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MAKING A STILL LIFE PERSONAL
SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERYDAY
SOMETHING YOU ENJOY USING EVERYDAY
SOMETHING YOU HAVE WORN AND LOVED
SOME PART OF SOMETHING YOU ADMIRE
SOMETHING YOU EAT?
MIXED MEDIA STILL LIFEIn this project you will combine collage, ebony pencil, charcoal, white charcoal and colored pencil (maybe watercolor too)
1. Using brown paper, book pages/newspapers, black construction paper and water color on white to create a collage
for their backgrounds.
2. Then, create value scales using ebony pencil, charcoal, and colored pencils in your sketchbook.
3. After the papers have dried, students will photograph a still life of objects of their choosing to draw from and the following
rules...
A. On white paper draw with ebony pencil.
B. On brown paper draw with colored pencil(s).
C. On Black Construction Paper draw with White charcoal pencil
D. On the book pages draw with charcoal/charcoal pencil.
You will produce a realistic still life drawing on top of the background you created. It will be Due October 24th
FEATURED ARTIST: AUDREY FLACK
• (born May 30, 1931 in New York City, New York) is an American artist. Her work
pioneered the art genre of photorealism; her work encompasses painting, sculpture, and
photography. Flack's photorealist paintings were the first such paintings to be purchased
for the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, and her legacy as a photorealist
lives on to influence many American and International artists today
ARTIST: AUDREY FLACK
TODAY-
Objective
• Create the background for your still life. You must combine brown paper, newspaper/book pages
(and if you want black construction paper) onto a 12x18 piece of drawing paper.
HOMEWORK: Photograph objects placed next to each other for your still life drawing. Make sure they
overlap and tell us something about you (ie: sports your play, food you eat, clothes you wear, etc) BRING
THE PHOTOS or EMAIL your photos to me at [email protected] by Monday so we can print and begin
our still life drawings OR bring in your objects to be photographed in class or I will be creating a still life in
class for you to draw!
Things to Consider when photographing:
Different Angles- ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT, Different Light source, Add a mirror
You must have a minimum of 6 objects!
MONDAY
• Students will begin to draw the contours of their still
life. By the end of the period if you do not have a
photograph of personal objects to draw, you will choose
some from my cabinets to photograph and draw.
• And discuss Colored pencils and how to create value
with them
A. On white paper draw with ebony pencil.
B. On brown paper draw with colored pencil(s).
C. On Black Construction Paper draw with White
charcoal pencil
D. On the book pages draw with charcoal/charcoal
pencil.