Monday, 9/9
Objectives: How does drawing the negative space help define the
positive image in a composition?
Goal: Observe and draw the negative edges/shapes within a
composition
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1.
2.
3.
4.
Drill
The _______ side of the brain is mainly
responsible for analyzing visual elements.
In doing observational drawing, the side of the
brain that is most engaged and active is the
_____ side.
In doing symbolic drawing the side of the
brain that is most active is the _____ side.
When did you experience a shift from right
brain to left brain mode while doing the upside
down drawings and why?
Notes
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Shape: an area enclosed within a boundary
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Positive space: The space in a composition
that is taken up by something, such as lines,
designs, colors or shapes.
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Negative space - Empty space in an artwork.
Negative space often has its own shape.
To Do: Exercise 1
To Do: Exercise 2
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On a new page in your sketchbook draw ONLY the negative
shapes created by the leaves in the composition. Do not
draw the edges where the leaves overlap with each other or
the branch. Shade in the negative shapes.
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Example:
Exit Ticket
How does drawing the negative space help
define the positive image in a composition?
Wednesday, 9/11
Objectives: How does drawing the negative space help define the
positive image in a composition?
Goal: Observe and draw the negative edges/shapes within a
composition.
Drill
Draw ONLY the
1.
An area enclosed within a boundary is negative shapes in the
picture below.
called a ____.
2.
The space taken up by the drawing in a
composition is called ______.
3.
The empty space in a composition is
called _______.
4.
What you did yesterday required you to
draw the _______ shapes of the horse
picture.
Notes
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Edge: Where two things meet.
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Composition: The plan, placement or
arrangement of the elements of art in a work.
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Figure: the object in a drawing that is taking
up positive space. Another word for positive
space.
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Ground: the empty space around the figure.
Another word for negative space.
To Do
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Exercise 3: Set 8-10 blocks and game parts in
front of you so that they have interesting
negative spaces in-between them. Draw only
the shapes of negative spaces.
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Exercise 4: Choose a tool from the box.
Position it on a white piece of paper in a way
that creates negative shapes and draw the
negative shapes only. Move the tool to another
position and draw it again.
Exit Ticket
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Which of the exercises so far did you find the
most difficult. WHY?
Thursday, 9/12
Objective: Observe and draw the negative edges/shapes
within a composition.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Drill
The empty space in a composition
is called ____ space.
What color is the positive space in
the composition on the right?
Explain how drawing the negative
shapes first helps you eventually
draw the image.
What is the role of the frame when
drawing negative shapes?
What are we trying to do by doing
all the exercises with seeing
negative space?
Notes
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Edge: Where two things meet.
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Composition: The plan, placement or
arrangement of the elements of art in a work.
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Figure: the object in a drawing that is taking
up positive space. Another word for positive
space.
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Ground: the empty space around the figure.
Another word for negative space.
To Do
Group A:
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Exercise 4: Using the same tool you had yesterday position it on a white
piece of paper in a third arrangement and then draw the negative shapes.
Exercise 5: Choose a second tool from the tool box. Create three negative
space drawings with the tool positioned in a different arrangement on a
white paper for each.
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Group B:
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Exercise 2: Cut one negative shape at a time from the leaf composition.
Position it on a piece of black paper at the same place where it would
belong in the composition. Carefully observe the edges and draw that
shape on the corresponding space within a frame in your sketchbook.
Continue cutting, positioning and drawing all negative shapes one at a time
until you have drawn every single one of them.
Exit Ticket
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How did the exercises you did today help you
sharpen your observational skills?
Monday, 9/16
Goal: Observe and draw the negative edges/shapes within a
composition.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Drill
How many negative shapes are there
in the image on the right?
How many positive shapes?
Another word for positive space is
______.
Another word for negative space is __
The line created by the points where
two things meet is called an ____.
Draw the negative shapes of the
image.
To Do
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Exercise 4: Choose a tool from the box.
Position it on a white piece of paper in a way
that creates negative shapes and draw the
negative shapes only. Move the tool to another
position and draw it again. Repeat the process
until you have the tool drawn in three different
positions.
Exercise 5: Choose a second tool from the tool
box. Create three negative space drawings
