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Nature Journal Week IV: Shading
Nature: Image and Object
Nature Journal Assignment Week IV
Shading
Due: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Goal: To practice using value to describe how the light is falling on the landscape or elements in the landscape at your site.
Visit your site early in the morning or late in the afternoon when the light lower in angle. Make nine tonal drawings using the subtractive technique we learned in class. Each drawing should use at least three values: white, mid-grey, and dark grey. You may also collect items (plants, rocks, pieces of wood) from your site and bring them back to the studio to draw. If you do this, shine a bright light on the object (from the upper left) and turn off the other lights in the room.
Don’t make a line drawing first. Tone a section of your paper with a mid-value tone using graphite (pencil shavings) or charcoal. Then use your eraser to lift out the highlights. Be sure to squint. Once you have done this, then put in the darker tones. Avoid using lines.
To protect your drawings, insert a sheet of newsprint, wax paper or glassine paper between each drawing or spray them with fixative or Aqua Net Hair Spray.
Make one drawing of an object using your Micron pen and the stippling technique.
Nature Journal Assignment Week IV
Shading
Due: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Goal: To practice using value to describe how the light is falling on the landscape or elements in the landscape at your site.
Visit your site early in the morning or late in the afternoon when the light lower in angle. Make nine tonal drawings using the subtractive technique we learned in class. Each drawing should use at least three values: white, mid-grey, and dark grey. You may also collect items (plants, rocks, pieces of wood) from your site and bring them back to the studio to draw. If you do this, shine a bright light on the object (from the upper left) and turn off the other lights in the room.
Don’t make a line drawing first. Tone a section of your paper with a mid-value tone using graphite (pencil shavings) or charcoal. Then use your eraser to lift out the highlights. Be sure to squint. Once you have done this, then put in the darker tones. Avoid using lines.
To protect your drawings, insert a sheet of newsprint, wax paper or glassine paper between each drawing or spray them with fixative or Aqua Net Hair Spray.
Make one drawing of an object using your Micron pen and the stippling technique.
