BRING TO CLASS:
Assignment 3 - Positive & Negative Plants | Sketchbook 3 - Close-up Comps

Measuring & Proportions

WARM UP: Morning Still Life

SKETCHBOOK 3 CRIT: Close-up Comps
Break into groups and review pages. Identify a single composition from each of your classmates and copy (and label!) this design into your own sketchbook. Use simple shapes — it’s not about replicating, this is a schematic for a good layout.

ACTIVITY: Eye Exam Drawings

  • Blind contour drawing of a classmate
  • Continuous contour drawing of the same classmate
  • Contour drawing of classmate’s eye, just one! Be as accurate as possible.

ASSIGNMENT 3 CRIT: Positive & Negative Plants

15 min break

Lecture: The 5 Perceptual Skills of Drawing: Perception of Relationships

Activity: Sighting

  • Viewfinder Grid
  • Find midpoint
  • Plumb & Level
  • Measurement:
    – Using your thumb and your pencil, choose a basic unit for your composition. Now sketch your composition, using this basic unit as your frame of reference for relative size.

DUE NEXT WEEK:

EXTRA CREDIT:

Yoshitaka Amano  - The Birth of Myth | 神話誕生 
Lomex Gallery
86 Walker, 3rd Floor | 89 Walker, #2R

Check out this exhibition before it closes on October 28th.

Bring your sketchbook and take notes on various things we discussed in class. Examples:

  • Sketch out composotions that you feel are strong.
  • Make contour drawings of the artworks, either the whole piece or various details.
  • Write your thoughts on spacial relations, use of perspective, etc.

Share what you observed with the class!