For Monday 4/28

Please bring in your completed Value Scales.  Remember, the important thing here is trying to achieve equal steps from white to black.

Please also bring in all of the supplies needed for your Balance Project.  You may not get to painting, but you will definitely need all of the drawing supplies and your illustration board cut to 11" x 18".  

For homework, you should also review the Blog entries on "Value," "Balance" (particularly asymmetrical balance), and "Emphasis."

BALANCE PROJECT

MATERIALS:

Acrylic paints (black & white), brushes, palette, palette knife, Scotch Magic Tape, pencil, circle template, ruler, artists tape, matte medium, illustration board, transfer & tracing paper (provided by instructor)

REVIEW:

“BALANCE {principle of design}”, “VALUE {element of design}”, and “SHAPE {element of design}” on 2ddesignnscc.blogspot.com

OBJECTIVE:

1 painted composition utilizing symmetry & asymmetry, where each type makes up half the design and flows into one another

Rules

- use only geometric shapes (squares, circles, triangles, etc)

- symmetrical half: choose either vertical or horizontal symmetry

- asymmetrical half should be flowing out of the symmetrical half

- use multiple values from your value scales to paint your composition

- at least one area should use gradation (gradual transition from light to dark)

To Consider

- overlap shapes to create a dynamic composition and a sense of depth                 

- vary the size of your shapes to achieve interest

- use areas of high contrast (light next to dark) and areas of low contrast (similar values) to move the eye around the composition and create a sense of pictorial space (**remember: high contrast comes forward, low contrast recedes**)

- try to achieve a focal point in your composition (hint: use high contrast)

PREPARATION:

Create two 8” x 8” draft compositions in sketchbook with pencils, transfer to 1 final 8” x 16” composition on your illustration board, with an unbroken flow between the two halves

PRESENTATION:

One 8” X 16” composition painted directly on 11” x 18” illustration board, with 1” x 9” Value Scale mounted ½” below it, and 1” border on the top, right and left sides (see below)

Written assessment should be taped to the back of your finished illustration board

WRITTEN ASSESSMENT:

How would you describe the difference between the symmetrical and asymmetrical sides of your composition?  Do the two flow easily into one another? What parts of the design seem to come forward and what parts seem to recede?  Where is your eye drawn to?  How did your choices of values, shapes, and gradations affect the overall balance of the design?

DATES (subject to change):

Studio time: Introduce Wed 4/23, Mon 4/28 (Value Scale Project due), Wed 4/30

Due: Mon 5/5

SAMPLE IMAGES:

To be used ONLY as reference; you should come up with your own unique solutions/designs

VALUE SCALE PROJECT

MATERIALS:

Acrylic paints (black & white), brushes, palette, palette knife, water container, Scotch Magic Tape, ruler, pencil, Bristol pad paper

REVIEW:

“VALUE {element of design}” and “Painting Techniques {technique}” on 2ddesignnscc.blogspot.com

OBJECTIVE:

Create a 9-step value scale progressing from white to black with mid-tone grays in between.  Steps should be equal in value progression with your middle step halfway between white and black, etc. 

Note: Your middle gray will NOT be an equal amount of white and black paint.  Black has much more tinting power in mixtures than white, so you will have to adjust accordingly by trial and error.  You may have to re-paint several squares before achieving perfect steps. 

PRESENTATION:

1” x 9” rectangle on Bristol paper, made up of nine 1” x 1” squares, eventually to be mounted on Balance Project illustration board

DATES (subject to change):

Studio: Wed 4/23

Due: Mon 4/28 (eventually mounted with Balance Project)

For Wednesday 4/23

Please bring in your completed Text Projects.  We'll be critiquing these first thing on Wednesday.

Please also bring:

Bristol pad
Pencil
Ruler
Paint brushes
Black and white acrylic paint
Palette pad
Palette knife
Scotch Magic Tape

For Monday 4/21

Please bring in 5 different compositional sketches/ideas for the Text Project.  You should choose one word and come up with 5 options in your sketchbook.  Consider the proportion of the final 9"x12" size (so you might draw your sketches at 4.5" by 6").  

Bring in all materials that you will need to work on the project on Monday.  Have a great weekend!

TEXT PROJECT

MATERIALS:

Option #1: Black construction paper, white Bristol pad paper, xacto knife, glue stick, white charcoal pencil, cutting mat, illustration board

Option #2: Adobe Illustrator

REVIEW:

“SHAPE {element of design}” and “SPACE {element of design}” on 2ddesignnscc.blogspot.com

OBJECTIVE:

Text design, illustrating one word:

-        use only the word to illustrate itself: no shapes other than the individual letters that make up the text

-        the letters (font) can form any shapes you want

Things to Consider

- how do you visually convey the meaning of a word through the shape of the font?  Look at various fonts online and consider what they feel like.

- how much compositional space is taken up – how does this relate to the meaning of the word?

- where should your text be placed in the compositional frame: centered; crammed up against an edge; at the top; at the bottom; continuing off the picture frame?

- Be creative!  Come up with lots of different approaches and experiment with composition.

PRESENTATION:

One 9” x 12” composition on Bristol paper, mounted on illustration board 11” x 14”, with 1” border around entire composition

Written assessment should be taped to the back of your finished illustration board

WRITTEN ASSESSMENT:

Discuss the ways in which you conveyed the meaning of your word through design elements: the shape of your font, the compositional space (figure/ground relationship), the scale (size) of your font in relation to the picture plane, etc.   What would you change or do differently if you were to create another version?

DATES (subject to change):

Studio time: Wed 4/16, Mon 4/21

Due: Wed 4/23

SAMPLE IMAGES:

To be used ONLY as reference; shows various figure/ground relationships and use of shape and compositional placement of text to convey meaning:

Supplies for Wed 4/16

Hi folks,

Please bring in your completed Line Projects.  These should be fully mounted on illustration board with your written response taped to the back.  We'll be critiquing these first thing.

Please also bring your sketchbook, pencil and eraser to class, as we will be brainstorming ideas for our next project.