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by JuliannaKunstler.com

WI State Standards:

  • AA Cr11h
    Plan: Formulate original concepts by practice, experimentation, and revision. (planning/experimentation)
  • AA Cr12h
    Make: Create works of art that introduce students to media, care of tools, and basic craftsmanship skills.
    (skills)
  • AA Pr10h
    Develop meaning: Create s body of work incorporating personal, historical, and contemporary art to communicate one or morepoints of view.
    (aesthetics / communication)

Learning objectives

  • draw from observation
  • form construction
  • Chiaroscuro pattern
  • Proportions and scaling

GALLERY

STEPS

Analyze the forms.

Compare them.

Answer questions:

Which one is bigger, closer, more complex?

Find the "end points" - the highest / lowest / most right / most left.

Lay them out on a pice of paper.

Roughly outline each piece.

Constrain proportions.

Break large shapes into smaller parts.

Compare and reference the proportions.

Continue breaking the shapes into smaller details.

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Shade all shaded parts. Define the light side and the dark side.

No need for details at this point.

Add drop shadows.

Remember how they work - darker next to the object, then fading.

No outlines! Work with edges!!!

Now that you have all important pieces in place - you can start on individual pieces.

Use small strokes.

Take your time.

Mistakes:

1. Outlines! Get rid of them!!

Use edges!

2. Too dark

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