FIN 111 Unit 2 – Dale Graham

Model Drawings from Feb 28 (Day 1) : starts with gallery of 1-, 2-, and 5-minute gesture drawings, then some 10- and 20-minute figure drawings

HOMEWORK for March 7: Atmospheric Perspective. Pick a figure drawing from Feb 28th class — draw a landscape/background around it, with a focus on atmospheric perspective

While it is unlikely that boxer shorts were in vogue during the days of David, it just seemed my fellow’s left hand was perfectly angled for a dangling slingshot, as he gazed in shock at the felled Goliath.

Model Drawings March 7th (day 2): soft pastel. Again, starts with a gallery of 1- and 2-minute gesture drawings, in black and white. Then some 2- and 5-minute gestures that add colour. Finally, 4 separately-posted longer colour drawings.

10 minute drawing. Use warm and cool tones

HOMEWORK for March 14: Using colour for quick landscapes. My local duckpond served as the scene — see 8 takes on it, posted below in order of sketching. Captions describe the time of day and other stuff…

ONE sunny afternoon. Pastels. Spent too long, very fussy and small tentative marks

TWO: pastels. Same sunny afternoon, but drawn quickly and with more life.

FOUR: same dawn. Conte black, brown, brick, white.

FIVE: this one plus the next two are in small sketch book (5 by 8). and all drawn at dusk. Markers and pastels.

SIX: Dusk. Three markers only — grey, red, blue

SEVEN: Dusk. Markers first, pastel layered on top.

EIGHT: very windy very cloudy afternoon. Tons of ducks. Markers, all shades of blue or grey except one beige

Model Drawings from March 14 (Day 3) : Gallery of warm-up quick gestures, 1- and 2-minutes, followed by longer poses and incorporating mixed media.

30 minutes. Black ink, coloured marker, chalk pastel

Homework for March 21: mixed media and collage added to one of the in-class figure drawings.

charcoal, coloured markers, chalk pastel, newspaper clippings

Model Drawings for March 21 (Day 4): Gallery of 1- and 2-minute gestures to start.