Student Success Block Students
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
The Drawing Grid Method
We used the drawing grid method to transfer our photo portraits. Everyone used rulers to create a six by six inch grid on our six by six inch wooden tiles. The drawing grid method is a very easy way to draw proportionally. It helps you accurately draw your reference object, we used photographs of ourselves as our reference. Renaissance artists such as Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo DaVinci popularized the grid method in the 15th century .
The drawing grid is a simple technique with realistic results you place a grid on your reference (the portrait ) and have the same grid pattern on your paper, you transfer the image using the squares as reference. It breaks up the reference into more manageable sections making it easier to draw.
Left:This is what a drawing grid looked like when artists used it in the 15th century.
Pictures of our drawing grids and portraits coming soon....
Monday, March 14, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Prepping our Masonite Tiles and Free Draw
The college students are on Spring Break so we focused on preparing for our mural project. Everyone got a wooden tile and prepped the tile by painting two layers of gesso. Gesso is a white paint mixture used to prepare wooden surfaces such as the masonite for acrylic paint. Shelby, Turquoise and Lanae did some free drawing exercises.
Friday, March 11, 2011
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