1. If you have yet to do so, visit the course page on Edline. Make sure that you are comfortable accessing files and links. Remember that your first set of readings should be well-represented in your first study page(s), due Tuesday. Print one copy of "Rubric: Study Pages (Peer)" for today.
2. Peruse the GCA blog. Sift through a few months of posts and images, clicking on the pieces that you find interesting and/or impressive. Select 3 works of art that exemplify 3 micro-lessons from our sphere drawing lesson or course readings. Compose a brief statement for each, and include: the artist's name, a description of the piece, and specific parallels between our lesson and aspects of the drawing or painting. Use your statements to demonstrate your learning in a specific and clear manner. If you happen to finish early, please proofread and refine your work.
3. If time allows, view the sphere drawing demonstrations linked from Mr. Kefor's art blog. Otherwise, view them at home. Remember that your final sphere will be assessed next week.
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The portrait of a pony-tail toting gentleman by Patrick Byrnes makes prominent use of the shadow edge. In order to create a sense of depth through the use of value, the shadow begins on the cheekbone and fluxuates from the initial shade to slightly varied dark values.
There is a sketch by Charlie Mostow of a young man. This is a process used primarily as a stepping stone called the “block-in” phase. We learned of this to be the first step in class so that the proportions of the form are appropriate.
The drawing of an eye cast by Rebecca C. Gray makes heavy use of highlights in order to make contrast. The areas around the eyes are very bright in contrast to the eye itself and the deeper regions reflect the light from those brighter areas.
Seth Killingbeck
Mike Abdelahad
I chose the Hand sculpture drawing, the nose sculpture drawing, and the side of the lady’s head sketch. I chose the hand because it clearly shows the shadowing process correctly done in order to give the drawing a realistic and detailed affect. I chose the lady’s head because in her hair it clearly shows the pattern of the lines in her hair (cross-hatched). It shows the direction of the lines in order to add texture, shading and realism. Lastly, I chose the nose because it has a lot of detail and proper shading to add a real 3-D feel. Also, the odd shape gives it a sense of interest. Also, in this piece you can clearly see a perfect example of the shading done around the actual nose sculpture to show contrast. These drawings are all great and show just how much the sphere fits in to every drawing or work of art. These wonderful pieces were created by Adrienne Stanger (hand and forearm sculpture drawing and the female side face profile sketch) and Alexandro Berrios (Nose sculpture drawing). My personal favorite was the nose because of the certain curiosity it gives the viewer.
Ethan Thomasson
2/1/13
On the cast drawing of the lion you can easily see the contrast of the light and the shadow. You can see the shadow edge or the terminator where it is the darkest. You can also see the places where the shadow is lighter because the reflected light is bouncing back on to the drawing. You can see the darkest parts on the drawing where the lightest parts are near the shadows so it makes a very sharp contrast.
Adrienne Stanger
Danielle Puopolo
Artist: Adrienne Stranger
(portrait of a woman from a side view in pencil)
Reflective light is shown on the chin of the woman. There is a dark shadow under the woman’s nose, lower lip, and underneath her chin. There is also a shadow edge on her cheek bone that fades into a highlight from the light source. Our spheres also had a highlight from the light source and faded into a dark shadow edge.
Artist: Abigail Tulis
(pencil drawing of a casted woman’s head)
There is a large shadow edge under the woman’s cheek and chin. It fades into the highlight of the woman’s cheek bone. Reflective light is displayed on the woman’s lower lip and individual pieces of her hair. There is a dark shadow made by the woman’s head shown across her neck.
Artist: Katie Whipple
(bright painting of two garlic cloves and a small pumpkin, sitting on a wooden cutting board)
There is reflective light shown on the bottom of all three of the objects. The light source seems to be coming from the top left. They all have dark shadows coming from the bottom right, showing that the light source is in fact coming from the top left. Each object also has a subtle shadow edge below the highlight.
The 1st one I chose was done by Kate Whipple. It’s a portrait of a woman. It ties into what we learned because just like in the sphere with reflection, the face gets light at the neck and it comes back up to the chin. Also it shows cast shadow on the higher part of the neck where you can tell the light doesn’t reach.
I chose a piece by Adrienne Stanger. It’s a sketch of a woman looking to the left. It ties in with what we learned because you can’t see pencil marks. When she shaded darker, it was repetition not pressure which is what we learned.
My 3rd choice was something by Sally Cochrane. It’s a yellow mug with chocolate next to it. This ties in because behind the cup has a huge shadow. On the front of the cup, it’s brighter. You can tell what direction the light source is coming from. Also, you can see the shadow edge where the cup curves and the light stops hitting the cup directly. It’s the darkest part of the mug.
Allison Goldman
Dylan Colpritt
Adrienna Stanger drew a hand, a little bit of the arm, and the wrist of a person. The center of the hand appears to be spherical or at least was inspired from a sphere. The left side of the hand and arm possess a terminator and light is reflected of the surface that the appendage is resting on.
Emilie Lee drew a side view of a man’s face. The jaw line and the chin have an easily noticeable terminator. Another one can also be seen on the nose and around the eye socket. The cheek and chin seem to be heavily based on the sphere shape.
Sam Hung drew a front view picture of a man’s head looking upward. There is light reflecting onto the underside of his chin and on the eye sockets. His chin and cheek are very spherical in shape and definitely based off of spheres.
Ashley Cibotti
1)Adrienne Stanger composed the drawing. The piece is a hand that has a kind of peaceful nature the index finger is slightly bent inward and it looks like the light is hitting it from the top right side. There is a cast shadow made which is located along where the thumb and side of the arm is.
