Commercial Art Unit

This week we are beginning an extensive study of commercial art. We will begin by creating model sheets for characters of our OWN. We will depict our character in 3 views (front, profile and side). More info to come...

We should also have our sketchbooks everyday.

Style

This week we are working on style.(Style-a certain way or ways the artist works.)
This week's objectives:Students will create 6 drawing of personal objects using several different styles.

Technical- accurancy
Graphic-boldness
Cartoon-exxagerated
analogous colors
opposite analogous
Mimic a famous artist

Jose Torres

Sketchbook and Papers

Remember...Sketchbooks are due 1/9/09. Papers should be submitted by 1/16/09 with extra credit for every day they are early.

Vocabulary Quiz

Definitions for Quiz on 1/9/09

Color- The sensation produced when light of different wavelengths falls on the human eye.

Color Theory- practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impact of specific color combinations

Hue- pure color.

Chroma- purity or intensity of color

Saturation- The amount of chroma in a color as a proportion of all the color

Shade – a color made darker by adding black ex. Red+black=maroon

Tint- a color made lighter by adding white ex. Red+white=pink

Primary colors- any of a group of colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing. Red, Blue, Yellow

Secondary Colors- a color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors. Green, Violet, Orange

Tertiary Colors- a color resulting from the mixing of a primary and secondary color. Ex: red+orange=red-orange

Analogous Colors- colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

Complementary Colors- pairs of colors that are of “opposite” hue and across from each other on the color wheel.

Monochromatic- different values (tints and shades) of one single color

Warm Colors-colors with warmer temperatures. Ex: reds, oranges, yellows

Cool Colors- colors with cooler temperatures. Ex: blues, greens, violets

Space The distance or area between, around, below, above or within things. Space can be two or three dimensional

Horizon Line: the apparent line that separates earth from sky. More precisely, it is the line that divides all of the directions one can possibly look into two categories

Vanishing Point: a point in a perspective drawing to which parallel lines appear to converge.

One Point Perspective: perspective whereby all lines converge on one vanishing point on a horizon line.

Two Point Perspective: perspective whereby all lines converge on two vanishing points on a horizon line.

Contraposto- when a figure’s weight is shifted to one leg: counterbalance

Organic- derived from living matter

Inorganic-not derived from living matter


Review the following techniques and be able to demonstrate:
Stipple
Dry Brush
Wash
Drop-In
Lifting Off

Controlled Use of Color

The following images are excellent examples of contolled use of color. In each, the color is NOT the image. It enhances it. What color schemes do you recognize?

Alex Ross

Bill Sienkiewicz

Dave McKean

EXTREME PORTRAITS

Chuck Close is a perfect example of what we are working on right now. Why? How?

How does the size of the image affect the viewer?

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT!!!

DUE FRIDAY 11/14

As we begin the next project in 2 weeks we will be exploring SPACE and PERSPECTIVE. Over the next week, you will need to collect AT LEAST 5 images cut or printed from magazines, newspapers, the internet etc related to SPACE. You must have at least one of each: urban space, a rural (country) space, an interior space (bedroom, hallway etc), an exterior space (garden, park, train track etc), and a figure in space (ex: a person standing on a train track). If you gather MORE than 5, your grade will increase.

We will be ANALYZING (ICEPAC) the photos to see how space and perspective are used in each. The project will consist of 2 grades: one for the homework and the other for the classwork that follows. YOU CANNOT COMPLETE THE CLASSWORK WITHOUT FIRST DOING THE HOMEWORK.


Some examples of what I am looking for:

An Urban Space

Rural Space


Interior Space



Exterior Space



Figure in Space

Good luck!