with the tool positioned in a different
arrangement on a white paper for each.
Exit Ticket
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Number your tool drawings 1-6. Which one
do you think is the most successful and why?
Tuesday, 9/17
Objectives: What line qualities do different media produce?
Goal: Explore and rate the different line qualities produced by different drawing
media.
Drill:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Which is the ground in a composition?
Which is the negative space in a
composition?
What is interesting about the positive
and negative space in the composition
on the right?
When doing negative space drawing
you are only looking at the _________
shapes of your subject.
How do you end up drawing the figure
when doing negative space drawing?
Notes
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Medium: a material used to create a piece of
art. The plural is media.
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Tool: an object that is used to apply to
medium to the surface or to otherwise help
execute the work. Example: brush
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Common Drawing media: graphite. Charcoal
(vine, compressed, white), pastel, conte
crayon, oil pastel, ink, pen.
Write the name of each medium below on a separate
post it note.
Then identify and label the following media in the bin:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Vine Charcoal
Compressed Charcoal
Charcoal Pencil
Graphite Stick
Erasers
Pastels (chalk)
Color Pencils
Oil pastel (cray-pas)
Ink Pens
Markers
To Do:
Exercise 6
1.
Divide an 18” x 24” piece of paper into eight sections.
2.
Label each section as follows:
A: charcoal B: graphite C: pastel
D: conte crayon E. oil pastel F: india ink G: mixed media
3. Holding each medium in different ways create as many
different marks in as many different ways as you can
think of in each medium’s corresponding section.
Manipulate your lines by smudging, blowing, erasing,
smoothing etc. Fill the space.
1.
Evaluate each medium using the graphic organizer .
2.
On the section labeled Mixed Media explore how each
medium interacts with others when next or over them.
Exit Ticket
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Name five drawing media.
Describe the lines qualities that can be
produced with two of the media you have
listed above.
Wednesday, 9/18
Objectives: How do visual beats and pathways create visual rhythm and
movement in a composition? How does rhythm affect the mood of the work?
Goal: Experiment with ways to create visual rhythm and movement in a
composition using mixed media.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Drill:
A material used to create a work of art
is called a ______.
Name two drawing media that smudge
easily.
Name two drawing media that will
create bold lines.
Name two media that are unstable and
would need fixing.
How can an eraser be used as a
drawing medium?
Notes:
Visual Rhythm: created by repeating art elements
(beats) such as shapes, colors, lines, textures etc. The
pace of the rhythm is determined by the negative
space between repetitions and the frequency of the
beats.
Fast Rhythm: small negative spaces, many repetitions.
Slow Rhythm: large negative spaces, few repetitions
Movement: the suggestion of motion or action in an
image created by using lines, shapes, colors or
textures repetitively to form pathways that cause the
eye to move around the work. Pathways can also be
created though the use of lines.
Non-Objective Art: has no recognizable subject. Only
shapes, colors, lines, textures etc.
If you were a car in this image how would you be
moving? Why?
What creates the suggestion of motion?
Frank Romero. Downtown Streetscape. 2000. Oil on canvas. 52” x 40”.
Collection of Cheech and Patti Marin, Los Angeles, California.
Wassily Kandinsky. Composition V. 1911. Oil on canvas.
190x275 cm. Private Collection.
Jackson Pollock. Blue Poles #11. 1952.
Enamel on canvas. 212”x488” (7’x16’).
To Do: Exercise 6
1. Tape a large sheet of paper on your table.
2. Using media of your choice move you hand to the
rhythm of the music to create marks on your paper.
3. When the song changes use a different medium and
continue working.
4. Keep in mind the idea of creating pathways and
rhythm through repetition.
5. Pay attention to the overall mood of the song.
5. Fill the entire page.
6. Overlap marks and media.
7. Be prepared to share with the class.
Exit Ticket
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How do visual beats and pathways create
visual rhythm and movement in a
composition?
How does rhythm affect the mood of the
work?
Wednesday, 9/18
Objectives: How do visual beats and pathways create visual rhythm and
movement in a composition? How does rhythm affect the mood of the work?
Goal: Experiment with ways to create visual rhythm and movement in a
composition using mixed media.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Drill:
How can you create a visual rhythm?
How can you create a fast visual
rhythm?
A work of art that has no recognizable
subject is called ______.
How is a mood or feeling
communicated in a non-objective
artwork?
What are the main rhythmic elements in
the work on the right?
Answer the questions in your group. (10 minutes)
1. What two words would you use to
describe the way you would feel if
you were in the room depicted in
the painting? WHAT made you say
that?
2. What appears to be moving in the
painting?
3. At what pace are things moving?
4. How is rhythm created in the
painting?
5. How is movement created in the
Patsi Valdez. The Magic Room. Acrylic on Canvas
painting?
6. What is the general direction of
most objects in the painting?
7. What is the role of rhythm, movement and direction in creating the painting’s
mood?
8. Create a quick drawing of the most important things in the painting.
Patsi Valdez. Room on the Verge. 1993. Acrylic on Canvas. 72”x 48”.
Collection of Cheech and Patti Marin, Los Angeles, California.
To Do:

