FUNDAMENTALS October 2nd, 3rd (Day 9)

WARM UP

This session will mark our 8th Art Synectic Trigger investigation. When you enter class, as usual, you will acquire your accordian book and open to the next available page. The following image will be on the screen:

This drawing by Mary Cassat is in line with our previous examples of LINE from the history of art. Today you will experiment with this image through the act of CHANGING SCALE.

You will, on today's page, alter the image through some form of CHANGE IN SCALE. You are being asked to spend 10 minutes copying and changing the image by CHANGING THE SCALE of the elements in order to develop an interesting image. Consider the following in preparation for this activity:

LESSON FOR THE DAY

For our studio activity you will need to recall our previous work on FIGURE/GROUND REVERSAL. We will not be dealing with Figure/Ground reversal directly; however, the visuals that follow do make use of the concept.

We will be dealing with concepts of POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE as they relate to observational drawing. These concepts are explained in the visuals below:

Pay close attention to the manner in which the chairs are represented in these two illustrations. Notice how any interior details are not included and we are left with the "shape" of a chair. It is almost as if the image is the shadow of a chair.

Being able to recognize this will be important as we draw during our next session.

We will spoend time generating a specific page layout. For your reference the following steps will be taken in class. You may view them here to enhance your understanding of the process:

AFTER PARTY

Towards the end of our session we will post our works on the critique wall. We will not have a critique until we finish a larger composition in the next few days You will have time after this session to finish should you need it.


Remember to come prepared for class with a sharpened pencil.

Mr. Voelker