Intensive Drawing Class - Shadows
I was planning to have a break and actually start packing up our house ready for our big move from Darwin to Yeppoon (QLD) in late September / early October but I couldn’t resist continuing the momentum and squeezing in an intensive drawing class in the official semester break.
On mapping out my units I realised the big bonus is that by doing two of these I’ll be able to finish my degree at the end of 2023! IF I can stay on track this time of course 😏
Below is all the official unit information more for me to use to reference, skip past to get to the first week’s work in progress 👇🏼
IAS173 Drawing And Other Visual Representation Tools
Unit Description
Drawing as an essential tool for evaluating and transforming ideas provides a practice to the fundamental disciplines of art making processes. This unit develops students' creativity by experimenting with a range of media, materials, techniques and processes which are used to generate and communicate ideas. Students will develop skills in representational, interpretive, and expressive modes of art making through a series of class exercises and research projects. Students are expected to use their imagination and originality in the execution of the program and apply their knowledge and skills to plan, produce and critique their own artwork through a variety of projects.
Learning Outcomes
Apply creative thinking techniques to generate a range of ideas and options.
Apply media, materials, techniques and processes to creatively communicate ideas.
Examine, revise and refine work in response to feedback.
Assessment 1
SHADOW CHASING & TRACING
Value 25%
AT1.1 CHASING SHADOWS
Charcoal drawings on two A2 page (420 x 594mm). Second Drawing to address compositional aspects of project.
Additional documentation of drawing in stages (only required for students who do not attend F2F morning session.
Any support sketched to be saved for submitting for Assessment Item 4 Journal.
Document all completed images as completed. This may be recorded to collaged PDF document or submitted via external blog such as Adobe Spark.
AT1.2 SHADOW TRACING
Completed AT1.2 TRACING EXERCISE using Adobe Illustrator Template Instruction Video and Workbook
Completed AT1.2 SHADOW TRACING: Shapes and Gradient Project Instruction Video and Workbook
Any support sketched to be saved for submitting for Assessment Item 4 Journal.
Save files as collaged PDF documents or submit via external blog such as Adobe Spark
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit a student should:
Apply creative thinking techniques to generate a range of ideas and options.
Apply media, materials, techniques, and processes to creatively communicate ideas.
Examine, revise, and refine work in response to feedback.
We were asked to sketch shadows of household objects to create a sort of ‘Rayograph’ or photogram.
I managed to confuse myself and instead sketch shadows rather than the inversion for my first sketch.
Second drawing focusing on correct translation of the Rayograph concept and composition
I neglected to photograph the progression of my sketches above as requested - will make sure to do this for future works. The below show my progression through the task of taking the image into Adobe Illustrator. Note my experimentation with different compositions to refine and simplify.
Saturday 2nd July - Research: As I have an interest in portraiture I did a little research on portrait charcoal drawing and came across this artist YouTube channel Mad Charcoal - so many great techniques. I especially love the shorts which very quickly show how he achieves different results - can also find him on TikTok @mad.charcoal
Sunday 3rd July - finalised composition after more experimentation as seen in last 5 images in gallery above; kept it simple; reversed image as required in workbook.
I think it’s a static, well balanced, harmonious composition that has a wide tonal range and successfully fulfils the brief. I don’t believe it worthy of further development however.