FUNDAMENTALS OF ART November 27th, 28th (Day 2.7)

WARMUP

This session will mark our 22nd Art Synectic Trigger investigation. When you enter class, as usual, you will acquire your sketch book and open to the next available page. The following image will be on the screen:

This work by Alex Katz will frame the work for today's investigation. Today you will experiment with this image through EMPATHY

You will, on today's page, alter the image by generating a sense of EMPATHY. You are being asked to spend 10 minutes copying and changing the image increasing the amount of EMPATHY in the images and elements in order to develop an interesting image. Consider the following in preparation for this activity:

LESSON FOR THE DAY:

Today we begin our exploration and study of the Art Element, VALUE. You will develop an understanding of the concepts and porcesses associated with developing images with a full TONAL RANGE.  You will use drawing techniques in order to RENDER objects with HIGHLIGHTS, SHADOWS, and a LIGHT SOURCE. You will do so through the use of several techniques including BLENDING, HATCHING, CROSSHATCHING, and SCUMBLING.

VALUE is a simple concept at a glance, but as you can see by the bold terms in the paragraph above, there is a lot to learn and use in your images. Lets begin with the foundation concepts of VALUE and TONAL RANGE:

VALUE is the relative lightness or darkness of a color in an image.

TONAL RANGE includes the various shade of gray between absolute black and absolute white

Examine this work by Edgar Degas:

The VALUE and TONAL RANGE are apparent. There is an absolute white (the dress), an absolute black(under the left arm), and a full range of gray in between.

This effect was created through the use of HATCHING, which involves placing a series of parallel lines of varied weight in a manner that describes the change in VALUE

Examine this work by Giorgio Morandi:

The VALUE and TONAL RANGE are apparent. There is an absolute white (the jar in the foreground), an absolute black(the shadow in the middleground), and a full range of gray in between.

This effect was created through the use of CROSSHATCHING, which involves placing a series of crossing lines of varied weight in a manner that describes the change in VALUE

Examine this work by Kathe Kollwitz:

The VALUE and TONAL RANGE are apparent. There is an absolute white (the forehead), an absolute black(the eye), and a full range of gray in between.

 This effect was created through the use of BLENDING, which involves altering the pencil weight and pressure in a manner that describes the change in VALUE

Examine this work by Vincent van Gogh:

The VALUE and TONAL RANGE are apparent. There is an absolute white (the moon), an absolute black(in the buildings), and a full range of gray in between.

This effect was created through the use of SCUMBLING, which involves placing a series of scribbles and scratches of varied weight in a manner that describes the change in VALUE

We will explore these concepts and processes through a number of activities in class. For this unit it will be very important that you come prepared to class with a pencil every day. This particular skill is best developed through the use of a pencil.

AFTER PARTY

We will, at this time, use the seesaw app to upload images of our artwork and continue building a digital portfolio.

Remember to come prepared for class with a sharpened pencil.

Mr. Voelker