You need to have started your 10 Experimental Drawings by this point! They are small, so be thoughtful and creative in approaching them! You can use ANY MEDIA and approach. Think outside the box. I expect QUALITY pieces with insightful reflections.
Bring in ONE 3-hour drawing (can be longer, but does not need to be) from life focused on VALUE.
Media and style OPEN, can use color or alternative tools, as well as collage or digitally drawn (but NOT digitally generated). MUST be gallery quality image (NO NEWSPRINT or FOAMCORE). Write one page on tools, approach, narrative, intent (if applicable). Print this out and bring it in.
You must think about COMPOSITIONAL frame and the edges of your paper--You MAY use a border (but do not have to), but need to fill at least the majority of your 18"x24" paper and address value for ALL of this space (foreground, middle-ground, background):
Where are things dark? HOW dark? How big are these areas? Where are things light? How light? Etc? Remember your backgrounding elements! It is the comparison of light to dark that give you both mass (in objects) and depth (in frame).
Some helpful vocabulary:
The Cast Shadow- This is the darkest dark. It is the shadow that is cast by an object on a surface that it is laying on. The cast shadow is the darkest where the object and surface touch, and will get lighter as it gets farther away from the object.
Shadow Edge- This value is on the opposite side of the light source. It is not the edge of the object.
Mid-Tone- This is what the actual color of the object is, without any effects from light or shadow.
Reflected Light- This is the light that is seen around an object, usually between the cast shadow and the shadow edge. It's the light that is bouncing off of the surfaces around the object. This value is never bright white.
Highlight/ Full Light- This is where the light source hits the object at full strength. It is usually shown by the white of the paper. All the areas of gray around the full light should be blended so that there is a smooth, gradual transition between them.
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