Colored pencil Lesson and Techniques

5 Basic Color Pencil Techniques

stippling - involves placing lots of tiny dots on your paper. The dots can be close together or far apart Practice stippling by drawing dots that are close together or drawing dots that have more distance between them. There is a difference between dots made when the pencil is sharp and when the pencil  is dull. Stippling adds interesting texture to a drawing.
hatching - involves drawing a series of parallel lines. The lines all go in the same direction. The lines are close together, far apart, or in between. The pencil is lifted from the paper after each line and then placed down again to create a new line.
cross-hatching - involves drawing a series of parallel lines and then drawing another series of parallel lines going in another direction on top of the first set of lines, called hatching. This creates shading in a drawing. You can create some interesting textures through cross-hatching.
back and forth stroke -  This is the most common of all the colored pencil techniques.  You just put your pencil on the paper and draw in a continuous back and forth motion, without lifting your pencil off of the paper. You can fill in different areas of your drawing with a lot of solid color.
scumbling - involves making continuous circular marks on your paper, without lifting your pencil. This is a good way to fill in different areas with lots of color.




Once you master these colored pencil techniques, you can use these colored pencil techniques to layer colors over top of one another to create a rich, luminous depth.

The Introduction to Colored Pencil Lesson

 

Color Pencil Value Scale:

1.  On a 7.5" X 11" piece of Rives BFK draw a rectangle bar and 4 circles cut into quarters (example below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  Use the color pencils Magenta (red), Canary Yellow (yellow), and True Blue (blue) as your primary colors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  You will blend your secondary colors orange, green, and purple using the above colors in the rectangle bar.  Use the techniques above to smoothly blend the two colors two different colors together to form the secondary color.

 Some useful hints:

• Always have a sharpened tip.
• Use the side of the colored pencil not the tip.
• Work in small areas and slowly
•  Use only a light amount of pressure to press down on the pencil.
•  Layers, lots of layers, and layer in multiple directions 

 
 



4. Each circle below the value chart will have a single primary color as a base.   (1 Canary Yellow, 1 Magenta, 1 True Blue, and the last 1 will be White). 








5.You will shade the whole circle (all four quarters) in the designated primary color.   True Blue was used to shade the whole circle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Next you will blend one of the three primary colors (Canary Yellow, Magenta, True Blue) over the primary color in one of the quarters of the circle. 



 

7.  Repeat the process for each of the circle using the base color specified and seeing how layering and blending the colors in different order changes how it appears in the end.

 

 

 

 

8. Use this as your practice and reference sheet for future art work.  Examples of finished pages are below.

 

9.  Now practice using pieces of fruit or pictures of fruits.  See a examples below.





 

 

Colored Pencil Drawing from Collage

 



Colored Pencil Composition composed from a handmade College
 

1. Make a collage on a 8 X 11 piece of paper (or smaller) from  colorful bright magazine picture.  Use about 4-5 images. Keep it simple.

2.  On a larger piece of quality piece of paper draw an enlarged  line drawing of the collage you created.

3. Using the college you created as a your guide, color the larger drawing in using the colored pencils and all the techniques you practices and learned. 



 



 





 

 

 

 

 

 

Intaglio High School Class lesson

Creating a lessons for an entire course

High School

Intermediate to Advanced level

Art I and/or some form of Intro to Basic Printmaking required

Printmaking Exploration Class

Units of Study:

Linoleum Relief

Intaglio

Screen-printing

Cyanotypes

Artist’s Choice

Key Concepts:                                                                                   Essential Questions:

-Experience working with the Intaglio medium, from the preparation of the plate to the final print   -Draw a design expressing duality of your individual identity   -Complete an original design  on a zinc plate etched with Copper Sulfate Mordant

-What can you use to make different types of texture marks and etches into the zinc plate?   -How does the length of time the zinc plate is left in the Copper Sulfate Mordant affect the lines and textures etched on the plate?   -How can different colors change the look and feel of your print?

