LINEAR PERSPECTIVE: Two Point

Last Friday the class made drawings employing Two Point Linear Perspective. The forms addressed were cones, pyramids, cubes, cylinders and archways.

LINEAR PERSPECTIVE: One Point

Last Friday the class made drawings of rectilinear forms employing One Point Linear Perspective. A detailed description of Linear Perspective can be found in the menu above. The objective was to create a space of overlapping, interlocking forms sketched in pencil and then inked addressing texture and value.

TEXTURE

On Friday the class made mixed media texture pieces with both collage and painted areas. The subject was a still life. The images consisted of actual, simulated and invented textures. Students adhere found materials as well as fashioned materials like hand-painted patterns and simulated textures.

Linda Job

Linda's piece consists of various craft papers cut into shapes representing elements of the still life. She then painted the surface with a uniform color (blue-gray). Once that layer dried, she spread a thin layer of paint wiping away the excess allowing the residue to remain along the cracks and within the various textures.

COLOR SCHEMES (cont.)

Last Friday the class continued working on their color schemes project. We will critique these at the start of class this Friday.

COLOR SCHEMES

Last Friday the class began work on the color schemes project. Six different color schemes will be applied to six compositions of the same design( monochromatic warm, monochromatic cool, analogous, complementary, split-complementary, triad). The example above is from a previous semester. Students will have the entire class period next Friday to complete this project.

VALUE: 3-D Space and Atmospheric Perspective

Sheri Reyes

Last Friday the class made value paintings addressing three-dimensional space. Sherri's painting above is an example of atmospheric perspective. The values in the foreground are richer, diminishing in intensity as they recede into the background.

VALUE PATTERNS: 2-D space

Lindsay Cole

Last Friday the class began applying value to address a limited or 2-dimensional space. The objective was to establish value patterns and draw attention to the surface of the painting rather than creating the illusion of 3-dimensional space. In addition, students were limited to the use of four values: black, white and two grays.
Notice the movement established in Lindsay's painting by the placement of like values. Each of the four values creates its own rhythm directing the "eye" around the composition. This is compounded when combined with similar shapes as with the black and white curvilinear shapes at the top.