Theme illustration Spring 2020

Options:
Beauty/Vanity
Mind/body
Abundance/Waste
Justice
Envy
The Human Spirit
You, me, us

Vanishing

Earth angel

Faceless portrait
The sound of silence
The last person on earth

Objectives:

Be creative and inventive with the theme!
Use the creative process and follow the expected sequential categories
Create a value pattern (below)

Value and Composition:
Using the major elements of the illustration, create and establish a solid value pattern consisting of a light, medium and dark value. (size: 7.5 x 10 inches)
The value pattern should represent a simplified (think shapes) arrangement of the illustration with the goal to organize the elements of the picture. In addition, the value pattern should establish a foreground, middle-ground and background of the picture.  As a desired goal, the value pattern should help guide the viewer through the picture and to the focal point.

Links regarding value structure:
http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2012/08/composition-basics-value-structure.html
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2012/06/loomiss-scheme-for-tonal-organization.html

http://www.artpassions.net/dore/dore.html

Required to art direct (design) and shoot at least one of your own reference photos- (no flash)
http://www.muddycolors.com/2014/01/artist-selfies-everybodys-doing-it/
Source: Muddy Colors

Required to make at least one 8.5 x 11 inch grayscale print-out of your photo reference

Manage the project and your time

Find ways to use color and shape as visual devices to help support the point of the illustration.

Size:
No smaller than 15 x 20 inches
Color: A must
Medium Oils on Strathmore board

What's Due:
Five (solid) thumbs- due 3/16 at 9 am for a grade
Second round, if needed and/or develop value study due at the end of class 3/18 for a grade
Studio session: 3/23
Finished Comp. plus photo(s) due at the end of class 3/25 for a grade
Paint day: 3/30
Paint day: 4/1
Paint day: 4/6  due at the end of class