Unit Objects:

-Produce an Edition of 8 prints on 10X9 Rives BFK and 4 variations prints with different color ink and paper. Include Elements of Intaglio such as cross hatching, contour lines, textures, and patterns.

Enduring Ideas:

- Explore the Duality of your Identity                 Duality: an instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something; a dualism.        Identity: the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different from others

Lesson, Activities, Formative Assessment:

-Power Point Presentation lecture on Intaglio prints and Artist.   -Examples of etched plates with elements of Intaglio and finished prints. -Students start making their design

-Demonstration of plate preparation and design transfer   -Students begin prepare their plates and transfer design

-Demonstration of etching tools and chemical etching process.   -Students finish design transfer and begin etching plate

-Demonstration of different printing processes, registration, and craftsmanship.   -Students will continue making their plates and printing their editions.

-Demonstration of Proper way to sign their editions.   -Students will finish their work and sign their edition.    -Class critic to follow to include what individuals learned, (mistakes and what they liked.)

Create a Synectic Work of Art

Using the Elements and Principles of Design to Create a Synectic Work of Art.
Elements & Principles of Design:
The elements and principles of design are the building blocks used by artists to create a work of art. They are:

 We are going to use:


#1. Line

#2. Shape

 

 

1.      Line is a mark with greater length than width. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal; straight or curved; thick or thin.

2.      Shape is a closed line. Shapes can be geometric, like squares and circles; or organic, like free-form or natural shapes. Shapes are flat and can express length and width. 

#3. Balance

 



#4. Pattern

 

 



#5. Unity

3.      Balance in art refers to the sense of distribution of perceived visual weights that offset one another.

4.      Pattern, elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable manner; a geometric pattern is a kind of pattern formed of geometric shapes and typically repeating (like a wallpaper).

5.      Unity is the relationship among the elements of a visual that helps all the elements function together. It gives a sense of oneness to a visual image.  In other words, the words and the images work together to create meaning. 

A Little About SYNECTICS and ART:Synectics is a problem solving methodology that stimulates thought processes of which the subject may be unaware. In art it is a technique for improving creative problem solving by putting something you don't know in terms of something you do you know. The art style developed in Europe in the 1920's, characterized by using the subconscious as a source of creativity to liberate pictorial subjects and ideas.  The term Synectics is from the Greek word synectikos, which means “bringing forth together,” or “bringing different things into unified connection

.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lesson

1.1 Synectic Energy Encounter

Concept: two different force fields can be combined in a single plane of reference

The Elements and Principles of Design: Lines, Shapes. Pattern

Key Synectic Trigger Mechanisms: Repeat, Combine, Superimpose, Animate.

Materials: Drawing paper, black waterproof felt-tipped pens, plastic template (optional)

Example of Synectic artwork

Lesson: Imagine two different “Forces”   of abstract shapes interacting in the same visual space.  Symbolize each “army” in a different way. i.e., by straight, curved or dotted lines, or lines made up of letters, numbers, etc. . . .  With a black felt tipped pen, “weave” the symbolic lines together to produce a hybrids “energy texture”.  *You can add one color as a conflicting element. 



Synectic art



Synectic art by Mihaio

Synectic art by Mihaio

*Another idea you may want to try is:

1.2 Synectic Hybrid Encounter

Concept: A war of shapes can produce hybrids

The Elements and Principles of Design: Shape, Unity, Balance

Key Synetic Trigger Mechanisms: Repeat, Superimpose, Hybridize, Symbolize

Materials: Colored construction paper, scissors, ruler, compass, glue stick

Lesson: Using colored paper, cut out repetitive units of two different shapes and colors (ex. Circles and squares). Deploy the units from different sides on contrasting background paper. Depict an encounter and production of hybrid shapes.  The “Unity” shapes should be unique, but exhibit characteristics of both original shapes.

Synectic art by Mihaio

Synectic art

Still life and graphite shading

Still life

Still life: Brown bag and egg

sectional still life

1 Feb 2016
The Graphite Pencil- A little about the pencil:

-Modern pencils do not contain lead as the "lead" of the pencil is actually a mix of finely ground graphite and clay powders. Before the two substances are mixed, they are separately cleaned of foreign matter and dried in a manner that creates large square cakes.

