Fundamentals
ARTS 1301, Unit 1
Laying Out an Image
Laying Out an Image
Lines
Untitled, Banksy, 2007 CE
Whaam!, Roy Lichtenstein, 1963 CE
Hackney Rabbit, Roa, 2010 CE
Laying Out an Image
Form
Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor, 2004 CE
Cube XIX, David Smith, 1964CE
Composition VIII (The Cow), Theo Van Doesburg, 1917 CE
Large Bathers, Paul Cézanne , 1898 CE
Raft of the Medusa, Théodore Géricault, 1819 CE
Laying Out an Image
Space
Olmec Colossal Heads, 1500-400 BCE
Pantheon, 126 CE
Untitled Grave Marker, Arnaldo Pomodoro, 21st cent. CE
Il Duomo di Firenze (Interior), 1436 CE
Il Duomo di Siena (Interior), 1348 CE
Last Judgement, Michelangelo, 1536-1541 CE
School of Athens, Raphael, 1509-1511 CE
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church, 1859 CE
View of Haarlem with Bleaching Fields, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1670-1675 CE
Monk by the Sea, Caspar David Friedrich, 1810 CE
Immanuel Kant
Whereas the beautiful is limited, the Sublime is limitless, so that the mind in the presence of the Sublime, attempting to imagine what it cannot, has pain in the failure but pleasure in contemplating the immensity of the attempt.
Immanuel Kant,
Critique of Pure Reason, 1781
Laying Out an Image
Scale & Proportion
Color
Color
Color Theory
Color
Light & Pigment
Pigment
Light
Primary Colors
The Mystery of Purple
Color
Psychology of Color
Drawing
Paper is the foundation of most drawings and it comes in a variety of types
Paper thickness is also important to consider
Hatching is a foundational drawing technique
Silverpoint is a very old technique that makes durable & detailed drawings
Pencils were once made with lead, but graphite is most common today
Example of a graphite sketch
Example of a detailed graphite drawing
Introducing color to a pencil drawing can have a dramatic effect
Charcoal is arguably the oldest drawing media and has a unique look
Example of a charcoal sketch
Self-Portrait
by Kathe Kollwitz
An Elderly Peasant Woman
by Léon Augustin Lhermitte
Example of a chalk and charcoal drawing
Sanguine looks like red chalk/charcoal, but is in fact a rock used by painters to sketch
Pastels are traditionally oil-based drawing media
Example of a finished pastel drawing
Pen and ink drawings have a very illustrative effect
Example of a pen and ink line drawing
Example of a pen and ink drawing
Content Analysis
Content Analysis
Form & Style
Content Analysis
Context & Iconography
Content Analysis
Feminism & Gender Studies
