Today's Class- Today we continued working with line, concentrating on the concept of positive and negative space. Last week we saw a cave painting of a horse, a simple exterior contour line that created the shape of a horse, or created a positive shape surrounded by negative space. After a short brain-teaser exercise, the class completed two exercises in positive and negative space using pencil on paper.
How to make this up- First the class did an exercise in negative space drawing, where I placed an old wooden chair (seat removed) in the center of the room and asked the students to draw only the empty spaces in the chair, as in the student example below:
After a short break the chair was replaced with a small grouping of bottles of similar sizes.
This time the assignment was to draw the positive shapes of the actual bottles, but students were advised to use the negative spaces between and around them to aid in finding the shapes and spaces between them. More detailed instructions and student examples can be found here.
Homework- Nothing new yet, but you don't want to wait too long to get your museum visit in.
For next class 2/15/19- We are going to start on the concept of value, using light and dark to build space and form, among other things. Bring your 18"x24" pad, charcoal, and the kneaded eraser (the stretchy one). I'll provide the subject and bring some good soap. Charcoal can be a bit messy, so I strongly suggest wearing black or dark gray clothes, so that if you get charcoal on them it will be less noticeable. Charcoal is mostly dust, no binder, so it will come out of clothes in the wash, but in the short term, it will make light or bright colors look a bit grubby.