Create a background that creates the feeling of panic
or disorientation using at least four different drawing
media, expressive mark making, rhythm and
movement:
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Study the drawings you made yesterday to the rhythm
of the music.
Identify beats, or marks that look interesting.
Working over other marks emphasize the beats that
you find interesting.
Create layers of beats and sub-beats using different
media.
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After looking at the work you created, identify
two main beats and describe them.
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What is the overall mood of your work?
Monday, 9/23
Objective: Explain the relationship of Jim Dine’s Tool
Drawings and the requirements of your assignment.
Goal: Plan and execute a composition that communicates the
phrase “Tools in Panic” using the concepts of negative space
drawing, rhythm, movement and expressive mark making.
Drill
1.
2.
3.
4.
Describe the main method by which Jackson
Pollock created his large Abstract Expressionist
paintings.
What is the difference between illustrating a
feeling and expressing a feeling abstractly
through visual art?
What is the role of movement and gesture in
abstract expressionism?
What is the role of line quality in expressing a
mood?
Jim Dine. Tools and Dreams. 1985. Etching and Drypoint on
Paper. 23”x39”
Discussion and reading
Other Works by Jim Dine
Other Works by Jim Dine
Jim Dine. Tool Drawing II. 1983. Mixed media, 70”x70”
Other Works by Jim Dine
To Do
Plan and execute an abstract composition using
mixed media that creates feelings of movement
and panic. This will serve as the background
for the tools you drew in your sketchbook.
Consider:
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- line quality and direction.
- the line qualities that different media are able to
produce.
- your arm movement and gesture as you are drawing.
- the rhythm and pace of marks
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Overlap different media. No white should be
Exit Ticket