2)Patrick Byrnes composed this drawing. The piece is a man’s face that is looking to the right. There is great detail throughout the eyes, nose and mouth. The eyebrows are brought out a lot. There is hatching that is going on in the neck area and then he uses cross hatching to make the bold underlining line under where the jaw line is.
3)Patrick Byrnes also composed this drawing. This piece is a woman that is looking to the right and she looks kind of disgusted with something. There looks like there is light that hits the face from the back right that makes a shadow around where her cheek is. The light source is used to emphasize the shadow that is created. The sharp edges also create a sharp contrast. The unfinished hair and neck makes the face look darker and more detailed.
The hand drawing by Adrienne Stanger has very detailed shading in it. The drawing is of a forearm and a hand which looks like it’s in a cast of some sort. This piece of work is very smooth and the dark to light proportions are unique. There looks like some block-ins was incorporated in this drawing. The light source is hitting the hand from the right side providing a bright to dark glow throughout the hand. Another drawing was of a woman by Adrienne Stanger as well and it is of a women staring off into the distance. The artist used a lot of stitching in the woman’s hair to really get the realistic look and as they worked towards the face they used some cross stitching to show the emotional expression on her face. Another drawing is by Anthony Baus and it is a drawing of an art room. This artist incorporated a lot of shading tones, majority of them being light tones. He also put a lot of detail and had a drawing inside of a drawing or in other words used some box-ins. The light sources seem to be coming from different angles hitting different parts of the drawing. Sean Bostrom
Luke Kane
February 1, 2013
The artist’s name is Allison Parker and she sketched a cast drawing of a lion. On the Cast drawing of the lion, you can see the light is coming from above and to the left of the lion. It parallels with one of the lessons we learned by using shadowing. The artist uses shading by making the light come from the top of the figure portrayed and making it get darker as it goes down and then it gets light again where the light source reappears.
The artist’s name is Liz Beard and she drew a picture of almost a profile of a woman’s face. You can see shading in the hair and by looking at the picture closely, you can tell that the light source is coming from the right. Again, it parallels with shading by making the hair start of light and get darker towards the middle and lighter as it gets to the back part of her hair.
The artist’s name is Andrew Bonneau and he drew a picture of a man standing. In the picture it shows an unfinished version of the man and a finished version. This is a good example of a block in, one of the first things we learned in class. A block in is almost like an outline of a drawing to get the basic structure of the object your trying to sketch.
The hand drawing by Adrienne Stanger adds a shadowed perspective of the hand drawing. The outline of the hand on the left side matches perfectly with the shadow of the hand completely. She Blended so well to the point where it looks realistic. I also like how the darkness form the left side of the hand transforms from dark to light in a well toned manner. She doesn’t overdue any tone it just goes perfectly into the whole drawing. The shadow of the hand also is a good point to capture mentally because the shadow matches the hand outline. It doesn’t look like a blob or some random shape. You can tell that she took her tedious time trying to capture the realistic perspective.-Greg Kennedy
Ethan Thomasson
2/1/13
This drawing is of a young boy . The block in process is obvious in this picture because you can easily see how he has only started drawing the main outline of the person and has not started making any kind of detail or shading so he can make sure that he gets the outline perfect so that he does not start the details and have to go back to to the beginning and change the shape of the guy.
Charlie Mostow
Posted November 5th,2012 : The Angel Statue
Block in sketch by Liz Beard. The sketch she has done is a block in morphing into a drawing of a statue of an angel without a head or arms. Her project reinforces the ideas of contrast, and the shadow edge, by having the shadow edge being the darkest shade. Then she uses contrast by not shading the surrounding background making the statue look more realistic.
Posted October 4th, 2012: Ennis by Devin Cecil
In Cecil unfinished sketch he has incorporated many things. The block in part of the subject’s neck and shoulders shows us the way Cecil is thinking about going and shows us the importance of mapping out your composition. The final part of the sketch, the subject’s head and neck, allows us to see how shading can be seen as values. The shadow edge on the opposite side of the light source makes the sketch look more realistic. By having the shadow of the neck and the shadow edge be fairly close in darkness allows the sketch to look more 3D than a flat drawing.
Posted September 18th, 2012: Portrait of a woman by Adrienne Stanger
The light source is seen as coming towards her face. The reflected light is reflected back onto her chin. The contrast of her hair and the light shading that is seen on her forehead make her face pop more. The shadow edge on her chin and cheek bones makes the lady look more realistic.
Posted November 5th,2012 : The Angel Statue
Block in sketch by Liz Beard. The sketch she has done is a block in morphing into a drawing of a statue of an angel without a head or arms. Her project reinforces the ideas of contrast, and the shadow edge, by having the shadow edge being the darkest shade. Then she uses contrast by not shading the surrounding background making the statue look more realistic.
Posted October 4th, 2012: Ennis by Devin Cecil
In Cecil unfinished sketch he has incorporated many things. The block in part of the subject’s neck and shoulders shows us the way Cecil is thinking about going and shows us the importance of mapping out your composition. The final part of the sketch, the subject’s head and neck, allows us to see how shading can be seen as values. The shadow edge on the opposite side of the light source makes the sketch look more realistic. By having the shadow of the neck and the shadow edge be fairly close in darkness allows the sketch to look more 3D than a flat drawing.
Posted September 18th, 2012: Portrait of a woman by Adrienne Stanger
The light source is seen as coming towards her face. The reflected light is reflected back onto her chin. The contrast of her hair and the light shading that is seen on her forehead make her face pop more. The shadow edge on her chin and cheek bones makes the lady look more realistic.
Katelyn Seetaram
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