PERIOD 1 - Visual Arts

Today we will continue in our learning of the Elements of Art with texture.
Plan: Students PRACTICE technique and skill building.

Say (however is comfortable to you): Over the past 6 classes, you (students in Visual Arts) have learned about light and shadow, how to hold a pencil, creating values and value scales, graphite shading, space, and texture. Wow! That’s a lot! Today we put it together to practice and skill build.

Task One: Draw four 2 inch by 2 inch squares in your sketchbook. Label the page with today’s date and the title “Texture studies.”
Draw four different textures, to the best of your ability, one in each square. My recommendation is something like: the classroom carpet, your shoe material, the tile floor in the hallway, the window with light/reflection.
This should be delicate, slow, intentional work. This should take 20-30 min.

Task Two: On a new sheet of paper, write the date and label “Space studies.”

Choose ONE subject (a cup, a book, a box, a plant, a stuffed animal…).
Draw the subject as the POSITIVE SPACE of a composition. Practice your contour lines, texture skills, and light and shadow skills.
Now, do the SAME drawing, but make the subject the NEGATIVE SPACE of the drawing.
Now draw the same subject as a silhouette.
Now, draw a small scene, including the same subject, that has Foreground, Middle ground, and Background.
This should be delicate, slow, intentional work. This should take the rest of class and possibly need to be finished at home.