Today's Class- Today we finished our time with ink wash, with students doing a graded drawing. Drawings were collected at the end of class, and will be returned graded next week.
How to make this up- Today's set up was a large leafy plant hanging within a wooden tripod easel. Find your own potted plant and some kind of stand. If you don't have a stand, put the potted plant on a wooden chair. The room should be well lit, from either daylight or lamps. Draw the plant and stand/chair at 100% scale (if a leaf is two inches long on the plant, it should be about the same size on your paper) on your 18" x 24" paper, including as much of the subject as will fit on the page. The page can be vertical or horizontal. Use pencil for a contour sketch, then complete the value drawing using ink wash. Try to match the values of the leaves, stems, flowerpot, and stand as closely as possible. Take a photo of the plant to bring in along with the drawing. Above and below are examples from previous semesters.
This is a graded project, so the longer it takes for you to turn it in, the more points will be lost.
Homework- Find 3 leaves from 3 different species of tree (maple, oak, birch, etc). The leaves can still be green, or have turned fall colors. Arrange the leaves on a piece of white paper, so that they overlap each other slightly. Do an ink wash drawing of the leaves in your sketchbook, at a scale where the leaves will mostly fill the page. (you may sketch in pencil first) Rearrange the leaves and draw with ink a second time. Rearrange again and do a third ink wash drawing.
For next class 11/16/11- We will start a new medium, conte crayon. Conte crayons are a little harder than charcoal, so they are easier to control, though a little more difficult to blend. They also come in colors besides black. Bring both black and red crayons, along with various erasers and your 18" x 24" pad, and we will do some portfolio exercise still life drawings.
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