Assignment #3

Sophomores:

DUE: Monday, 9/30

Make an observational drawing using ebony pencil. You can make a still life of your choice (bowl of fruit, stack of books, shoes, chair with a jacket on it, etc), draw a corner of a room, or draw yourself using a mirror. 

-Use one strong light source. 

-Make sure to include a full range of value. Include all the parts of chiaroscuro: (highlight, halftone, deep-shadow, reflected light, cast shadow). 

-Make sure there is a foreground and background. 

-Draw what you see! Do not include outlines! They do not exist!

Examples: 

 Vincent Van Gogh, "Still Life of Shoes" oil paint

 

 Brian Duey, pencil

  Rembrandt van Rijn "Self Portrait" 1629

  Ralph Goings "A1 Sauce"

Juniors:

DUE : Tuesday, 10/1

Find a black and white photograph. Print it out on 8.5x11" paper. Use a ruler to draw a 1/4 inch grid over the picture. OR impose a 1/4 inch grid over the picture digitally before you print it. On a gridded piece of paper, recreate the image by filling in each square with the corresponding value. You can label the grids with letters or numbers on the y and x axis to make each square easier to locate. The end aesthetic should look like a highly pixelated version of the photograph.

 Chuck Close

1973 cover of “Scientific American” on the left and Leon Harmon’s “Abraham Lincoln” (1973) on the right.

Seniors: 

Kappa: DUE Monday 10/7

Omega: DUE: Tuesday 10/8

Create an image in the style of the artist (or one of the artists) you chose to write your journal entry about. Be prepared to present your image to the class. When creating your image, think about: what materials you chose and why, what your image is depicting and why, how you are relating to the time period the artist is from or the culture they are from (or your own time period and culture), etc. 

(If you do not want to create an image in the style of your artist you may pick another one, but it must be approved by me (Miss D.))