The purpose of this project is to throw the idea of lines out the window… I think. We were to define shapes based on contrast of light and dark of the object and the space behind it. The only lines we could use were the basic outlines of the shapes, but as we worked we had to fill in the space around it so the lines disappear. The most important part of starting this project was to fnd your lightest light and your darkest dark of the area we wanted to draw. All of our other shades and tints would be based off of the values of the lightest light and darkest dark. Another requirement of this project was to pick a small area of a larger still-life and magnify it to fill our page.
So I started out timidly in the top right corner.
The Beginning
I thought that turned out pretty nicely so I filled in the objects directly under it and the other corner.
At this point I realized I made my life a little harder. Because I did not shade continously from one point across the drawing I had to try to find a shade for the middle that was an accurate representation of the lights and darks of the objects already filled in. Once again, as always, I felt the need to compensate (I’m really beginning to dislike that word). So I filled in the middle and bottom being as true to the values as possible without having jet black cloth. So here’s my final product.
The Final Product
I think I may be one of the few people who enjoyed this assignment. I feel like I have a new perspective on drawing because of this assignment. I learned that lines don’t exist (in the artistic sense at least, calm down Math people). We only see lines because of the edge of an object meeting the edge of another or contrasting the space behind it. I think this project will change the way I create art from now on.
Chelsea's Space 