FINDING CONTOUR LINES Consumable Item Triptych

Vocabulary Triptych: a work of art divided into three sections Contour Line Drawing: a drawing in which the artist draws out the simple lines that make up the object or scene

What You Will Do Using the consumable item you brought in, you will draw it in three stages:  Intact  Partially dented, folded, crushed, wrinkled…  Completely reformed and crushed Focus on the lines that make up the object in every stage. No scribbles or guessing!

WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT: A CONTOUR LINE DRAWING OF A (SOMEWHAT COMPLEX) REAL LIFE OBJECT THAT INSPIRES YOU, THAT YOU FEEL CONNECTED TO, OR HAS PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE TO YOU. THEN, AROUND THAT CONTOUR LINE DRAWING, YOU WILL PAINT EXPRESSIVELY WITH WATERCOLORS BASED OFF OF HOW THAT OBJECT INSPIRES OR INFLUENCES YOU. Once your contour line triptych is done…

The Process 1. Create your contour line drawing in pencil. THINK about where it’s going to go as far as balance (asymmetry, central and balanced, etc). Check with a buddy and with me to ensure the drawing is accurate enough. 2. Go over contour line drawing with artist pen. Erase pencil st layer watercolor: a translucent wash. Use bursts, gradients, drop on color, color blends, etc. 4. [After 1 st layer dries] Create a more intricate watercolor painting on top of the wash. This is where you can incorporate more specific brush strokes.

Light and delicate, subtle value changes Bursts Watercolor “underpainting”

Watercolor All about LAYERING and PATIENCE Layers of translucent pigment  Transparent  Translucent  Opaque Drying in between layers Experiment with a number of techniques (at least 6) to see what you like and what will go with your concept. I will provide you practice paper for this. For your final work, you will use painters tape to create a border on your paper (appx 1”) that will also adhere the paper to the table.

Glue and Salt Resist of some sort (rubber cement, tape) Cool Techniques

Washes with fine lines Add rubbing alcohol More techniques

(right) uses resist

Flat Wash - even wash of one light color Graded Wash/Gradient - wash of color that gradually gets lighter Wet on Wet (Clear) - wet paint on a clear, wet surface Water Splatter / Blooms - drop pigment on a clear wet surface, which can be patterned Drop Color on Wet Color - drop concentrated pigment on flat wash of color Pushing Out Pigment - reversal of brush strokes, creates texture and gets light as you draw the brush away Dry Brush - dry surface with concentrated pigment on relatively dry brush Masking Tape / Rubber Cement - apply masking tape to resist paint Salt - sprinkle salt on very wet paint, will create texture Wipe Out - dab or wipe wet paint with tissue or paper towel Detail Painting - very careful application of pigment on relatively dry surface, for detail work like patterns, texture. Similar to dry brush but pigment doesn’t have to be as concentrated.