Art Studio
Ms. Crisman
Definitions
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Value:
-how light or dark an object is
(or appears to be)
Portrait:
-An image of someone’s face.
Collaborate:
-to work with other artists
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One of the most
common ways to
learn about value
is to make a value
scale
Value scales are named
by how many boxes
there are
Below is a six-part
value scale
This is a
10-part
Value Scale
Why
would an
artist need
10-parts?
B = Black
H = Hard
F = Fine
HB = No. 2
Which pencil would you use to create a dark shade?
Which pencil would you use to create a highlight?
Which pencil would you use to complete a Scantron test?
Value turns Shapes….
…into Forms!
Hatching
Cross-Hatching
Blending
Stippling
How would you create the varied areas of light and dark?
By changing the PRESSURE of your pencil!
Avoid using your finger while blending. The oils from your
skin stain the paper and cannot be erased!
If you are heard “stabbing” the paper rather than stippling,
you are drawing incorrectly.
Shading
Techniques:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXeIf-
fpawo&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Stippling
Video:
http://vimeo.com/33091687
Kneaded Erasers
Graphite
Graded
Pencil
System
Blending stumps
and Tortillions
Cropping is when you zoom into or
cut out a piece of information from
your artwork.
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Gridding is a system used to enlarge a work of
art. Gridding keeps all of your proportions the
same when you work on a larger surface.
1.
Each of you will receive one piece of 12x12 white paper,
and one photograph.
2.
This photograph will be 1/30th of an entire image.
3.
You must grid your photograph onto your larger paper,
and add value to each box to match the photograph.
4.
When put together, your piece must help the entire
composition.
1. How well you grid out your image.
2. How well you match the textures/values in
your image.
3. How well your piece fits in with the rest of the
class.
4. Your time/effort/use of materials.