Materials Required:
-Black & White Art Materials as Options for Assignment:
charcoal pencils, compressed charcoal and white chalk, or black & white conte sticks, or black & white oil pastels, , or black & white chalk pastels, or black and white paint or ink
(Must use one or more combinations of these listed black & white art materials)
Please do not use pencil or graphite for this assignment***
- Eraser (or scraping tool)
- Bulldog Clips
- Cartridge Paper 18 x 24 inches or another type of paper sized at 18 x 24 inches
- Drawing BoardObjectives of Assignment:
-To demonstrate the ability to depict mass and planes (object and forms) in relation to space while utilizing variations of light and shadow in a black and white drawing (mixing black & white mediums) . (NO LINE DRAWING) Instead absorb your lines into edges.
-In order to get deep space depicted in the drawing assignment, incorporate a room with a window with a view to the outside.
-Explore various drawing sensibilities from controlled to manipulated and expressive mark making on drawing surface.* (generally more control and detail required in foreground with a progression of more expressive mark making towards background).
-This assignment is meant as a culmination of the various black and white drawing materials and formal ideas experienced within this course.
-For this assignment and most previous drawing assignments people will be expected to develop themes in relation to subject matter as well as their formal approaches to drawing materials.
Subject Matter:
Select volumes, planes and space that will present a definite sense of foreground, middle ground, and background (deep space) in the drawing. Also depict part of yourself (see examples above) in the drawing (at minimum 25% of drawing area and maximum of 40% of drawing area). Generally a combination of organic and geometric shapes will give a composition good visual variety in the drawing.
*This assignment requires drawing from observation but you can also incorporate an expressive interpretation which should connect to the themes and concepts in the work, but do try to have more detail and clarity as subject matter progresses to foreground.
Thematic Content:
Here again as in the majority of future assignments the use of thematic content is an important concern. As stated in previous assignments Thematic Content may involve choosing symbols, metaphors, allegories, narratives, myths, icons, motifs or combining some of these choices. Thematic content may also be like a word in a poem where a given word has multiple layers of meaning but connects to the poem’s overall theme. Once again you as the artist have the goal of trying to bring multiple layers of meaning into the completed assignment.
Typically in most cases domestic interiors are selected for this assignment. Whether the selected space is domestic space or not consider the thematic implications of that selected space for the assignment. If the assignment depicts a domestic space or another type of space what is the drawing saying about that selected space? How does the simultaneous depiction of the exterior space in a window or open door relate to the depicted interior space?
Formal Issues and Examples of Various Black and White Drawings:
Below are links which may assist in researching formal issues when depicting subject matter in black and white drawings. These are ideas in the links below have been covered in previous assignments in course.
This link below will present examples and ideas about drawing objects.
*This link will also present various formal issues that will include: process of drawing, additive and subtractive layering of mediums, mark making, mixing of black and white mediums, strategic depiction of (or lack) of detail and contrast.
*Variation of edges in shapes from sharp edges (hard edge) to soft edges (blurry edges) and all of these issues considered in relation to space and composition.
http://derekbruecknercourseinformation.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_12.html
This link below will offer some formal examples of drawing exteriors using various options of black and white materials. Over all these examples in the link below present a very good depiction of deep space and in some examples offer a very good use of atmospheric perspective.
Regarding Examples Below: Please note the examples of drawings below do not achieve all the requirements for this assignment. The examples given below were given various grades. These examples below are meant as a guide and offer primarily various formal options in terms of compositions and in some examples depictions of subject matter in deep spaces.
***For this assignment the objective is to try emphasizing mixing black and white mediums more, and rely less on the white of the paper to mix grayscale and tones. Please do not use pencil or graphite for this assignment.
Consider the listed objectives below and the required subject matter and consult your notes from the lecture that discussed this assignment. If you have any questions contact the instructor.
Thematic B and W Interior/Exterior Assignment Examples
oil pastel 24 x 18 inches
Drawing Studio 1 course
The above assignment offers very good expressive characteristics. As well the requirements of 25% of the drawing having an area consisting of limbs from the person who has done the drawing has also been achieved in a very interesting way. A deeper space should have been depicted but over all a good work and an interesting example of a Homework Assignment.
acrylic and ink 18 x 24 inches
Drawing Studio 1 course
The above drawing's selected composition demonstrates an exceptional depiction of deep space, but different levels of detail and contrast could have been expanded. A road trip narrative or journey is referenced here. Also a rare black and white wet media assignment example.
black and white conte 24 x 18 inches
Drawing Studio 1 course
-To demonstrate the ability to depict mass and planes (object and forms) in relation to space while utilizing variations of light and shadow in a black and white drawing.
-In order to get deep space depicted in the drawing assignment, incorporate a room with a window with a view to the outside.
-Explore various drawing sensibilities from controlled to manipulated and expressive mark making on drawing surface.* (generally more control and detail required in foreground with a progression of more expressive mark making towards background).
-This assignment is meant as a culmination of the various black and white drawing materials and formal ideas experienced within this course.
-For this assignment and most previous drawing assignments people will be expected to develop themes in relation to subject matter as well as their formal approaches to drawing materials.
Subject Matter:
Select volumes, planes and space that will present a definite sense of foreground, middle ground, and background (deep space) in the drawing. Also depict part of yourself (see examples above) in the drawing (at minimum 25% of drawing area and maximum of 40% of drawing area). Generally a combination of organic and geometric shapes will give a composition good visual variety in the drawing.
*This assignment requires drawing from observation but you can also incorporate an expressive interpretation which should connect to the themes and concepts in the work, but do try to have more detail and clarity as subject matter progresses to foreground.
Thematic Content:
Here again as in the majority of future assignments the use of thematic content is an important concern. As stated in previous assignments Thematic Content may involve choosing symbols, metaphors, allegories, narratives, myths, icons, motifs or combining some of these choices. Thematic content may also be like a word in a poem where a given word has multiple layers of meaning but connects to the poem’s overall theme. Once again you as the artist have the goal of trying to bring multiple layers of meaning into the completed assignment.
Formal Issues and Examples of Various Black and White Drawings:
Below are links which may assist in researching formal issues when depicting subject matter in black and white drawings. These are ideas in the links below have been covered in previous assignments in course.
This link below will present examples and ideas about drawing objects.
*This link will also present various formal issues that will include: process of drawing, additive and subtractive layering of mediums, mark making, mixing of black and white mediums, strategic depiction of (or lack) of detail and contrast.
*Variation of edges in shapes from sharp edges (hard edge) to soft edges (blurry edges) and all of these issues considered in relation to space and composition.
http://derekbruecknercourseinformation.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_12.html
This link below will offer some formal examples of drawing exteriors using various options of black and white materials. Over all these examples in the link below present a very good depiction of deep space and in some examples offer a very good use of atmospheric perspective.
http://derekbruecknercourseinformation.blogspot.com/2009/04/exterior-rendered-drawings.html
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