Ms. LivotiDrawing and Painting2/9-2/14

Monday 2-9

Aim: How can you critique and assess your foreshortened figure drawing?

Do Now: Reflect on your process of making your project; what are your strengths and weaknesses?

HW: February Sketchbooks due Friday 2-27

Aim: How can you use oil pastel as a drawing medium?

• Do Now: Describe the properties of oil pastel through investigating the oil pastel in your sketchbook.

• HW: February sketchbooks due Friday 2-27

Tuesday 2-10

Oil PastelDrawing and Painting

Ms. Livoti2009

Janet Fish

• Artist: Janet Fish• Still Life• Reflections and

Distortions• Transparent effects Biography

1938 Born Boston, MA

1960 BA Smith College, Northampton, MA

1961 Skowhegan Art School Skowhegan, ME

1963 BFA, MFA Yale University School of Art & Architecture, New Haven, CT

Basic Techniques

• Side strokes: Cover large areas- broken texture• Hatching and cross hatching: can be used for large areas

when first starting a drawing• Blending: Layering colors and smoothing them out with a

finger, blending tortillion, brush, etc. to blend them together/ Use turpenoid to blend down with a brush

http://www.artyfactory.com/still-life/still_life_oil_pastel.htmlhttp://www.juliannakunstler.com/

art1_oilpastels.html#.VNaJ7FXF8m9

Mark-Making

• Showing the “artist’s hand”, texture and stroke of the medium

• Use color on wax paper and apply oil pastel with a pen.

Beware of over-blending!!• Try to stay away from over-

blending the pastel- if you must blend, use a brush or small piece of paper towel rather than your finger.

• Only blend in order to mix colors to achieve new ones (especially if this color is for your first layer) and to blend in your first layer of shadows.

• Over blending creates muddy colors, it wears away the surface of the paper, and it leaves little evidence of your mark-making!

Aim: How can you plan your composition?

• Do Now: Read “Achieving transparent effects” List 3 facts

• HW: February Sketchbooks due Friday 2/27

Wed 2/11

The Drawing Process• Linear + Massive/Blocking in

Approach: Block in the composition with broad masses of color using the side of the pastel, then gradually add detail as you layer more specific shapes of color and value along with line.

• First use white pastel (if working on dark paper) to outline edges of large, important objects/shapes

Aim: How can you continue to sketch your composition from observation?

• Do Now: Read “Massive or blocking in approach ” List 3 facts

• HW: February Sketchbooks due Friday 2-27

Thursday 2/12

2-13: Student Teacher Day