Today's Class- Tonight we started our study of line. I showed about three dozen art historical slides, from cave paintings to the 20th century, discussing how artists used lines in each and the effects they had. Then the class did a series of portfolio exercises involving contour line.
How to make this up- Find yourself a shoe, a closed one works best. (dress shoe, sneaker, boot, but avoid sandals and flipflops) Use your 18" x 24" pad and pencils and complete a series of exercises involving different kinds of contour lines. You may draw more than one shoe on each page (as in the above student example) and even use the backs of the sheets. The specific instructions can be found here.
This is a portfolio exercise, due at the end of the semester, but considering all the bigger projects we have coming up, I advise you to get this done now.
Homework- The stipple (dot) drawings begun in class last week are due at the beginning of class on September 26, 2013. You must bring both the drawing and the original source photo. They'll be graded and returned the same night.
For next class 9/26/13- We will have a critique of the stipple projects, and then start a new graded project, a pencil line still life drawing. Bring your 18" x 24" pad, pencils, and eraser.
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