Value scale

Big still life

Value - Lights and Darks

Today we will begin learning about Value in Art. We are not talking about how much a painting is worth, but about the range of lights and darks in a picture.

We will create a 10 Value Tone Scale using one pencil.

More Practice

For the last 2 classes we have learned and practiced how to find correct proportions using units of measure and correct angles using the pencil and clock method.

We will practice drawing ellipses today, and then draw a Still Life of tube 2 and the box, using all of the methods of the past classes.

BLOG POST DUE TODAY - Post the drawings from last class and todays work. Title the post, Drawing practice - 8-27

Finding Angles

When you are drawing object you also need to find correct angles.

Use the following technique to sight the angles with pencils.

Tilt your pencil to align with a feature in your image.

Then compare it to the horizontal border of your paper. 

The angle should be as close to the actual angle as possible.

It might help to imagine the angles as hands on a clock. What time would the angle above be?

Continue the process until you find all the angles...

Drawing in Proportion Using Units of Measure

Today we will begin to learn the skills we need make a realistic drawing.

First we need to make a drawing that is in Proportion, meaning that all elements of the object are in the correct ratio to each other.



How do I find proportion in what I draw?

Use your pencil and thumb to measure a distance on the object. This is called the Unit of Measure.

Then use the unit of Measure to find out how tall the tube is. Drop your pencil and thumb down the length of the tube and count how many widths you find.

1 width

2 widths

..and the tube is almost 3 widths tall.

Here is a link that goes into much more detail about this process.

Upload your 6 drawings to your blog and answer the questions

Today you will upload your 6 drawings to your blog and answer the following questions:
What drawing do I like best? Why?
What are 2 specific things that I did well in my drawings?
What are 2 things I would like improve in my drawings?