still life objectives Utilize items in your “STILL LIFE TOOLBOX” Midpoints, Parallels, Measuring, Angles, Negative Space Use Black and White Charcoal to create value and textures Create a successful asymmetrical composition with a focal point

Utilize items in your “STILL LIFE TOOLBOX” Midpoints, Parallels, Measuring, Angles, Negative Space These techniques are part of SIGHTING: technique of determining the proportional relationship of one part of an object to another

You will be using a VIEWING FRAME to CROP your still life Midpoints Finding the halfway points on your viewing frame and marking them on your paper. You will be using a VIEWING FRAME to CROP your still life

Parallels (verticals or horizontals) Finding the parallels for this bucket allows to you to do FORESHORTENING (shorten an object to make it look as if it extends backward into space) Marking edges with vertical or horizontal lines

Measuring Holding up your pencil to record the size of an object and compare it to something else

Measuring

measuring

Angles Finding the angles for this book allows you to get the PERSPECTIVE correct and create the illusion of 3-D space Holding up your pencil along edges of objects and bringing this angle to your paper

Angles

Drawing the spaces IN BETWEEN the objects Negative space Drawing the spaces IN BETWEEN the objects

Practice

Practice

Two common sketchbook mistakes

The cube

The cylinder

Use Black and White Charcoal to create value and textures

CHIAROSCURO: arrangement of light and shadow CHIAROSCURO: arrangement of light and shadow. Term introduced during the Renaissance.

Create a successful asymmetrical composition with a focal point

Asymmetrical Composition & Focal Point COMPOSITION: the way the principles of art are used to organize the elements of art FOCAL POINT: first part of a work to attract the attention of the viewer VISUAL WEIGHT: attraction the elements of a work of art have for the viewer’s eyes. Affected by size, contour, intensity of coors, warmth and coolness of colors, contrast in value, texture, and position

GESTURE: line drawing done quickly to capture Still life warm-ups CONTOUR: drawing in which only outlines are used to represent the subject matter BLIND CONTOUR: line drawing in which the artist never looks at the paper. Helps the artist develop a feel for space and form GESTURE: line drawing done quickly to capture

Finding a composition SKETCH: quick rough drawing without much detail that can be used as a plan or reference THUMBNAIL SKETCH: small compositional sketch to try out a design or subject areas

Where should a focal point be?

Ways to make your focal point work CONTRAST: technique for creating a focal point by using differences in elements Location: object should be on the Rule of Thirds Contrast: object is lighter or darker than other parts Isolation: object is sort of by itself, not much else around it Convergence: other objects point towards the focal point object Unusual: object is the only thing like it in the picture (an apple surrounded by oranges)

DISTORTION: deviations from expected, normal proportions REPRESENTATIONAL: art that depicts objects, people or places that look very much like what one sees ABSTRACTION: simplification and/ or alteration of forms, derived from actual observation or experience to present the essence of the objects, people or places NON OBJECTIVE: artwork without recognizable natural objects. Images are products of the artist’s imagination. DISTORTION: deviations from expected, normal proportions

PORTFOLIO: a collection of an artist’s work for presentation