Drawing
Activity 1.
Scribble Art (interpreting and imagination)
Questions to ask students:
* Study the 'Expert Artist' photo, what do you notice about him/her?
* What kind of life do you think they had? Why?
* Do you think they're rich or poor artists?
* Do you think they had a big or a small family?
* Look at the lines once you've drawn them
* What do you notice about your set of lines?
* Do you see any patterns?
* Now look inside the lines at the shapes you've formed
* What do you notice about these shapes?
* Do these shapes form a picture?
* Are there small pictures within the picture?
* Using your finger, trace over one of these pictures that you've found
* Swap with the person beside you, what do you see in their set of lines?
* Hand the drawings back to their owner
* Think - Pair - Share: with the person you swapped with, explain what you saw in your own drawing? Then tell them what you saw in their drawing... was it different to what they saw? Share these items with the table group
Questions to ask students:
* Study the 'Expert Artist' photo, what do you notice about him/her?
* What kind of life do you think they had? Why?
* Do you think they're rich or poor artists?
* Do you think they had a big or a small family?
* Look at the lines once you've drawn them
* What do you notice about your set of lines?
* Do you see any patterns?
* Now look inside the lines at the shapes you've formed
* What do you notice about these shapes?
* Do these shapes form a picture?
* Are there small pictures within the picture?
* Using your finger, trace over one of these pictures that you've found
* Swap with the person beside you, what do you see in their set of lines?
* Hand the drawings back to their owner
* Think - Pair - Share: with the person you swapped with, explain what you saw in your own drawing? Then tell them what you saw in their drawing... was it different to what they saw? Share these items with the table group
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Activity 2.
Mirror Me (ratio and scale)
Questions to ask students:
* Study the 'Expert Artist' photo, what do you notice about him/her?
* What kind of life do you think they had? Why?
* Do you think they're rich or poor artists?
* Do you think they had a big or a small family?
* Once you've picked your photo, share with the class why you've picked that one and what you liked about it
* Ask the class to see if any of their photos have any textures and patterns they can see
* Explain what kind of lines your image has?
* What material and methods will you use to draw those lines?
* When you've drawn the image, will you then colour it? Why? and why not for those who won't?
* Each table will be asked to discuss together what order or arrangement they'll put their (4, 5, 6) images together
* From each group a leader will explain to the rest of the class WHY they've chosen to put them together that way
* Ask peers to comment on any of the arrangements or presentations
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Activity 3.
Reading Reflections (perspective in line drawing)
Questions to ask students:
* Study the 'Expert Artist' photo, what do you notice about him/her?
* What kind of life do you think they had? Why?
* Do you think they're rich or poor artists?
* Do you think they had a big or a small family?
* Looking in the mirror, what do you notice first about yourself?
* What do you like most about yourself?
* What do other people say is your best feature?
* Where will you hold the mirror?
* Will you put the mirror on an angle?
* What type of lines are you going to use to do the drawing?
* Will you put in any patterns or texture in the drawing?
* Do you see a background?
* How much of the background will you draw?
* What will happen to any writing that you want to draw from the reflection?
* Will items you draw be on the same side or the opposite side?
* Swap with someone on your table/group and have a go at writing up an art appraisal discussing the colour, line, shape and texture.
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Links
Websites for research: Making drawings 'pop' off the page
http://www.jdhillberry.com
The following two websites would be useful to show students examples of tutorials that people have put together in order to provide a step by step guide to drawing an item. Perhaps the students could incorporate their ICT skills by choosing an item to draw, draw it and then break it down into step by step processes and construct a tutorial for their peers.
http://www.drawingnow.com
http://www.how-to-draw-cartoons-online.com/index.html
Artists that had a strong drawing skill
Van Gogh - http://www.vangoghgallery.com/drawings/
Cave Art/Drawings - National Geographic information
http://news.nationalgeographic.com.au/news/2012/06/120614-neanderthal-cave-paintings-spain-science-pike/
Website for kids - Cave painting/drawings
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00451/cavedrawings.htm#
MoMA - On Line: Modern Drawing
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/online/
http://www.moma.org/explore/collection/drawings
Time lapse of dry brush drawing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-VBACRtMOg
3D anamorphic drawings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9wOwMcFZuw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5snAOASelQ&feature=endscreen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnZks0BCCiw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6egUsZvWu4
http://www.jdhillberry.com
The following two websites would be useful to show students examples of tutorials that people have put together in order to provide a step by step guide to drawing an item. Perhaps the students could incorporate their ICT skills by choosing an item to draw, draw it and then break it down into step by step processes and construct a tutorial for their peers.
