Monday Drawing Lab

Every Monday my Sculpture students draw in their sketchbooks.

For homework, they tape a small viewfinder "window" on their sketch and enlarge it on a 4"x4" square. They are learning to crop and locate an interesting composition for a new artwork from an existing artwork. Here are examples of students who received full credit on homework.

Figures In Action - A Freestanding Sculpture

Videos of break dancers and sporting events and ballet rehearsals gave us practice with gesture drawings. Bent hangers cured in plaster-filled cans. Proportional bodies were built using newspaper, tape, and plaster gauze. A final coat of runny plaster put the finishing texture on the figure before applying a metallic acrylic paint.

Self Portrait with Value

Students took their own photographs with the school IPad. Many included an object that reminded them of another person. Their expressions were a response to a story about that person; a time they felt empathy. Separate values were outlined then enlarged on a 15x15 square of quality paper. The tempera grays were premixed and the students marked the shapes with numbers corresponding to the correct gray, much like a color by number.

Sketchbook Covers

Sketchbook: Wrong-Handed Portraits of Classmates

Sketchbook: Continuous Contour Lines of Toys

Exquisite Corpse Stencils

*Art One*

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