!outside!drawing!assignment foreshortening!project...!outside!drawing!assignment...
TRANSCRIPT
Outside Drawing Assignment Foreshortening Project
• 13” x 17” drawing with a ½ “ border (actual drawn part 12” x 16”)
• Done in graphite with an emphasis on value
• Minimum of 12 hours required
Due Dates Midpoint Due Date/ Progress Check:
Tuesday, October 2. Worth 25 pts. Final Due Date:
Tuesday, October 16.
• Must be drawn directly from observaSon, not from a photograph.
• Pick an object with interesSng texture that is no larger than your elbow to fingerSps (shoes, used toothpaste tubes, tubes of ointment, dirty socks, etc…..)
Oops! Batmobile is too big but sSll a good example of foreshortening.
• Set up a light source on that object (make sure you can see the highlight and shadow from your vantage point) and draw that object using the concept of foreshortening.
• Range of at least 8 values. (1= white of paper, 8= heaviest dark) You may sign out drawing pencils ranging from HB to 6B. Heavy graphite sScks are also available.
• Good composiSon is a must. Object must fill the page. It is advisable to do a few thumbnail sketches from different angles views before you commit to one sketch
Foreshortening… huh?
Visual effect or opScal illusion that causes an object to appear shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer
• Process of applying linear perspecSve to the figure or an object.
• It is a way to create great depth and drama to a drawing.
• Foreshortening is a distorted view of seeing objects in space..Related to perspecSve, objects appear dramaScally and can be a main focus in figuraSve work.
• The old Masters used to use it a lot to show how awesome they were.
Andrea Mandegna’s “Dead Christ”
• PerspecSve distorts proporSons while adding a great sense of realism and depth to a drawing
• Your drawings should focus primarily on one object, and your foreshortened view of it.
Helpful Sps: Sit sSll and straight! A gradual slouch of only an inch can drasScally affect (screw up) the drawing of a foreshortened object. Make a mental note of the relaSonship of a near and distant staSc object to reference your head posiSon.
• Draw what you see, not what you think it should look like. Yes it looks odd at first, but properly finished off it should all make sense.
• Observe how farther elements seem to disappear in behind closer elements. Allow your lines and detail to reflect this.
• Note that elements closer to you will seem proporSonately larger than further away.
• Using line weight -‐ something drawn boldly and contrast will make things 'jump' from the page.
• Concentrate on detail.
• You can start with a light contour drawing, then move to value work…
• Requirement is 12-‐14 hours…