10/17/14 Basic Drawing

Today's Class-  Today we continued our study of value using charcoal.  Last week the still life set ups just included white objects and drapery, but today I introduced other local color values.  I also talked about next week's midterm portfolio collection.

How to make this up- Set up a still life.  Put a box on a table, drape with both a white (or light colored) cloth and one darker, and arrange two white or light colored objects, and two darker colored objects on and around the box.  Light in such a way to create patterns of light and shadow.  You will do two full page value drawings of this set up, one using vine charcoal, one using compressed.  Specific requirements and additional student examples can be found here.

There are portfolio exercises that must be made up by next week's midterm portfolio grading to receive full credit, plus next week is the graded charcoal drawing and I would guess anyone who missed today could use the extra practice.

Homework-  Set up a still life with a box, and drape with a colored or patterned cloth.  Include 4 objects of similar size- two white/light colored, two dark colors, and arrange on and around the box.  draw the still life using your softest pencil, matching values and dealing with the usual issues of shape, proportion, perspective, etc.  Then rearrange the objects and draw the set up a second time in your sketchbook.  Total of two sketches.

Midterm Portfolio Grading-

Next week we pass the halfway point of the semester and I'll be grading all the work done so far that hasn't been graded individually.  If you haven't missed any classes then you probably already have everything done.  If you have missed some time, or have work scattered in different places, here is a list of what I expect to see and where on this blog you'll find he assignments:

9/12/14-  Contour Lines (shoes)
9/19/14-  Reductive Lines (bamboo)
               Negative Space (chair)
               Negative/Positive  (bottles)
9/26/14-  Perspective (boxes, boxes and cans)
10/10/14- Value (white objects- vine charcoal)
                (white objects- compressed charcoal)
10/17/14- Value (mixed value objects-vine charcoal)
                (mixed value objects- compressed charcoal)

For next class 10/24/14- We will be doing the final charcoal drawing of the semester, a graded project.  While you are working on that, I'll graded the 1st half portfolios.  Bring your 18" x 24" pad, charcoal of your choice, eraser, spray fixative, and any blending tools you might have.  Also bring all your work from the first half of the semester.