ILL 1.1 Perceptual principles & media 1 (line)

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ILL 1.1 PERCEPTUAL PRINCIPLES & MEDIA 1 - (LINE)

BRIEF SUMMARY

This project introduced us to elements and principles of perceptual drawing. Focussing on the characteristic relationships of marks, lines, edges, shape, positive/ negative spaces, textures and contrasts. This task showed us how to use the Betty Edwards' method to awaken the "right" side of our brain to stop drawing what we think we see and learn to start drawing what we actually see.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND DELIVERABLES

SERIES A

A-1 : 2x Abstract thinking drawings relating to a song. (A3, Ink & brush)

A-2 : Warm-up line drawing of organic material. (Divided A3, Graphite pencil)

A-3 : Blind contour drawing of organic material. (Divided A3, Graphite pencil)

A-4 : 2x Vases and faces. (2x A4, Graphite pencil)

A-5 : Up-side down drawing of Picasso. (A4, Graphite pencil)

A-6 : Toilet roll drawing. (A3, Charcoal)

SERIES B

B-1 : The anatomy of ellipses, trammel method. (A3, Graphite pencil)

B-2 : The anatomy of ellipses, string method. (A3, Graphite pencil)

B-3 : The anatomy of ellipses, free hand. (A3, Graphite pencil)

B-4 : Axial structures of cylindrical objects. (A3, Graphite pencil)

B-5 : 2x Fetching line. (A3, Charcoal)

B-6 : Plant synthesis drawing. (A3, Brush & ink)

B-7 : Inventory of line types. (A3, Graphite sticks)

B-8 : Inventory of textures. (A3, Charcoal)

B-9 : 2x Principles of the golden mean. (2x A4 on A3)

SERIES C

C-1 : Beautiful line composition. (A3, Brush & ink)

C-2 : 2x Drawing of clouds from observation. (A3, Charcoal & smudge tools)

C-3 : Positive & negative plant shapes. (A3, Ink/sharp charcoal pencil/8B pencil)

C-4 : Beautiful line composition. (A3, Charcoal sticks)

RATIONALE

At first I thought this project was a little to simple and useless, but as we went into depth on the specific techniques (ie. learning to draw perfect ellipses, or the hack of turning your picture upside down) I soon found it to be very helpful through out the year to help me get out of "just" drawing and learning of to use different parts of my brain to actually draw what I see. Looking back I actually learnt a lot from this first project.

PROCESS WORK AND FINAL DELIVERABLES

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