Choose one of the following assignments to create on 12x18 paper.
**You may also choose a second one to do on 9x12 or 12x12 paper for extra credit.
1. Design a New Way to Shade - Developing your own mark-making style is a great way to stretch yourself artistically. By now, we've done many shaded drawings. Here's a new way to use your shading skills. CLICK FOR INFO
2. Reverse Shading: White Colored Pencil on Black Drawing Paper - This technique seems harder than it is. Once you get the hang of LEAVING the dark parts and COLORING the light parts, it comes together easily. Pay attention to the contrast in your drawing. You'll surprise yourself with this one!
**You may also choose a second one to do on 9x12 or 12x12 paper for extra credit.
1. Design a New Way to Shade - Developing your own mark-making style is a great way to stretch yourself artistically. By now, we've done many shaded drawings. Here's a new way to use your shading skills. CLICK FOR INFO
2. Reverse Shading: White Colored Pencil on Black Drawing Paper - This technique seems harder than it is. Once you get the hang of LEAVING the dark parts and COLORING the light parts, it comes together easily. Pay attention to the contrast in your drawing. You'll surprise yourself with this one!
3. Ballpoint Pen Shaded Drawing- Ballpoint pen is really interesting because it is a cheap tool, easy to find anywhere, and even though it is ink, it is PRESSURE SENSITIVE, so you can build up your shades with it (unlike gel pen or India ink.) Check out this video for tips:
Blog Post:
1) How do new drawing and shading techniques improve your drawing skills overall? Why?
2) What did you find most challenging about this shading project, in comparison to regular pencil drawings? What was most fun about it?