Many cups drawing
Objective: Students will learn to draw a machine made objects. To do that they must
master a system of visual measurement, compose the form and its shadows in the frame
of reference at the appropriate scale and shade the drawing to suggest the 3 dimensional
form of the cups on a flat piece of paper. Students will also learn how to draw a circle
seen in perspective, the elliptical lip of the cup.
Skill demonstration: Students will draw a single cup on a 9’ x 12” piece of paper. They
will use a system of visual measurement that compares the widest part of the cup to the
total height of the cup. For Styrofoam cups that measurement is that the height is one and
one half the width of the widest part or the ellipse. Students will place the cup on the
frame of reference using asymmetrical balance according to the direction of the cast
shadow. Students will use a full range of values the shade the cup, the shadow and the
negative space.
Major project: Students will draw a many cup still life, 5 plus another object. Students
will demonstrate that they are able to draw the cups with the correct proportions of height
verses width. Additionally they will use the system of visual measurement to locate all
the objects in the composition correctly. The drawing will then be shaded with a full
range of values using ebony pencils.
Rubric:
 Demonstrate the ability to use a system of visual measurement to draw objects in
correct proportions
 Demonstrate the ability to draw elliptical forms
 Demonstrate the ability to shade the drawing using a full range of values
 Demonstrate the ability to create a well crafted drawing