Realistic Drawing from Observation

Reminder - Your Final Notan is now due and should be posted to your blog.

Today we will draw a pumpkin by observation.

Before you draw remember the strategies we used for drawing realistically.

Before starting your drawing, use your thumb and pencil to find a unit of measure.

Think about the following:

What would be something in the arrangement to use as a unit of measure?

Draw everything in proportion to each other. Make sure the pumpkin is not too large or small compared to the box. 

Before drawing the box, use your pencil to find angles and compare the angle to the hands on a clock.

Use your grayscale to find shadows, midtones, and highlights.

Next, observe the details of what you are drawing. How many sections does the pumpkin have? Are they all the same size or shape?

Is the stem short or long? 

Compare the values of the paper, the box, and the midtones and highlights of the pumpkin? Where do you think they would be on the value scale?

Remember that you are learning how to see these details at the same time you are making connections between your eyes, brain, and hands. 

Take your time, observe carefully and you may be surprised at how real your drawing turns out!

Work Session Today - Finish your Notan

Today you will complete your Notan. If you finish before class work on the Mystery Grid.

Take a picture of each project when you finish. we will post to the blog next class.

There will be a QUIZ NEXT CLASS on the Notan vocabulary. make sure you study!!!

Using a Grid to Draw Accuratley

Today you will be using a grid to create accurate drawings.

First, write your name and block on the back of the page.

Second, label each grid  square in the following manner:

Label each square across the top A through k on both the picture and the blank grid

Label each square down the side 1 through 8 on both the picture and the blank grid

Next, start with a square of your choice and use the grid over the picture to where find each line or shape lies. For example, the center of the flower lies in square F3.

On the grid below precisely draw each line as it appears in the picture.

Draw the Flower, Hand, Pizza, and the Mystery grid, in that order. Take your time on each one. If you don't finish we'll work on them next week.

Notan - Translation - Tesselation

Today we will work on the second type of Notan movement. The Translation. 

We will also create a Tessellation from our shape. A tessellation is a pattern you create that has no overlapping and no gaps between shapes.

The artist MC Escher used Tessellations to create his art.

The Flying Horse Video

After we have completed the Translation and Tessellation we will post them to our blog.

Notan - Expansion of the Square

Create a cut paper collage with a composition where both positive and negative spaces are REVERSED. Use either Symmetrical or Asymmetrical Balance in creating your design. USE GOOD CRAFTSMANSHIP -BE NEAT!!!

LIGHTLY Draw your designs from the edges into the center of the square. Think of the designs as shapes. You MUST cut from all 4 sides. Do not cut off the corners & don’t go past the center of the paper with any designs.

1. Begin cutting shapes from the sides of the square. 

2. Glue down the main base in the middle of your background either straight or diagonally.

3. Place all the cut shapes back into the square.

4.  Flip shapes & glue down in the mirror image from where it was cut. The basic idea is to cut out the piece, flip it out so that it mirrors the cut out space, and then glue it down onto a 18×24” paper.

Thanks to createartwithme.com, and Notan - Expansion of the Square by Dorr Bothwell for the lesson plan!

Draw a Picasso Style Self-Portrait

Picasso

Pablo Picasso was one of the most well known and influential artists of the 20th century. He was a painter, sculptor, print-maker, and ceramicist.

Take a look at Picasso in action. He was constantly making art, and worked in many different styles:

Picasso at Work Video

Picasso developed a style known as Cubism. Cubism is an abstract art form that was influenced by Egyptian, African and Native American art. Cubist art is very flat and angular, and shows multiple views of an object, such as the front and side, in the same composition.

Cubism

Picasso started as a traditional painter, but his style changed over the years.

Take a look at the many moods of Picasso in the video below:

Picasso's Portraits of Women - Evolution of His Masterpieces

TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT - PICASSO STYLE SELF PORTRAIT

Your assignment today is to draw a Self - portrait based on Picasso's Cubist Style. Watch the video below for instructions:

Self Portrait Picasso Style

There is paper at your desk, there are sharpies in the box for your outlines of your portraits, and there are crayons on the wire shelf in the middle of the room. MAKE SURE YOU PUT BACK ALL MATERIALS WHERE YOU FOUND THEM!!!!

Mr. B will pick up the portraits when you have completed them, be sure to add your NAME and BLOCK on the back of your portrait.

Shaded Still Life