Explain the relationship of Jim Dine’s Tool
Drawings and the requirements of your
assignment.
Tuesday, 9/24
Objective: Plan and execute a composition that
communicates the phrase “Tools in Panic” using the concepts
of negative space drawing, rhythm, movement and expressive
mark making.
Drill
1.
2.
3.
4.
Which part of Jim Dine’s work on the
right is based on observation?
Which part of his work shares similar
elements to the abstract expressionist
work of Jackson Pollock?
What rhythmic elements can you find
in the work?
What suggest gesture and movement?
Critique of what we have so far
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Place your board with your work on it on an upside
down chair.
Walk around the room and look at each other’s work.
Identify elements that could suggest a gesture or
movement.
Identify elements that suggest rhythm.
Consider the mood that you get from the work so far.
What would you suggest to your classmate to do with
their work?
To Do
Plan and execute an abstract composition using
mixed media that creates feelings of movement
and panic. This will serve as the background
for the tools you drew in your sketchbook.
Consider:

- line quality and direction.
- the line qualities that different media are able to
produce.
- your arm movement and gesture as you are drawing.
- the rhythm and pace of marks
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Overlap different media. No white should be
Exit Ticket

Write a short reflection of your work so far.
Do you feel you are getting the panicked mood
in your drawing? How do mark making and
gesture suggest movement and panic in your
work? What would you want to improve?
Wednesday, 9/25
Objective: Plan and execute a composition that
communicates the phrase “Tools in Panic” using the concepts
of negative space drawing, rhythm, movement and expressive
mark making.
Drill
Which part of Jim Dine’s work on
the right is based on observation?
2. Which part of his work shares similar
elements to the abstract expressionist
work of Jackson Pollock?
3. In what ways is Jim Dine’s work
similar to what you need to do for
your assignment?
1.
Notes
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Fixative: A spray that contains an adhesive
substance that makes charcoal and similar
media stable by preventing them from being
smudged.
To Do
Examine your work so far.
Ask yourself:
- Do I have white paper showing?
- Do I have marks/gestures to suggest feelings
of panic, movement, confusion or otherwise
energetic and uncomfortable feelings?
- Does my work have order in the chaos or it it
just a jumble of lines?
- What else do I need to do with my work?
Other Works by Jim Dine
Thursday, 9/26
Objective: Plan and execute a composition that
communicates the phrase “Tools in Panic” using the concepts
of negative space drawing, rhythm, movement and expressive
mark making.
Drill
1.
2.
What needs to happen to
charcoal and chalk in order for
them to become stable and not
lift off the paper?
Find your work. Prepare to go
outside.
To Do
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Take the copies of the tools you drew.
Consider how you can arrange them on your paper to
work with the background.
Cut the ones you feel would work.
Using tape, try to place them on your work where you
think they would fit.
When you are happy with the overall effect carefully
glue them down.
Draw over them making marks and whatever else you
feel is necessary so that they appear one with the
background.
Monday, 9/30
Objective: Plan and execute a composition that
communicates the phrase “Tools in Panic” using the concepts
of negative space drawing, rhythm, movement and expressive
mark making.
To Do:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The material used to create a piece of art is called ___.
What media did you use for your assignment?
What part of this assignment did you do from
observation?
What part was more expressive and gestural?
How are you supposed to make the expressive and
observational parts work together?
To Do
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Finish your composition: glue down tools, put marks on
top or any other finishing touches.
Grade yourself based on the criteria.
Create a title card for your work. Directions are on the
whiteboard. Think of an appropriate title for your work.
Take your work off the board and cut a black frame to go
around your work.
Frame your work, attach the title label in the front and
tape the grading paper to the back.
Thursday, 9/12
Objectives: What line qualities do different media produce?
Goal: Explore and rate the different line qualities produced by different drawing
media.
Drill:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Which is the ground in a composition?
Which is the negative space in a
composition?
What is interesting about the positive
and negative space in the composition
on the right?
When doing negative space drawing
you are only looking at the _________
shapes of your subject.
How do you end up drawing the figure
when doing negative space drawing?
Notes
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Medium: a material used to create a piece of
art. The plural is media.

Tool: an object that is used to apply to
medium to the surface or to otherwise help
execute the work. Example: brush

Common Drawing media: graphite. Charcoal
(vine, compressed, white), pastel, conte
crayon, oil pastel, ink, pen.
Write the name of each medium below on a separate
post it note.
Then identify and label the following media in the bin:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Vine Charcoal
Compressed Charcoal
White Charcoal
Graphite Stick
Erasers
Pastels (chalk)
Conte Crayons
Oil pastel (cray-pas)
India Ink
Tools: Quill and Nib Pens
Brushes
To Do:
Exercise 6
1.
Divide an 18” x 24” piece of paper into eight sections.
2.
Label each section as follows:
A: charcoal B: graphite C: pastel
D: conte crayon E. oil pastel F: india ink G: mixed media
3. Holding each medium in different ways create as many
different marks in as many different ways as you can
think of in each medium’s corresponding section.
Manipulate your lines by smudging, blowing, erasing,
smoothing etc. Fill the space.
1.
Evaluate each medium using the graphic organizer .
2.
On the section labeled Mixed Media explore how each
medium interacts with others when next or over them.
Exit Ticket
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Name five drawing media.
Describe the lines qualities that can be
produced with two of the media you have
listed above.
Tuesday, 10/5
Goal: Observe and draw the negative edges/shapes within a
composition.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
Drill
Draw the negative shapes of the
image on the right.
When doing contour drawing you
are drawing the ______ of objects.
What do drawing negative spaces
and contour drawing have in
common.
An area enclosed by a boundary
such as a line is otherwise known
as ____.
Wednesday, 10/6
Goal: Observe and draw the negative edges/shapes within a
composition.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Drill
How many negative shapes are
there in the image on the right?
How many positive shapes?
Draw the negative shapes of the
image.
What is the degree of the majority
of the lines in the image?
Another word for positive space is
______.
Another word for negative space is
_________
Negative Space and Chairs
To Do

Complete exercise 4: Set 8-10 blocks and
game parts so that they have depth and have
interesting negative spaces in-between them
Draw only the shapes of negative spaces.

Select a chair. Establish a border within
which to work (a long vertical one will work
the best) in your sketchbook and an
imaginary one around the chair. Carefully
draw the negative spaces. Repeat with
another chair. You will be using this for your
final project so do an EXTRA GOOD JOB.
Exit Ticket
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What was the most challenging part in drawing
the negative shapes of the chairs?
Thursday, 10/7
Goal: Observe and draw the negative edges/shapes around a
chair.
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Drill
1.
How many ground shapes are there in the
drawing on the right?
What color is the figure?
What is the direction of all the lines in the
drawing?
What is the degree of most of the lines in the
drawing?
Why is it important to stay in the same
position when drawing a three-dimensional
object?
2.
3.
4.
5.
To Do

Complete all exercises 1-4.

