Did you know you can use line variety to make value? Did you know you can use pattern and symbols to make value too? In this lesson we will explore how line will create all of those things in your artwork.
Here is the vocabulary you should know:
Line: an element of art with length and direction.
Pattern: repetition of anything as a principle of design
Engraving: a method of cutting into a material with a sharp tool
Scratch board: a heavy weight board or paper with blank ink coating that is scratched away to reveal a white or colored surface
Positive space: space in your artwork that is filled with something
Negative space: the space or area around the positive space or image
symbol: something representing a meaning other than the one you usually think about
Theme: recurrent topic; motif
Abstract: imagery that is not always representational accuracy
This link will take you to a website where you can see different types of scratchboard art by Corey Wilkinson.
Materials you will need are pencils, paper for your design, and eventually scratchboard and tools.
Day 1: Let's discuss the use of line and pattern we see in the link above. After our discussion, you can sketch examples of animals emphasizing the use of line. (Emphasis= focal point or focus)
Day 2: Animal sketches you drew will be considered for the THEME and possible SYMBOLISM. You will complete the scratch art sheet that Ms. T will hand out to you. In that sheet you will establish a theme for your art, and draw designs that will fill the spaces around the figure. OUR THEME is "wood"...and how lines can make a flat surface appear to have grain.
Day 3: You will draw your animal shape with pencil on the scratchboard sheet you are given. Draw with care because you only have one sheet! Let's see how creative you can get!
Here is the vocabulary you should know:
Line: an element of art with length and direction.
Pattern: repetition of anything as a principle of design
Engraving: a method of cutting into a material with a sharp tool
Scratch board: a heavy weight board or paper with blank ink coating that is scratched away to reveal a white or colored surface
Positive space: space in your artwork that is filled with something
Negative space: the space or area around the positive space or image
symbol: something representing a meaning other than the one you usually think about
Theme: recurrent topic; motif
Abstract: imagery that is not always representational accuracy
This link will take you to a website where you can see different types of scratchboard art by Corey Wilkinson.
Materials you will need are pencils, paper for your design, and eventually scratchboard and tools.
Day 1: Let's discuss the use of line and pattern we see in the link above. After our discussion, you can sketch examples of animals emphasizing the use of line. (Emphasis= focal point or focus)
Day 2: Animal sketches you drew will be considered for the THEME and possible SYMBOLISM. You will complete the scratch art sheet that Ms. T will hand out to you. In that sheet you will establish a theme for your art, and draw designs that will fill the spaces around the figure. OUR THEME is "wood"...and how lines can make a flat surface appear to have grain.
Day 3: You will draw your animal shape with pencil on the scratchboard sheet you are given. Draw with care because you only have one sheet! Let's see how creative you can get!