Art in FocusChapter 6:
Art of Earliest TimesAdditional Studio ProjectsCONTOUR DRAWING OF AN ANIMAL IN MOTIONComplete a large, simple contour drawing of a familiar animal in motion that fills an entire sheet of gray construction paper. Color your drawing using a single stick of dark chalk. Create light and dark values of this single hue by varying the pressure when applying the chalk to your paper. Gradual changes of value will make your animal appear three- dimensional rather than flat.
INSPIRATIONLook at the paintings of bison (Figures 6.2 and 6.6 in your textbook). What have the prehistoric artists done to make these animals look three-dimensional? Was it necessary for them to include a great many details to make the animals appear lifelike?
WHAT YOU WILL NEED- Pencil and sketch paper
- Sheet of gray construction paper, 18 × 24 inches
- Single stick of dark-colored chalk
WHAT YOU WILL DO- Complete several pencil sketches of a familiar animal in motion (rearing, running, jumping). Keep these drawings simple by eliminating all but the most important details of the animals.
- Reproduce your best drawing to completely fill the sheet of gray construction paper. Select a single dark color of chalk. Press down hard on the chalk when coloring the outer edges of the animal. Gradually reduce the pressure as you color further into the animal form. Using this procedure will make the animal appear three-dimensional. (You may wish to practice this procedure using the side and the point of the chalk stick.) Emphasize the necessary details in your drawing by using the tip of your chalk stick.
EVALUATING YOUR WORKDescribe Is your animal easily recognized? What features were most helpful to others in identifying it?
Analyze Does your animal completely fill the paper on which it is drawn? Is it colored with a single hue? Did you use gradations of value to make the animal seem three-dimensional?
Interpret What is your animal doing? Are other students able to identify its actions? What clues were most helpful to them in doing this?
Judge Using the literal qualities as the basis for judgment, do you think that your chalk drawing of an animal is successful? Does it look lifelike? If so, what contributes most to its realistic appearance?
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