect light is available because the dark side does not turn solid black. This is the result of reflected and refracted light that naturally occurs. As you look at the extreme edge of the form, you will notice that it is markedly lighter than the shadowed area of the object. Light in the environment is illuminating the back edge.
The cast shadows are usually divided up into separate values as well. The area closest to the object is usually the darkest area that is being portrayed. Then, as light becomes more available, the same cast shadow lightens in increments until it reaches the shadow's edge.
Hint: Often times a drawing does not have this exact transition of grays. One can control and manipulate this formula to create interesting moods and character in a piece of work. A High Key drawing is one that has mostly light values, probably with no value of more than 60% at the darkest points. A Low Key drawing would be one that has mostly dark values. In both Low and High Key pieces this system of chiaroscura can be used to create the illusion of three-dimensional space in a drawing.
Chiaroscuro is a method for applying value to a two-dimensional piece of artwork to create the illusion of a three-dimensional solid form. This way of working was devised during the Italian Renaissance and was used by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. In this system, if light is coming in from one predetermined direction, then light and shadow will conform to a set of rules.
A hightlight will mark the point where the light is being reflected most directly. This is most often bright white, although in my illustration it is 10% Black. As one's eye moves away from this highlight, light hits the object less directly and therefore registers a darker value of gray. In my illustration there is a regular transition until you reach the point where the shadowed area of the form meets the lighted side.
Here there is a more sudden transition to darker values because no light is hitting that side. Some indirect light is available because the dark side does not turn solid black. This is the result of reflected and refracted light that naturally occurs. As you look at the extreme edge of the form, you will notice that it is markedly lighter than the shadowed area of the object. Light in the environment is illuminating the back edge.
The cast shadows are usually divided up into separate values as well. The area closest to the object is usually the darkest area that is being portrayed. Then, as light becomes more available, the same cast shadow lightens in increments until it reaches the shadow's edge.
Hint: Often times a drawing does not have this exact transition of grays. One can control and manipulate this formula to create interesting moods and character in a piece of work. A High Key drawing is one that has mostly light values, probably with no value of more than 60% at the darkest points. A Low Key drawing would be one that has mostly dark values. In both Low and High Key pieces this system of chiaroscura can be used to create the illusion of three-dimensional space in a drawing.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
1011 Homework: Project 2
Your homework for next Thursday is simply to make CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS on Project 2. Come in with a good deal of value laid in and be ready to work. Also be sure to remember that a VALUE/LINE quiz is lurking on the horizon. It will likely take place the Tuesday after we return.
1847 Homework: Hatching
Your Homework assignment for next Thursday is to draw 10 objects using hatching and cross-contour lines. Use one piece of Strathmore to draw 10 individual objects on the page. Don't draw one unified composition, but rather ten individual studies of single objects. Remember some of the techniques we practiced in class. Think about using different grades of graphite and other ways to vary your line quality. Try some different approaches, but resolve each object as fully as you can so that it contains a sense of volume and light. Choose relatively simple objects, so that you can concentrate on line quality rather than the complexity of the object. Good Luck!
P.S. Remember that I now will be initialing each Homework assignment during the critique as an indication that it was completed on time. This will then be considered when grading the portfolio.
P.S. Remember that I now will be initialing each Homework assignment during the critique as an indication that it was completed on time. This will then be considered when grading the portfolio.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
1847: Portfolio Drawing List
A running list of the drawings to be included in your midterm portfolio:
1. 5 Straight Lines
2. Best Blind Contour Drawing
3. HW: 10 Minute Blind Contour Self-Portrait
4. Collaborative Blind Contour
5. Long Blind Contour
6. First Geometric Still Life
7. HW: 2 8x12 Still Lives using the same 3 objects
8. Long Geometric Still Life
9. Perspective from Life: 2 Cubes
10. HW: 2 Pt. Perspective Experiment
11. Long Cubic/Geometric Still Life (Books & Boxes)
12. HW: 8x12 Still Life of 3 Objects (Manmade & Natural Forms)
13. Long Mixed Still Life: Natural, Manmade, & Geometric Forms (Pears, Potatoes, Bottles, & Boxes)
More to follow...
1. 5 Straight Lines
2. Best Blind Contour Drawing
3. HW: 10 Minute Blind Contour Self-Portrait
4. Collaborative Blind Contour
5. Long Blind Contour
6. First Geometric Still Life
7. HW: 2 8x12 Still Lives using the same 3 objects
8. Long Geometric Still Life
9. Perspective from Life: 2 Cubes
10. HW: 2 Pt. Perspective Experiment
11. Long Cubic/Geometric Still Life (Books & Boxes)
12. HW: 8x12 Still Life of 3 Objects (Manmade & Natural Forms)
13. Long Mixed Still Life: Natural, Manmade, & Geometric Forms (Pears, Potatoes, Bottles, & Boxes)
More to follow...
Friday, February 9, 2007
UL VIAR 111: Hatching
Some examples of artists who were masters of hatching and the cross-contour....
1. Ingres
2. Rembrandt
3. Daubigny
1. Ingres
2. Rembrandt
3. Daubigny
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