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3 Challenges of The Creative Process

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Art Skills, Skills for Art Proficiency

3 Challenges of The Creative Process

7, 8 Art Class Assignments


Art Links to some Great Art on Net

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Art Ideas -Concepts to Aid Creativity

  Basics of Composition Organization in Art

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Class 7, design, " breakup"

Clay Projects EZ
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Cropping, finding a Picture Inside a Picture


 Detail: 
Little Things Make Interesting Pictures 


 Discovery &  Invention things which enhance creativity

Drawing Assignments, 


Fantasy & Imagination, Exercises 

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How to Transform 2d to 3d


How to look at Art 


Developing Ideas for Art
Ideas that follow Themes
Idea Development in Art

Index of Design Lessons


Judging  Good Art?

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Outdoor Drawing Series
Drawing Assigments for Beginners

EACH SKETCHING OR DRAWING ASSIGNMENT 
EMPHASIS ARE THE FIVE POINTS LISTED BELOW.
Media Method
Skill Emphasis
Subject: Your Selection is the Idea
Techniques that will help you: Viewfinder

1
Drawing Graphite Pencil
SKILL: Observation Skills:
Design Skill: Showing Spacial depth Outdoor observation; Use 'Viewfinder'- Include objects from close to distant; use near forms to frame scene Include outlines to do basic breakup. Add details and tone. Show light and shadow shades


2
Drawing Graphite Pencil Observation
SKILL: Using Detail Outdoor observation;
Use 'Viewfinder'- Find a single interesting natural object. Draw it in detail Be careful about the size and position of the object. Try to make deep shadows dark enough

3 Drawing Graphite Pencil Observation Skills: Using Pattern or Rhythm Outdoor observation; Use 'Viewfinder'- Locate objects which create a Vertical Pattern or Horizontal pattern Simplify to either white or black areas. This will have the effect of

4 Drawing Color Pencils, but limit to only 4 colors Observation Skills & Design Spacing and Placement Divide your page into Quarters, Place one interest natural form in each frame; Block in color; Use any two of your 4 colors in each frame: one or more part of object leaves frame.

5 Drawing Graphite Pencil Observation Skills Do a copy from a photo that shows a complete human figure - Select an interesting pose Try to use tone to build and fill all areas.- - Do not draw outlines first to fill in.

6 Drawing Use Color Pencils Observation Skills: Using multiple colors to shade and blend Find a picture with good color: Reproduce the picture in a size that will work for you, Use many colors to produce detail and tone with colored pencils.

7 Drawing Toned Ground Drawing Observation Skills from Still Life Setup Set several objects in an interesting group. Select objects of different sizes and shapes and textures. Use a medium tone paper. Brown, gray or blue. Then use a dark color and a light color for shadows and highlights

8 Drawing Toned Ground Drawing Observation Skills, Drawing from your own picture. Use medium toned paper, Break down the face and features into zones of shade. !! I will supply each of you with a digitized image that I will prepare of you after our 'photo shoot'!!

9 Drawing Graphite Pencil Fantasy Invention Invent a strange or unusual place or environment. Place forms within this environment You may select elements from photos and juxtapose (rearrange) on a paste-up model

10 Drawing Charcoal Abstract 3D Forms Explore interesting 3D inventions which need not represent any real thing Work with Blended Charcoal Techniques. Try to produce shades from Light to Dark.

11 Drawing Charcoal Observation Skills, Figure Drawing each other Lightly Sketch the Pose in pencil and finish it with Charcoal Shading and Blending to build the sense of light and mass

12 Drawing Pen and Ink Observation Skills Any Bird, Animal, or Insect Develope a technique of delicacy and detail of all parts, You may use small strokes or shapes for detail.

13 Drawing Drawing With Fine Brush Expressive Colored Line Use real subjects rather than Abstractions. Places, Persons or Things Draw Outline and Detail with a Fine Brush. Feature Line as bright colored strokes

14 Drawing Mixed Technique Any Imaginary Subject Fantasy Combine Several methods but keep it simple and workable.
SOME PROJECTS CAN BE DONE easily IN ONE CLASS PERIOD (OR LESS):
A FEW WILL two or three DAYS - 

2017

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