Lots of wonderful drawings and experimenting with the charcoal, graphite, paintbrushes and various paper. More on Monday.
Friday, June 19, 2009
A Great Day of Drawing: The Bed and The Bag
Hot summer day of drawing on the 5th floor in the Art Department.
Lots of wonderful drawings and experimenting with the charcoal, graphite, paintbrushes and various paper. More on Monday.
Lots of wonderful drawings and experimenting with the charcoal, graphite, paintbrushes and various paper. More on Monday.
The Bed Drawings from 2008
Sleep. Comfort. Calm. Dreams. Sex. Restlessness. Intimacy. Fear.
Whatever a bed conjures up for you could possibly show up in your drawings of the Bed.
The way the linen sheets and comforters are arranged or thrown might just depict the sequence of how you left your bed earlier today before class.
Think about the softness or the cool sheets against your body and face or the warmth they are in the winter to soothe your soul and hopefully provide rest.
We spend a lot of time in bed as humans and it's only appropriate we draw one of our resting places.
The Importance of Sketchbooks
An amazing exhibition at MOMA in New York featured the sketchbooks (1877-1881) of George Seurat which are amazing in themselves as a work of art. Timeless and gorgeous drawings which should inspire you. Take a look and I know you won't feel the same about your own sketchbook anymore. I hope you'll take the sketches more seriously as we proceed this summer.
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2007/seurat/
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2007/seurat/
Value Charts
Take a look at this site to see examples of drawings of drapery:
http://www.jaimetreadwell.com/DCCC-Drawing-Drapery-examples.htm
Each of you were asked to create a VALUE scale of your own. One in Charcoal and one in graphite. They were supposed to be 11 steps from black to white. These charts were not given to you to complete for torture but in hopes that it would seriously help you in seeing a wide and sometimes subtle range of values you should be aware of as you draw.
http://www.jaimetreadwell.com/DCCC-Drawing-Drapery-examples.htm
Each of you were asked to create a VALUE scale of your own. One in Charcoal and one in graphite. They were supposed to be 11 steps from black to white. These charts were not given to you to complete for torture but in hopes that it would seriously help you in seeing a wide and sometimes subtle range of values you should be aware of as you draw.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
First Critique: Figure/Ground Relationships
First Critique:
Everyone is doing exactly what you should be doing...concentrating on the assignment and following directions and learning how to "see" better and to pay attention to the eye-to-hand coordination developement each of you must accomplish this semester.
Take time on your sketchbook assignments. Many of you seemed to rush through the exercise and some of the sketches were line drawings and NOT figure/ground drawings.
Your sketchbooks are important. Give them the attention they need outside of class.
I will always give you time in class to draw in your sketchbooks as well. No excuses for not having the 20 drawings each week.
Everyone is doing exactly what you should be doing...concentrating on the assignment and following directions and learning how to "see" better and to pay attention to the eye-to-hand coordination developement each of you must accomplish this semester.
Take time on your sketchbook assignments. Many of you seemed to rush through the exercise and some of the sketches were line drawings and NOT figure/ground drawings.
Your sketchbooks are important. Give them the attention they need outside of class.
I will always give you time in class to draw in your sketchbooks as well. No excuses for not having the 20 drawings each week.
Paper Bags Drawings from Previous Students
The Paper Bag Drawings:
Paper is so uniquely different from fabric and by taking time to find that different through VALUE you will understand how each still life, how each image you choose to draw has it's own spirit and it's own relationship to you. Capture that spirit and you will capture the beauty found in drawing. The paper bag drawing can help you in seeing the broken and subtle values found only in this paper product. The bags are more likely to be akin to architectural in form than the bed/linen drawings. Discover the difference between the two very different still life examples set up in the studio.
Paper is so uniquely different from fabric and by taking time to find that different through VALUE you will understand how each still life, how each image you choose to draw has it's own spirit and it's own relationship to you. Capture that spirit and you will capture the beauty found in drawing. The paper bag drawing can help you in seeing the broken and subtle values found only in this paper product. The bags are more likely to be akin to architectural in form than the bed/linen drawings. Discover the difference between the two very different still life examples set up in the studio.
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