Creating Depth with Size 1) In the top third of your page, draw a horizon line (line across the page for your horizon) and objects in the background that will suit your own art piece. Draw lightly in pencil. 2) Draw the image you are choosing to repeat in the foreground and middleground of your composition. In the foreground, draw your image LARGE, and as it moves back toward the middle and background, draw it SMALLER. Draw your image 5 times (repetition). 3) Go over all your lines with a black fine liner or black pencil crayon to firm up your lines. Erase pencil lines you do not wish to keep. 4) Color your foreground and middle ground in cool colors (purple, green, or blue) and color your background in warm colors. Color your repeated images any way you wish to complete your artwork.
Draw it BIG! 1) Find an image or object of something that is small and print it off/place it in front of you. Draw the image LARGE as to fill and cram it into your page to make it seem it doesn t quite fit. Draw lightly in pencil. 2) Go over your lines in a black fine liner and add any finer details. Erase your pencil lines. 3) Color your background in a dark hue (color. Pick any color and fill in the entire background. 4) Color in your image as seen in the picture or in real life to complete your artwork.
Positive and Negative Space Still Life Drawing Positive Space: The area of the drawing or painting s composition that the subject occupies (the subject itself). Negative Space: The area around the positive space is called the negative space (anything that is not the subject). 1) Find a picture you would like to draw and cut it out/print it off. Lightly sketch the composition on your page and fill the page so the composition is balanced. Draw contours only, lightly, in pencil. 2) Divide your composition in half any way you want. You can divide it with a squiggle line, diagonally, horizontally, or vertically. One side will be a positive space drawing and the other will be a negative space drawing. 3) Color the negative space in the negative space drawing black and erase any lines that may have been where your object(s) were in your composition. 4) Shade or color in the positive space side with a range of values for added realism to complete your artwork.
One-Point perspective 1) Draw your horizon line (line across your page) and your vanishing point (dot on horizon line). From the vanishing point, draw two lines. 2) Draw your first building(s) by drawing a rectangle. Draw a line from the top corner and bottom corner to the vanishing point on your horizon line. 3) Add a second wall line and then erase any extra lines that extend to the vanishing point to complete the basic shapes of your buildings. This wall will be parallel to the front edge of your original rectangle. 4) Add details to your foreground, middle ground, and background. Objects closer to the front will be larger, and as they move toward the background, they will become smaller.
4 Parts of A Landscape Find an image of a landscape that has an identifiable foreground, middle ground and background. Draw your landscape and fill the page. Draw in pencil first, outline in black and complete the composition with a coloring medium. Background Horizon Line Middle Ground Foreground
Overlapping Monsters 1) In pencil, lightly draw a monster of your design in the center of your page. This monster should be nice and big and should be in your foreground. 2) Add more monsters behind your first monster so that they overlap. You can draw the same monster repeated, have a few different styles of monsters, or make each monster unique! Be creative with your designs! 3) Go over all your lines in a black felt or fine liner and erase your pencil lines. 4) Color in your artwork with bright colors to complete your piece!
Doodle Tower 1) In pencil, draw four dots in the top third of your page. These should be in the shape of a diamond, as seen above. 2) Using a ruler, connect your four dots with lines. 3) Extend your lines down from each of the front three dots. The middle line will be the longest, the other two will be shorter, at the same length. Connect the bottom and then add the floors. All floors and lines will be parallel on each of the sides as seen above. 4) Use a variety of space creating techniques and your imagination to complete your doodle tower. Add in elements such as: Overlapping, perspective, background, middle ground, foreground, spacing, and shading to create the illusion of space in your drawing. Don t forget to add cool doodles hanging out in and around your tower!