Variations on a Theme
For this assignment you will create 9 6x6 inch individual artworks that go together and are unified by a common theme (object). You will choose a small object that you will represent 9 different ways in each artwork based on the following list of concepts. zoom out, rhythm/repetition/movement, positive vs. negative space
media: graphite pencil, color pencil,
techniques: stippling, hatching, blending
Directions:
- Draw with a ruler or fold the paper into 6 sections
- Choose an object from the back counter (you must look at an object)
- Lightly sketch in pencil from various points of view and zoom in (macro)
- Use the 3 color schemes to complete the work
- Complementary
- Analogous
- Monochromatic
- Shade with detail in colored pencil
- If you finish early do it again on a new paper with a new object
- Turn in
- Here are some examples: