IMPROVISATION: continued

Yesterday the class completed work on the "Improvisation" drawings. Monday we will begin work on Color beginning with colored pencil drawings on black paper.

Jeff

Jeff's drawing illustrates the manipulation of an open ended spatula. The progression is very well paced revealing a gradual curling of the tines. Each frame exhibits strong attention to the negative areas which have been activated primarily by "cropping the object."

Laura

Laura has also used "cropping" with the addition of rendering soft patches of value to accentuate key points around and across the object. In addition, her handling of "accenting" along the contours is very complementary to the values adding volume and dynamics.

IMPROVISATION

Georgia

Yesterday's project focused on composition as well as improvising form.  Each student chose an object that combined form and function. In other words, the object needed to have a pleasing design aside from just being functional.  First the object was zoomed in, cropped and drawn to touch 3 to 4 sides of the frame. In the remaining three frames the object's form was improvised by twisting, bending and stretching it in an effort to create interesting shapes within the negative areas as well as the positive.