Assignment 4
(Due: Wednesday,
3/12)
Scratchboard Studies & Intro
to Abstraction
Materials:
-‐two
12” x 12” scratchboard squares (any dark color acceptable)
-‐Scratch
board tools & nibs
-‐two
6” x 6” images (one full eye with pupil & one detail shot that reads as
abstraction/ texture)
---pencil
& ruler
(noun)
- Abstract art can be a painting or sculpture (including assemblage) that
does not depict a person, place or thing in the natural world -- even in an
extremely distorted or exaggerated way. Therefore, the subject of the work is
based on what you see: color, shapes, brushstrokes, size, scale and, in some
cases, the process (see action painting).
Abstract art began in 1911 with such
works as Picture with a Circle (1911) by the Russian artist
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944).
We are completing our section on
observational drawing, ending with portraiture and detail. You will be creating TWO separate
drawings from images of eyes (species not important). The first will be
used in its entirety as a study in detail and value. The second you must find a
section of detail/ texture that reads as abstract imagery. Bring in several options for
class on Wednesday, Feb 24.
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