http://www.drawingnow.com
http://www.how-to-draw-cartoons-online.com/index.html
Artists that had a strong drawing skill
Van Gogh - http://www.vangoghgallery.com/drawings/
Cave Art/Drawings - National Geographic information
http://news.nationalgeographic.com.au/news/2012/06/120614-neanderthal-cave-paintings-spain-science-pike/
Website for kids - Cave painting/drawings
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00451/cavedrawings.htm#
MoMA - On Line: Modern Drawing
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/online/
http://www.moma.org/explore/collection/drawings
Time lapse of dry brush drawing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-VBACRtMOg
3D anamorphic drawings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9wOwMcFZuw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5snAOASelQ&feature=endscreen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnZks0BCCiw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6egUsZvWu4
Art Appraisal
"Work in Progress" by J.D. Hillbery
The piece of art is of a male drawing himself, inside himself, drawing himself again 4 times. It is titled 'A Work In Progress' and the closest image of the man is signing his name on the piece. There is a dedicated area for the title and the signature and an area where the main drawing is with two pieces of tape on the top corners. The background is dark and the foreground light.
The works are organised in very geometric rectangular shapes with the exception of the drawing coming out of the page to write the title and the signature. The monochromatic tones of the image, shades and tints of grey, provide for high contrast highlighting features of the artists self-portrait. Charcoal pencil has been used to draw the image which seems to pop out of the page itself.
The drawn lines within the image are very soft in appearance and very lifelike. They show a lot of detail including the hair on the artist with short sharp lines depicting depth and thickness of the hair. The eyebrows are quite small but just as detailed as the lines in the hair. The lips and the hands have delicate crease lines which show a level of softness and age.
The shapes that exist within the image are very angular. The degrees of the head tilts and the arms with the different parts being drawn seem to border the images drawing the eye of the viewer in to the smallest image in the bottom centre of the foreground. The shapes of the drawings are concentric, one within the other and appear quite closed in the overall appearance.
Throughout the drawing there are many textures that, as a viewer, you would believe you could touch and feel. Immense detail has been drawn into this piece including the arm coming out of the image, the pieces of tape holding the picture up and the creases in the paper that seem to have been bent and pressed.
The balance of the overall image is central and well balanced however the weighting of the colour is very heavy on the outside of the piece of work that represents the wall that the picture is hung against. Shadows and shading have given this image a truly amazing three dimensional effect.
I believe that JD Hillbery is trying to convey the point that he is always working on his skills as a human being and as an artist. Having viewed his introductory video he talks about how he is self taught in his drawing techniques. He strives to set himself apart from other artists who are good at drawing by creating a 'pop' to his images. His development as an artist has taken a great deal of time and he continues to refine this. Looking at each of the stages of him drawing himself, he is working on different parts in each stage and with different views. Different perspectives could mean that he is representing different stages of his life and how he looks at himself. In the furtherest or smallest image there is little detail whereas the largest main image has a lot of detail. Perhaps this represents his art in the beginning with little detail and quite a small part of his life and that how he has learnt more, there is more detail to put in and holds a bigger part of his life.
The works are organised in very geometric rectangular shapes with the exception of the drawing coming out of the page to write the title and the signature. The monochromatic tones of the image, shades and tints of grey, provide for high contrast highlighting features of the artists self-portrait. Charcoal pencil has been used to draw the image which seems to pop out of the page itself.
The drawn lines within the image are very soft in appearance and very lifelike. They show a lot of detail including the hair on the artist with short sharp lines depicting depth and thickness of the hair. The eyebrows are quite small but just as detailed as the lines in the hair. The lips and the hands have delicate crease lines which show a level of softness and age.
The shapes that exist within the image are very angular. The degrees of the head tilts and the arms with the different parts being drawn seem to border the images drawing the eye of the viewer in to the smallest image in the bottom centre of the foreground. The shapes of the drawings are concentric, one within the other and appear quite closed in the overall appearance.
Throughout the drawing there are many textures that, as a viewer, you would believe you could touch and feel. Immense detail has been drawn into this piece including the arm coming out of the image, the pieces of tape holding the picture up and the creases in the paper that seem to have been bent and pressed.
The balance of the overall image is central and well balanced however the weighting of the colour is very heavy on the outside of the piece of work that represents the wall that the picture is hung against. Shadows and shading have given this image a truly amazing three dimensional effect.
I believe that JD Hillbery is trying to convey the point that he is always working on his skills as a human being and as an artist. Having viewed his introductory video he talks about how he is self taught in his drawing techniques. He strives to set himself apart from other artists who are good at drawing by creating a 'pop' to his images. His development as an artist has taken a great deal of time and he continues to refine this. Looking at each of the stages of him drawing himself, he is working on different parts in each stage and with different views. Different perspectives could mean that he is representing different stages of his life and how he looks at himself. In the furtherest or smallest image there is little detail whereas the largest main image has a lot of detail. Perhaps this represents his art in the beginning with little detail and quite a small part of his life and that how he has learnt more, there is more detail to put in and holds a bigger part of his life.