Week Seven - Mark-Making and Value Continued

• Critique on Mark-Making and Value assignments.
• Continue working with mark-making.

In-Class: Paper Bag Still-Life 1 with Sharpie Marker:
Draw at minimum 3 compositional thumbnails of still-life.  Do all preliminary notes and techniques on these thumbnails, and any other important info and decisions– think out the composition and techniques all in the thumbnails and/or rough drawings on any other scrap paper.  Once you begin the 11″ x 14″ final drawing on the Bristol Paper, all work must be done in Sharpie Marker and Pen– NO PENCIL.  Use cross-hatching, hatching, contour-hatching, scribbling, and stippling to build up all value.  THE ONLY WHITE AREAS SHOULD BE FOR THE BRIGHTEST HIGHLIGHTS.  Build up layers and density for the dark shadows, and look for shadows within shadows. PUSH YOURSELVES AND TAKE RISKS– GO DARK, PUSH CONTRAST.  If you make a mistake on this, don’t freak out– sharpie marker is an unforgiving medium, so just roll with it and keep going.  Use the mistake to your advantage.  I’d rather see a drawing that went too dark and messy rather than one that’s too light.  The challenge of this is to do enough pre-planning and preparation, and then to just dive in and lose hesitation and tentativeness.

Homework:  Finish Paper-Bag Still-Life.

Note:  Remember to bring Brush & Ink to class next week.