design fundamentals sketchbook #3

Design Fundamentals

Sketchbook Assignment #3

Due: Dec. 6, 2006

Please put the week, the assignment, and the date in the lower right hand corner of each of your pages. It should look something like this Week 3 #1 12-6-06.

1. A still life set up of at least 3 objects. Use a pen or ultra fine point sharpie, use cross hatching OR stippling to create a value scale of 1-10 in shading the forms.

2. Begin by drawing an abstract, free-form line on the page. Then use other lines to echo the original line, flowing with it, into it, and away from it. Add color on or between the lines. You must create new variations away from your first lines to make it look different!

3. Try to make as many types of expressive lines as you can. Repeat each type of line several times. Try all types of lines: wavy, curly, jagged, dashes, fat, thin, etc. Fill your page with as many lines as you can. Use color to complete your composition.

4. Fill the page with overlapping shapes that run off the page on all sides. No negative spaces larger than a quarter. Fill each pos/neg space with smooth pencil gradations (from light to dark).

5. An observational drawing, any subject matter. Must be drawn from direct observation.

The Shading Do-Nots:

1. Do not shade with the side of your pencil.

2. Do not smear the drawing with your finger or a tissue.

3. Do not start out too dark - you can always get darker as you work.

The Do's:

1. Do make a flat edge on the tip of your pencil lead by "coloring" a sharpened tip on a piece of scrap paper.

2. Do shade in one direction only... then shade the opposite direction on top.

3. Do move your pencil smoothly and keep pencil strokes neat and close together to keep transitions smooth.

4. Do shade from light layers to dark to avoid uneven transitions.