Due Date Range: February 23- March 4 (A Day Students) February 22-March 3 (B Day)
Principals of Design: Proportion & Scale
Directions:
- Students can use their phone, or cut a window shape in a piece of paper or thin cardboard. The easiest way to do this is to fold the paper in half and cut out an opening along the fold. Practice once or twice until your window opening is about the same proportions as your drawing paper.
- Now, hold up the viewfinder and look through it to find an interesting group of figures in your classroom, around your school, or outside. Adjust the viewfinder until the figures look balanced and form a unified picture that you want to draw.
The image could just be a group of people, some sitting, some standing, or you can play with the ideas of proportion and scale to create a surreal looking scene based off of the positioning of the people (see photos below for inspiration.
The main key is to USE CORRECT PROPORTIONS on the people's bodies and faces.
3. After picking your scene, start your drawing by first drawing the large shapes you see through the viewfinder on your paper using whatever drawing instrument you prefer. Outline the shapes so that they fill the paper. Strive to reproduce the same scene you see.
4. Next, draw in all the details that seem important to the scene. Chose one part of the picture as a center of interest and emphasize this area by adding finer details.
5. You may shade normally or you may want to use a monochromatic color scheme to color your picture. A monochromatic color scheme consists of a pure hue and its variations, produced by adding varying amounts of white (tints) and black (shades).
5. You may shade normally or you may want to use a monochromatic color scheme to color your picture. A monochromatic color scheme consists of a pure hue and its variations, produced by adding varying amounts of white (tints) and black (shades).