Drawing and Painting 1

Semester 1 review

Elements of Art

The TOOLS an artist uses to build a work of art Line, Shape, Color, Form, Value range, Texture, Space

Line

A point pulled through space

Contour Line

Pressure change to show thick and thin line

Continuous Line

the line (pencil) never leaves the paper, but continues

Blind Contour

not looking at the paper when drawing, not picking up pencil either

Projects with Line

Expressive Portrait with Color Splash

Shape

is 2d, has length and width

Organic shape

based on nature (leaf shapes, etc)

Geometric Shape

Based on math (circles, triangles, shapes)

Proportions

size relationship of shapes and forms to each other

Scale

Large, medium and small differences, changes in shape

Form

has length, width, and depth, is 3 dimensional (ie, cube)

Projects with Shape and Form

Black & White Acrylic Eye, Deep Space Infinity, Brown Bag

Value Range

the range from light to dark

Mark Making techniques to show value range on a form

Hatching , Scumbling, Stippling, Shading (see sketchbook)

Projects with Value Range

Black and White Eye Painting, Deep Space Infinity Perspective Drawing,

Color

Hue, the light reflected off an object, without light there would be no color

Saturation

the intensity or brightness of a color

Primary

first colors, pure colors, from these all other colors can be created Red, yellow, blue

Secondary colors

orange, green, violet

Warm & Cool

warm like the sun: red, oranges, yellows, cool like water: blues, greens, etc

Complimentary

colors opposite on the color wheel Red + Green , Purple + Yellow, Blue + Orange

Neutrals

black, white and grey (they aren’t real colors)

Tints, Tones, Shades

creating the lightness or darkness of a color with paint Tint

Shade

Black + color

Tone

grey + color

Projects with Color Emphasis

Skeletal Studies, Impasto Landscapes

Texture

the surface quality of an object

Real texture

you can actually feel it

Implied Texture

a photo or drawing of something with texture

Impasto

painting technique with real texture

Intaglio

engraving and scratching into a plate which will be printed with ink and run through a press

Projects with Emphasis on Texture

Impasto Landscapes (thick paint), Intaglio Printmaking (incised/engraved plate), Brown Bag (crumpled)

Space Positive/Negative

The actual positive object you are drawing and the negative empty space around it Provides: Space Perspective & Depth in a drawing or painting

Foreground

area closest to viewer

middle ground

centered

background

area furthest from viewer

Vanishing Point

A point where all orthogonal lines recede in a linear perspective drawing

Projects with Emphasis on Positive and Negative Space (OBJECT AND EMPTY BACKGROUND)

Brown Bag Drawing

Projects with Emphasis on Space/Perspective/Depth-

Deep Space Infinity, Impasto Landscapes

Media & Materials

Items that assist with mark-making

Graphite

Dry Media,Identified by numbers and letters, must use pressure change

H-Light pencils, hard

B-Dark pencils, soft

Numbers next to letters

indicate how extreme the letter is (how hard or soft)

Charcoal

Dry media: Identified by numbers and letters, must use pressure change Blending Stump

Tortillion

for smoothing and smudging values

Marker

Wet media, permanent, must vary direction of mark and overlap to create value range

Watercolor Pencils

Can be used wet or dry

Watercolor Paints

Wet media, transparent, show dilution

Acrylic paints

wet media, opaque

Heavy-Bodied Acrylic

acrylic that is think and in tubs

Gel Medium

substance to mix with acrylic to make it even thicker

Palette

dish with wells for mixing paint

Palette Knife

tool for impasto spread

Ruler

assists in straight edges for linear perspective

Stylus

engraving/incising into a plate

Printing press

Machine to press a plate to a paper to transfer ink

Heat Press

Machine to press a wrinkled paper to be flat

Draw From Observation

things you see in front of you and record on paper

Draw From Imagination

things you create in your head

Draw From Memory

things you remember from your past