General Drawing opening and closing written assignment.  You are to read and define each of the Art / Studio related terms on the vocabulary list. 50% are due by Mid-term. The remainder due by our Final Week.

Prof. Turtel Onli M.A.A.T.   

Aspects of Design

Directions:

Please review these art-vocabulary terms as they are presented.

Then write a clear and complete definition of each term.

Elements of Design: Due by our Mid-Term Week

1.       Color

2.       Line

3.       Shape

4.       Space

5.       Value

6.       Texture

7.       Form

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The Principles of Design: Due by our Finals Week

1.       Unity

2.       Variety

3.        Balance

4.       Emphasis

5.       Repetition

6.       Rhythm

7.       Proportion

 

Evaluating Art

1.       Art Criticism

2.       Formal Theories

3.       Contextual Theories

4.       Expressive Theories

 

A.      What Makes Art Great to you?

B.      Explain “Evaluation” and “Censorship” as each term may be applied o Visual Art.

 Sept. 25th, 2020

Practice makes better!

 The above student is drawing from a photo-reference using the Grid-Scale process. Her basic materials are the soft leaded "Primsmacolor Pencils" and drawing paper.  Notice the vivid contrasting colors in the pencils drawing.  Because these types of pencils tend to be of a softer lead they blend better.  Plus the brand offers a broader range of colors than most other brands. 

Below are the basic notes to follow for the basic Grid-Scale process.

 The student below is drawing a self portrait using a mirror as her visual reference instead of a photograph or digital selfie type image.

A student sample of the Black & White Grid Scale drawing.
 Notice the clean line quality and values.

"Prismacolor" brand, soft-lead colored pencils and all-purpose drawing paper are recommended for this assignment:

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The above unfinished "Red Cardinal" Drawing and the below completed rendering of a "Red Car" were both done using the Color Grid-Scale Process. 

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It requires selecting a color photograph. Do not use an illustration, cartoon or low resolution image from the internet.  In most cases students have the option to select a reference photo image per glossy pages from magazines.

Draw a one-inch-grid over the photograph.  First there must be dots places around the four edges of the photo at one inch apart.

Then line them up using ink or a marker, draw the grid.  Afterwards the top row should be labeled alphabetically and the left row labeled numerically.

On a sheet of 18" X 24" Drawing Paper draw the same type of labeled Grid using pencil or ink, however the dots must be placed two inches apart.

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This grid will be about twice the size of the original color  photograph in most instances.

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This process requires one to be dedicated to drawing precisely the proportions, textures, values, lines and colors exactly as they appear in the smaller photograph onto the larger gridded drawing paper.

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Note the drawing directly below is a Values Grid to be drawn in order to learn and master how the colored pencils may be used to create a needed range of values and shades.  

Both student/artists tested the pencils along the sides of the actual drawing while working to match colors and textures.  

Many times the correct colors are created by blending assorted colors.  

Keep in mind that at times the pencil colors do not exactly match those in the photo-references.