A variety of works demonstrating your understanding of drawing issues; line quality, light and shade, rendering of form, composition, surface manipulation, the illusion of depth and mark-making.
Observational Art Observational art is easily defined as drawing or painting from life. Examples would include sketching a bowl of fruit (still life), drawing from a model (figurative), or drawing a street scene (landscape). The image is not taken from either a photograph or the artist’ imagination, but from real life observation. This category is by far the most important and is vital to your portfolio. These works will demonstrate how you interpret the world, how you make compositional choices, how accurately you can depict form, light and shadow. If applying to an art school, this is something they require as being a part of your application-Portfolio!
Styrofoam Cups Drawing Arrange at least 8 Styrofoam cups to draw from observation. Spend one class period sketching them in relationship to one another. Proportions need to be accurate and the arrangement needs to be photographed before the end of class. Once the drawing is accurate cross-contour and weighted contour lines should be added to depict form and value. This artwork should emphasize the drawing issue of line quality.
Gestural Monoprints Should exemplify LINE QUALITY
Draped Fabric Study Use graphite and/or charcoal to draw the folds in fabric. Think about your composition, discuss rule of thirds. This artwork should exemplify light & shade.
Emphasis: This is an area or object within the artwork that draws attention and becomes a focal point. Subordination is defined as minimizing or toning down other compositional elements in order to bring attention to the focal point.
Opaque/Transparent Value Study Use Prismacolor pencils to draw a transparent glass still life. This artwork should exemplify light and shade, rendering of form & composition.
Texture Photograph different environments that show high texture quality. Print this image and redraw showing LINE QUALITY, MARK-MAKING & COMPOSITION