Visual Textures

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Goal:          The student will explore the idea of a "visual texture" using the techniques called hatch marks, cross-hatch marks and stipple to create the representation of three dimensions, 3-D, which has a complete range of values from 0% black to 100% black.

Materials:  paper       ballpoint pen, felt pen, pencil, or ???

Background:  The student must realize that an object's form is derived from our visual cues.  When this object is drawn on a 2-D surface, we, as artists, need to assist the viewer in perceiving 3-D.  We have a number of ways of doing this; we will use shading as our tool for this assignment.

      When shading remember to take a mental break from time to time for a few seconds

       When shading remember to start at the darkest area and work towards the lightest

     ____   When shading remember to have areas that are TOTALLY COVERED WITH MEDIA

         When shading remember to go over your areas dozens and dozens of times

          When shading remember to have areas of NO APPLIED MEDIA

           When shading remember to shade slowly

Assume that the light source is at the upper left of the subject at approximately 11 o'clock.

Steps:   

For directions on how to draw and shade, click on the picture

Circle:

Fold your paper in half

Draw a medium sized circle

Draw  parallel lines tangent to the left and right of the circle coming from 11 o'clock

Draw a line from the middle of the circle and parallel between the other lines

Draw a tangent line at the base of the circle, parallel to the bottom edge of the paper

Mark in the left and right ends of the major axis, and place in the minor axis

Draw in the ellipse

Darken in the sphere's edge, and then the part of the ellipse that will be seen

9-16-05

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