Last Day

Thank you for a wonderful time! More pictures have been uploaded.
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JMU Arboretum

Beautiful day for drawing...
Several drawings have been added to the flicker slideshow. Click here to view the slide show.
btw the flowers and b/w drawings ROCK!
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Guess Who!

Specimens!

Madison Art Collection Drawing

Larry Rivers

Click here to view the assignment

Duke Dog

Reminder: Tomorrow we meet at 8:00 to talk about your drawings and to hand in any other work. We need to be at the Madison Art Collection @ 9:00.

Kate M. The woman we will be visiting tomorrow is on the Centennial Committee

The Voyage to the Little Grill and Hess Used Stuff

We stated out our "Field Trip" @ the Little Grill. Fabulous food, conversations and contour and gesture drawings.


Hess Used Furniture... What is a good word to describe the place. Fabulous...Amazing...Ohmygodwhichwayisout...


some day Caitlin...

Depth - Illusion of Space

SIZE OF OBJECTS-smaller objects seem farther away (distortions can occur if objects are the same size or too close to the viewer).
OVERLAPPING OR SUPERIMPOSING-by partially covering one object with another it gives an appearance of depth (distortions also occur if viewer is too close).
TEXTURE-density increases as an object gets further away.
SPACING-objects clustered closer together seem farther away. Horizontal lines which get closer as they near the horizon line appear to be defining a recession in space.
FOCUS-objects lose detail as they recede into space.
BRIGHTNESS-objects are brighter when closer to the viewer, except for reflective surfaces.
SHADE AND SHADOW-darker shadows seem closer especially if overlapping other shadows.
UPWARD ANGULAR LOCATION-creates depth if juxtaposed to ground and sky lines, e.g. tall buildings.
COLOR-color intensity is much greater closer to the viewer and tends toward medium gray as it recedes.
Hint: As objects recede away from the viewer in atmospheric perspective, bright whites and rich blacks tend toward medium gray and eventually disappear into a blue/gray background. Even colors have greater intensity closer to a viewer than they do further away.

Supplies for May 17

Tomorrow we will be working on the line book and then starting to work on perspective. Please bring all of the materials we used today and about 5 sheets of newsprint.

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Welcome

Hello! We are ready to go!

For tomorrow please bring with you the following supplies:
drawing paper
drawing board
sketchbook
masking tape
pencil
pen
carbon pencil
sharpies
scissors
ruler
exacto knife
1/2 in brush


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