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For this assignment, students will make a contour drawing from a still life using a view finder to crop the still life to the proportions of their 9 x 12 paper. They will then analyze the cropped image to identify values. If the values are darker than 50% black/white, then they will be painted black. If they are lighter, they will remain white, thereby creating a high contrast image.
Here are the steps...
1. create a still life with dark and light objects
2. Make a viewfinder by cutting a 1 1/2" x 2" square hole out of a piece of card stock.
3. hold the viewfinder up to the still life to crop the image. Then draw what you see through the viewfinder to the full size of your paper. (see image)
4. Using ink and a brush, paint the areas that are darker than half gray totally black and leave the lighter areas than half gray, white.
Here are the steps...
1. create a still life with dark and light objects
2. Make a viewfinder by cutting a 1 1/2" x 2" square hole out of a piece of card stock.
3. hold the viewfinder up to the still life to crop the image. Then draw what you see through the viewfinder to the full size of your paper. (see image)
4. Using ink and a brush, paint the areas that are darker than half gray totally black and leave the lighter areas than half gray, white.