Today's class- Tonight we did one last charcoal drawing, this one a graded project. In the later part of the class I showed slides of printmaking- examples covering from the 15th century to the present, including some relief prints from me and my friends. I went over some information about the upcoming woodcut book illustration project.How to make this up- Set up a still life grouping. Place a box on a table, drape it with a white or light colored sheet or towel, and arrange on and around it the following items-
1) a hat
2) a bottle
3) a piece of sports equipment (ball, mitt, etc)
4) a section of a plant (real or artificial- leaves, flowers, etc)
5) any white object
Light it with a direct light to create strong light and shadows. Draw from the set up, using either kind of charcoal, on your 18"x24" paper. Convert the local colors of objects to their appropriate level of value in charcoal. Spend about 3 hours on it. This is a graded project.
