1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. Measuring

7. measuring

8. 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

9. Angles

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

11. Practice

12. Practice

13. Two common sketchbook mistakes

14. The cube

15. The cylinder

16. Use Black and White Charcoal to create value and textures

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

19. Create a successful asymmetrical composition with a focal point

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. Where should a focal point be?

24. 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)

25. 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

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