ordinary to extraordinary drawing. challenge create a work of art that transforms an everyday object...
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Ordinary to Extraordinary
Drawing
Challenge• Create a work of art that transforms
an everyday object into something unexpected.
Class Agenda• Look at artists who use transformation in
their artworks• Choose your object• Begin sketchbook work
•Observational studies of everyday object•Distortion drawings of everyday object
• Idea Development • Small group sharing and discussion
Sebastian Martorana
Yours, Mine, and OursMarble and Steel30 x 70 x 8 in.
Karen LaMonte
Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery2009Glass19 x 61 x 22 1/2 in.
Heather Jansch
Driftwood Horse20142.3 meters nose to tail
Trevor Leat
Family CircleWoven wiillow branches
Why do you think the artist used willow branches for this sculpture?
ArcimboldoAutumn1573
Noah Scalin
• Describe the quality of feathers• What connotations do skulls carry?
André Martins de
BarrosLe Philosopheoil on canvas, 35*27 cm
What did this artist transform the books into?
Student Worktransforming
pencils
What meaning could this drawing have:To the artist?To the viewer?
Where do you see the artist using distortion?
Project Requirements• Complete all process and planning exercises
in your sketchbook listed on your handout
• While developing your drawing, use distortion of your object to build the final form. oBending, enlarging, squishing, stretching,
cutting
• Use creativity in how you are building and designing the new form within your drawing
• Neatness counts!
Project Requirements• The finished drawing must be clear and
recognizable.
• I will be looking for craftsmanship in your drawing, so take your time!
• Drawing must be inked
• Drawing will be finished with colored pencil.
• I will be looking for use of color layering, blending, and creativity to create three-dimensional form.
Next Class• I will be demonstrating colored pencil
techniques.
• We will practice blending and layering colors using the colored pencils.
• You will continue to develop and work on your drawings.
What you should do today
• Choose your object• Begin sketchbook work
•Observational studies of everyday object•Distortion drawings of everyday object
• Idea Development • Small group sharing and discussion