Exercise 5: Select a chair. Establish a border
within which to work (a long vertical one will
work the best) in your sketchbook and an
imaginary one around the chair. Carefully
draw the negative spaces. Repeat with
another chair. You will be using this for your
final project so do an EXTRA GOOD JOB.
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Tomorrow will be a make up day. You can
work on any homework, exercise or project
that you need to make up or re-do for a better
grade.
Exit Ticket

How did all the exercises about seeing
negative space help you develop observational
and drawing skills?
Tuesday, 10/12
Objectives: How can you use visual beats and pathways to create visual
rhythm and movement in a composition?
Goal: Experiment with ways to create visual rhythm and movement in a
composition using mixed media.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Drill:
A material used to create a work of art
is called a ______.
Name four drawing media that smudge
easily.
Name two drawing media that will
create bold lines.
Name two media that are unstable and
would need fixing.
How can an eraser be used as a
drawing medium?
Notes:
Visual Rhythm: created by repeating art elements
(beats) such as shapes, colors, lines, textures etc. The
pace of the rhythm is determined by the negative
space between repetitions and the frequency of the
beats.
Fast Rhythm: small negative spaces, many repetitions.
Slow Rhythm: large negative spaces, few repetitions
Movement: the suggestion of motion or action in an
image created by using lines, shapes, colors or
textures repetitively to form pathways that cause the
eye to move around the work. Pathways can also be
created though the use of lines.
Non-Objective Art: has no recognizable subject. Only
shapes, colors, lines, textures etc.
If you were a car in this image how would you be
moving? Why?
What creates the suggestion of motion?
Frank Romero. Downtown Streetscape. 2000. Oil on canvas. 52” x 40”.
Collection of Cheech and Patti Marin, Los Angeles, California.
Wassily Kandinsky. Composition V. 1911. Oil on canvas.
190x275 cm. Private Collection.
Wassily Kandinsky. Black Spot I. 1912. Oil on canvas. 100x130
cm. The Hermintage, St. Petersburg.
Paul Klee. The Rising Sun. 1919. Oil on canvas.
If you were one of the dancers in this picture how would you
be moving?
Would the pace be fast or slow?
Jackson Pollock
If this painting represents dancing is this a fast
paced song or a slow paced one? Why?
How is the rhythm created?
Night Mist
To Do: Exercise 7
1. Tape a large sheet of paper on your table.
2. Using media of your choice move you hand to the
rhythm of the music to create marks on your paper.
3. When the song changes use a different medium and
continue working.
4. Keep in mind the idea of creating pathways and
rhythm through repetition.
5. Fill the entire page.
6. Overlap marks and media.
7. Be prepared to share with the class.
Exit Ticket

How can you use visual beats and pathways to
create visual rhythm and movement in a
composition?
Monday, 10/18
Objective: How can the use of rhythm and movement create a
mood in an artwork?
Goal: Plan and execute a composition that communicates the
phrase “Chairs in Panic” using the concepts of negative space
drawing, rhythm, movement and expressive mark making.
Drill
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
How can you create a visual rhythm?
How can you create a fast visual
rhythm?
In what two ways can you create
implied movement in an artwork?
How is movement created in the image
on the right?
What is the pace and why?
Answer the questions in your sketchbook (10 minutes)
1. What two words would you use to
describe the way you would feel if
you were in the room depicted in
the painting? WHAT made you say
that?
2. What appears to be moving in the
painting?
3. At what pace are things moving?
4. How is rhythm created in the
painting?
5. How is movement created in the
Patsi Valdez. The Magic Room. Acrylic on Canvas
painting?
6. What is the general direction of
most objects in the painting?
7. What is the role of rhythm, movement and direction in creating the painting’s
mood?
8. Create a quick drawing of the most important things in the painting.
Patsi Valdez. Room on the Verge. 1993. Acrylic on Canvas. 72”x 48”.
Collection of Cheech and Patti Marin, Los Angeles, California.
Figure in Motion
William Kentridge
Jim Dine
To Do: Plan and execute a composition that communicates
the phrase “Chairs in Panic” using the concepts of negative
space drawing, rhythm, movement and expressive mark
making.
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Enlarge one of your chair drawings from exercise five
on a 16x24 paper and another on an 8x10 paper.
Cut the negative shapes out with an X-acto knife.
Create a background that creates the feeling of panic
or disorientation using at least two different drawing
media, expressive mark making, rhythm and
movement.
After you have considered various composition
options glue the chair cutouts onto the background.
DUE: Wednesday, October 20
Exit Ticket

