Bring to Class: Sketchbook - Quiz | Assignment 5 - Simple Forms with Value

WARM UP: Morning Still Life

Discuss:

  • Last week’s recap. Go over in-class exercises, value scales, simple forms.

Video: Vincent Bal – Shadowology , John Muntean – Shadow Sculptures

ACTIVITY: Break into groups. Stage a shadow still life by using a direct light source and cast a shadow. Draw the shadow, either as a contour outline or shaded form, and use that shape as the base for your own whimsical creation!

ASSIGNMENT 5 CRIT: Simple Forms with Value

  • Review pre-visualization thumbnails: composition and value sketches.
  • Review drawings

Break 15 min

Lecture: Light & Shadow

Video: Seeing Light & Shadows in Everyday Life

DEMO: Charcoal Techniques

  • Carve with your wand (compressed charcoal)
  • Toned paper (vine charcoal & tissue)
  • Texture
  • Taping off edges

ACTIVITY: Sketch a Skeleton

  • Draw ONLY the negative space
  • Draw ONLY the shadows on the form
  • Draw from a toned paper

DUE NEXT WEEK:

  • Sketchbook: NONE – hand in your sketchbook to grade quizzes 
  • Drawing Assignment – Week 6: Spooky Self-Portrait