Mr. Briscoe Visual Arts – 01/10-14

Visual Arts

Over the last few weeks our visual arts class has been discussing two major concepts: line and value. We discussed line as the basic structural element of any drawing. Students have done gestural and contour line drawings to explore the raw nature of line.

Recently we have been focusing on value and its role in creating the illusion of reality and depth. Value is defined as the relationship between dark and light. Students discussed two different types of value: flat value and graded value. Flat value is a single tone while graded value is the subtle shift between dark and light tones. See example below:

FLAT VALUE

GRADED VALUE

Students have been working on a Ribbon Project that deals with depth, overlapping and the effect that a single lightsource has on an image. The rubric for this project is below:

Ribbon Drawing
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of drawing ribbons with depth and overlapping – 15 pts.
2. 2. Student used value according to the light source – 15 pts.
3. 3. Student used high degree of detail – 10 pts
4. Effort – Good use of class time and focused development of project – 15 pts
5. Craftsmanship – Neat, Clean, Complete

Value - Graded vs. Flat on Prezi

Foundations of Drawing
Value is the relationship between light and dark. Many students think of shading when they think of value but shading is just one way of showing the relationship between light and dark. Using a basic understanding of value one can create a sense of depth in their drawings. For instance, lighter areas tend to pop off the page or come to the forefront of the drawing. Darker areas tend to recede and move into the back ground.

Students discussed two different types of value: flat value and graded value. Flat value is a single tone while graded value is the subtle shift between dark and light tones.

We’ve done two projects recently:

Ribbon Drawing – Graded Value Project
1. Student demonstrated basic knowledge of drawing ribbons with depth and overlapping – 15 pts.
2. Student used value according to the light source – 15 pts.
3. Student used high degree of detail – 10 pts
4. Effort – Good use of class time and focused development of project – 15 pts
5. Craftsmanship – Neat, Clean, Complete

Circles & Ellipses – Flat Value Project
1. Student demonstrated basic understanding of flat value – 15 pts.
2. Effort – Good use of class time and focused development of project – 15 pts.
3. Craftsmanship – Focus on neat, clean, complete. – 15 pts

Foundations of Design
So far this semester we’ve discussed positive and negative space, graded value, symmetry and color theory. Our current project incorporates all of these concepts. We are working a radial design that allows the students to demonstrate. All of these concepts will be presented on next weeks quiz.

Radial Design Rubric
1. Student demonstrated a knowledge of symmetry and radial symmetry. – 15
2. Student demonstrated a knowledge of positive and negative space, graded value and color theory (primary, secondary and tertiary). - 15
3. Student demonstrated high degree of detail – 10
4. Effort – Good use of class time.
5. Craftsmanship – Focus on neat, clean, complete. – 15 pts