How can the use of rhythm and movement
create a mood in an artwork?
Tuesday, 10/19
Goal: Plan and execute a composition that communicates the
phrase “Chairs in Panic” using the concepts of negative space
drawing, rhythm, movement and expressive mark making.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name two drawing media that produce bold
lines.
Name three drawing media that smudge a lot.
What pace would you be most likely to use if you
wanted to create the feeling of panic in a work?
What direction is usually associated with
movement?
What appears to be moving in the image on the
right?
Re-draw the objects in the image on the right to
make them appear as if they are moving.
Notes:
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Cropping: leaving parts of a subject out of the frame
by placing the subject near the edges so parts of it
appear cut off.
To Do: Plan and execute a composition that communicates
the phrase “Chairs in Panic” using the concepts of negative
space drawing, rhythm, movement and expressive mark
making.
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Enlarge one of your chair drawings from exercise five
on a 16x24 paper and another on an 8x10 paper.
Cut the negative shapes out with an X-acto knife.
Create a background that creates the feeling of panic
or disorientation using at least two different drawing
media, expressive mark making, rhythm and
movement.
After you have considered various composition
options glue the chair cutouts onto the background.
DUE: Wednesday, October 20
Exit Ticket
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Give two ways that you are using to create
movement in the background of your work.
To Do: Exercise 4
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Carefully observe the still –life
on your table by holding the
plexiglass up as a frame and
walking around it. Look for
interesting compositions created
by the negative spaces. Draw
ONLY the negative shapes
directly on the plexiglass. Then
transfer the composition in your
sketchbook in the form of a
thumbnail sketch. Repeat with a
different view until you have four
thumbnail sketches.
Exit Ticket
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What were some difficulties you had while
drawing the negative spaces of the still life?
How did you solve the problem?
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Thursday, 10/1
Objectives: Observe and draw the negative edges/shapes
within a composition.
Goal: Use a viewfinder/picture plane to crop and draw a
still-life based on negative spaces.
Drill
The space inside the subject of a
composition is called ____.
When cutting parts of a subject out
of the frame you are _______ the
image.
The flat level that makes up the
surface of a picture is called the
________.
What is the purpose of a thumbnail
sketch?
How does the artist that created the
work on the right play with the
interaction between positive and
negative space?
To Do:
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Continue drawing sections of the still life by
using the frames to select areas that include
parts of at least two objects and interesting
negative spaces and cropping the rest until
you have a total of four sketches in your book
Select the sketch that you find the most
complex and most interesting.
Tape a 16x 20 paper on your board.
Enlarge your selected composition from the
thumbnail to the larger paper.
Use color pencil to color in the negative
spaces fading the color out as you move from
one edge of the frame to the other.
Exit Ticket
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What were some difficulties you had while
drawing the negative spaces of the still life?
How did you solve the problem?
Friday, 10/9
Objectives: Observe and draw the negative edges/shapes
within a composition.
Goal: Using color pencil, color the negative spaces in your
drawing in a way that shows a gradual change in the color
from one edge of the paper to the other.
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Drill
Explain how the Drawing
Emptiness assignment relates to
contour drawing.
What do you think are the benefits
for doing this assignment?
How did the person that drew the
image on the right deal with the
negative space?
To Do
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Complete the Drawing Emptiness Assignment
by coloring in the negative space.
Write the reflection essay.
Make sure that you have all the exercises that
you have completed checked off on your
assignment paper.
Turn in your essay, assignment paper and
drawing in the Period 2 folder.
Wassily Kandinsky. Black Spot I. 1912. Oil on canvas. 100x130
cm. The Hermintage, St. Petersburg.
Paul Klee. The Rising Sun. 1919. Oil on canvas.
If you were one of the dancers in this picture how would you
be moving?
Would the pace be fast or slow?
Jackson Pollock
If this painting represents dancing is this a fast
paced song or a slow paced one? Why?
How is the rhythm created?
Night Mist