I was speaking with a student at the end of class and she wanted clarification on the Form exercise I wanted you all to do. So I showed her this drawing. It has a clearly developed sense of form. And I started to wonder....once you put the lines in the right place and understand the concept- what actually makes the form POP!
1. Contrast! And I think that goes for Light/Dark as well as Line (Thick/Thin)
2. Something clearly defined and some parts blurry. Just depends on what you are looking at as to where this happens.
3. Empty space or places of calm...and then areas that are packed! Usually these also come up as you draw, one area just resolves easily and looks "formed" while others require work/reworking until they make sense!

Lastly, I was thinking about what makes a drawing appear to be finished and not just a sketch? Could you all comment here? And possibly post your form sketches and what you consider finished- and why!

Have a great break! Tom

Form Part 2 Value (Light!)

Here are a few images to inspire. The first two are just demonstration thinking and the next three are a traditional work in progress.
The rest here are inspiration. Consider how Value can be used to express emotions! If you like anything you see here, try it out! See how to make it work and I will help you along in class!!

Form HW

Homework

I. Here is the handout I showed you in class this week. Your homework is to create a complex drawing of an object showing all you know about FORM. In this drawing (or the accompanying studies) you will have all the studies you did to understand this object. I would expect you to use some of what you learned while working from the masters you admire so that these drawings are not only "studies" but drawing that show us something about how you think or feel about this object/situation.

II. For your midterm you will have to scan/or photograph the most important work you have done up to this point and any copies of master or drawing images that you have collected. This work will be gathered into one POST, properly labelled with your name so that I can search it easily for my midterm comments and evaluation. The deadline for this post is March 16th- anything posted after this date will not be considered. (You may go to the 55 W 13th lab to get tutoring on how to post if you are lost- or talk to friends.)

Following are some inspirations and one demonstration on form.

Paul Cadmus

Jenny Saville

Sir Alec Isigonnis

Durer

Have a great week. Work hard, be well, Tom