Basic Drawing-Mixed Value Exercises

The Assignment- Put a box on a table, drape with two cloths- one white, one a darker solid color. Find 2 white and 2 solidly colored objects of similar size and arrange on and around the box. Shine a direct light to create patterns of light and shadow. Then do the following drawings, paying attention to shapes, sizes, proportion, and spacing of your objects:

Vine Charcoal- Do not fill in the page, like we did last week- just draw with the vine charcoal on the white page, a standard value drawing, matching light and shadow as best as you can. Spend about 1 hour on the drawing and spray with fixative when it's finished.

Compressed Charcoal- Rearrange the 4 objects, then do a full value drawing using the compressed charcoal. Spend about 90 minutes on it.

These are portfolio exercises and must be made up by the 1st Half Portfolio collection to receive full credit.