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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

BRING TO CLASS:
Assignment 4 - Self-Portrait Through Objects

Value & Simple Forms

WARM UP: Morning Still Life

Discuss:

• The progress of your take-home quiz. Any questions, or issues?
• The reading Porpotions: Taking the Measure of Things. What is drawing from the midpoint? How do you draw using plumb and level? How did you measure in your drawing assignment?

ASSIGNMENT 4 CRIT: Self-Portrait with Objects

Discuss: Simple forms inherit in complex objects. Reference image below.

ACTIVITY: Warm-ups & Simple Forms

Lecture: The 5 Perceptual Skills of Drawing: Perception of Shadow & Light

• What is Value?
• Why is Value so important?
• Value Scales & Shading Simple Forms
• Observing Light and Shadow

Video: Art Institute of Chicago – Light & Shadow

ACTIVITY: Create 5 Value Scale

ACTIVITY: Practice Using the 5 Value System to render 3 dimensional forms. Use class props for reference.  Try Cubes, Spheres, Prisms, and oblongs. Try moving the Light source as well.

ACTIVITY: Start working on the Simple Forms with Value assignment.

• Set up a specific still life with a light source.
• Create the two thumbnails in your sketchbook, one for composition, one for value. Make sure these are complete before moving on to the final drawing.

DUE NEXT WEEK:

• QUIZ & Self Assessment Sheet : Take Home Quiz
• Drawing Assignment – Week 5: Simple Forms with Value
• No Required Reading