Chiaroscuro: word of the day!

Chiaroscuro is the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting, in order to create the most contrast possible.

What are you made of?

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What are you made of? Fill the image of your choice (silhouette of you, anatomical heart or ribs) with 10 realistic symbols that represent you... Each symbol must be shaded realistically, with no outlines. You can choose to use smooth pencil shading, stipple, hatching or cross-hatching. Have fun! Due next Friday.

Today's focus is on using light layers to create a portrait.

Using other shading techniques

Let's continue to use a variety of values (not outlines) to create a 3D looking object, except lets add cross-hatching, hatching, and stippling in to our toolbox.

Ball shading

Today we will be working on shading a simple form like a sphere. Without shading, forms often look flat and lifeless. Once you start playing around with shading, things begin to appear more life like. This website has some great directions for getting you started. Today in class we'll watch this video as well. This drawing will be due at the end of class.

Watercolor August and September

Let's splatter! Next we'll be building layer upon layer to create value and depth. For this technique please only use one color.

Magazine art inspiration

Today we roll some more... But aren't these cool?