dma practice shading using the shading warm-up hand- out
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Learning Targets
To understand high quality pencil shading
To use high quality pencil shading to create a three dimensional effect.
Create a value chart
1” wide by 9”. Break the 9 inch section into nine
individual 1” sections. Draw as light as you can in the first
square and get increasingly darker as he goes.
The last section will be the darkest you can make it. The scale should have nice even steps in shade, no big jumps in value, yet each one should be obviously darker then the last.
To make forms three dimensional
Draw the objects lightly in contour form. Observe how the light hits the objects. Draw the shade that you see on the form
with your pencil. You should not be able to see pencil
strokes and there should be no smudging with your fingers. All shading will be done with your pencil.
To make forms three dimensional
Each form will be defined by the shaded values not lines.
Make nice smooth pencil strokes for blending, no scratchy lines.
Fill the page with the drawing, don’t just do a little drawing in middle of the page.
Elements The basic building blocks
Line Shape Value Form Texture Color Space
Salvador Dali - The Persistence of Memory
Line
A mark made by a moving point. Has greater length than width. Directs the eye-horizontal,
vertical, diagonal, curvy, zig-zag, etc. Can be actual-obvious lines or the borders or
edges of shapes. Can be implied-series of points or shapes that
the viewers eyes connect. They are suggested, not actual.
Leading Lines – are created by the eye following
the lines that linear objects, or their edges, to the center of interest in the artwork.
Student - Barrett Roberts 2003
Line
How do the lines in this artwork direct the viewer's eye? Where does the artist want you to look? Vincent Van Gogh
Implied line – not an actual line but can be a row of objects creating a line, someone’s line of vision, or the edge of a shape.
Student - Shaina Warner 2001
Student - Greg Connell 2006
Shape
A contained area created by an area surrounded by a line that comes together.
A contained area created by change in color or value.
Shapes are 2-Dimensional and flat. Can be GEOMETRIC (man-made) ex. Square,
triangle, circle, etc. Can be ORGANIC (natural) ex. Leaves,
humans, puddles, etc.
Shape- Shape can be created with an area surrounded by line
or an area that is one color or value.
Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso