Figure Drawing A Day: Creativity Day 1

Bell Ringer:

Day 1 Creativity

Go over the slideshow above, read through the steps below, and look at the examples as well. It may be easiest to come in during Plus time or after school to complete these workshops or parts of them if you are absent.

Materials Used:

Strip of paper/Scrap paper

White Paper

Value Scale

1/2 sheet of Construction Paper

Pencil

2 Different Colored Pencils

Plaster Sculptures of facial features and hands

Each activity below was completed in a certain amount of time:

Mark Making:

Use the pencil to make as many different marks as possible on the scrap of paper

Time: 1 Minute

Gesture Drawing:

Gesture Drawing is a quick way to sketch the figure in without any details. It's usually kinda messy looking, because you're just getting the idea of the movement, position, and direction of the figure.

Use the white paper and pencil. Sketch your classmates.

Time: 4 gesture drawings for 1 minute each

Model Etiquette:

As a model: Don't look right at the people drawing you. It's awkward and weird. Just look at a corner or someplace random.

As the person drawing: Don't talk to the model. Don't touch the model. These are the exceptions: If we're doing a longer pose, we may take breaks in-between. It's possible the model might not be back in the same spot. You can ask them to move. The only time you can touch them is if you ask them for permission to adjust something in their pose and they say OK. If they say no, then tough luck.

Value Scale:

6 minutes to complete all 4 value scales

Value Drawing:

1/2 sheet of construction paper

2 different colored pencils

Plaster Sculpture of facial feature or hand

Decide which color will be your lightest value and which color will be your darkest value and label it on your paper accordingly. The paper will the middle tone. This is a practice in abstracting an image with value and color. Look at the object in front of you. Identify where the lightest values are and the darkest values you. They will form different shapes. Draw those shapes on your paper according to what you decided. Fill those shapes in with value.

Time: 10 minutes

Watch the video of Tony Orrico. He uses his whole figure to drawing and creating something interesting. We didn't have the space or time to do this is class so we did something similar, but on a smaller scale.

Drawing of an Action:

Refer to the last slide of the slide show. Use the backside of the 1/2 sheet of construction paper. Write down your hobby at the top of the paper. Think of the repeated action you make when you do this activity or hobby. You will convert this action to a line. You won't be drawing an actual figure. You'll be drawing the movement your figure makes as a line. This is looking at figure drawing in a different way. Use the back of your value scale or scrap paper to practice the line that you think describes this movement best. Take 1 minute to practice. On your blue paper, draw this line/action repeatedly for 5 minutes. Use different colors, repeat the line over and over, fill the page with your action.

Staple all of your papers and exercises together and turn them into the box.