UNITY BY PROXIMITY & CONTINUITY
MATERIALS: 9x12 bristol, Left-over scraps of black paper and newspaper scraps cut into squares, triangles, circles, rectangles.
PROCEDURE: (see page 34 in Unity reading for explanation of concept)
a. arrange shapes in isolaltion - scattered
b. create unity, totality through PROXIMITY and CONTINUITY
CRITERIA:
- Unity
- Good figure/ground relationship
- Presentation
BRUSH & INK / FRANZ KLINE COMPOSITIONS - 3
MATERIALS: 8x10 scrap paper (newspaper, phone book pages, or used computer paper)
PROCEDURE: Using broad strokes, thick and thin, divide space into:
- Horizontal/vertical lines composition
- Diagonal composition
- Composition mixing both of the above
CRITERIA:
- Good figure/ground relationship
- Interesting Line quality (fresh)
- Line speed
LINE: LANDSCAPE COMPOSITIONS / PEN & INK - 4
MATERIALS: approximately 6x9" bristol board (with picture frame border in ink); Pen & Ink
PROCEDURE: Use ink landscape thumbnails to develop 4 compositions in line.
CRITERIA:
- Good figure/ground relationship (Line will create shapes. All shapes must be interesting.)
- Good, clean presentation. crisp borders etc.
HOMEWORK/ SELF-PORTRAIT
- 9x12” bristol: Working from a mirror, draw a series of 12 thumbnail self portraits, looking for a good figure/ground composition using only SHAPE. Use pen&ink to create shapes (similar to landscape thumbnails).
- 9x12” bristol: Using one of the above compositions, draw a self portrait FROM MIRROR in LINE (ONLY LINE). Use the full page (9x12") as the GROUND. Your lines should "cut up the ground". You must produce a strong figure/ground relationship as well as good line quality, direction, and WEIGHT. Choose for your medium from: Pencil (soft), Brush & ink (caligraphic line - see Matisse links), or Sharpie.
CRITERIA:
- Good figure/ground relationship (ground is cut up by portrait)
- Line quality & weight
- Presentation
JOURNAL WORK
- One page of contour drawings (any subject). See examples.
- One page of cross contour drawings. See examples.
- One page of line networks in pen & ink. See exapmples.