Although today most pencils using the HB system are designated by a number such as 2B, 4B or 2H to indicate the degree of hardness. For example, a 4B would be softer than a 2B and a 3H harder than an H. Graphite Scale Comparisons.

-HB Graphite Scale. The second graphite grading scale is known as the HB scale. Most pencil manufacturers outside of the U.S. use this scale, using the letter “H” to indicate a hard pencil. Likewise, a pencil maker might use the letter “B” to designate the blackness of the pencil's mark, indicating a softer lead.



The Lesson:

1.  First practice shading by completing a Graduated Value Scale and Gradated Value Scale.
     It can be a worksheet or students can made their own.  It takes time, Slowly.

Value Scale & 3D shapes

     See examples:

Value scale worksheet
 

2.Next set up basic 3D shapes  as a simple still life.  Have students draw the shapes, add value, shadows, and darkness using shading.

Still life with bottles

3. Once this task has been accomplished.  Set up a still life arrangement using lamps, bottles, plants, cloth, fruit, or any old thing.

















4. Have students sketch 3 different compositional arrangements on newsprint. Students should use contour and perspective drawing techniques.

Sketch 1

Sketch 3



Transferring drawing on light table 

5.  Students should pick their best drawing and transfer it to high quality paper.















 

TIP:  Students can use phone to take a picture of the composition and change it to black and white to help reference for values.
6. Students can then completely shade, matching the values as close as possible.


 Some difficult for me are:  That I am very heavy handed. I tend to make things to dark and press to hard.  I have to wear gloves with the fingers cut out because my hands sweat a lot and I leave a lot of finger prints.  If I am in a hurry I  do no blend as well as  I can. Students might have difficulties with hard lines and proportions.  They will have trouble with blending and will me to slow down. The black and white photo will be a lot of help with all of the above problems.

Drawing from Observation: Gesture Drawing

Gesture Drawing:

Gresture Drawing of Clasmate

A gesture drawing is a laying in of the action, form, and pose of a model/figure. Typical situations involve an artist drawing a series of poses taken by a model in a short amount of time, often as little as 10 seconds, or as long as 5 minutes.

graghite "crayon"

Exercise 1:

Step 1:  Give student large graphite “crayon” and newsprint paper

Step 2: Get a student to model for the class and time student for 2 minutes or less.  Have students draw in long flowing general “gestures” and stop them at the allotted time.

Step 3: Repeat Lessing the time……practice…practice….practice!!!



30 seconds Gesture drawing of classmate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 2:  To reinforce the freedom and idea behind gesture draw you can try this:

Step 1: Taking a yard stick and taping a sharpie to the end.

Gesture Drawing with yardstick

Step 2: Tape a piece of newsprint to the floor.

Step 3: Proceed with  steps in Exercise 1

Yardstick with sharpie at end.

 

Exercise 3:

Step 1: Give students colored pastel and paper

Step 2: Have students take their time

Step 3: Use a model and have students gesture draw the model.

Pastel Gestural Drawing of Virtual Model  

 

 

 

 

 

Perspective Drawing Skills

Perspective Drawing Skills:

Teach perspective drawing skills to students. 

The main way we will be using achieve perspective is thru Linear Perspective, which is a way of making drawings appear 3 dimensional and realistic.  We will be using lines that go towards and meet on one or more Vanishing Points on the Horizon Line.  Two types of perspectives we are working with are going to be One Point Perspective and Two Point Perspective. 

 In one point perspective lines coverage towards 1 vanishing point. 

 

 

Creating One Point perspective:

1.      Draw a horizon line horizontally across your paper.

2.      Make a vanishing point on the horizon line.

3.      Draw a square or rectangle below the horizon line.

4.      Draw lines  from the corners of the shape to the vanishing point on the horizon line.

5.      Draw a horizontal line to end your form, (see example)

6.      Draw a vertical line to end your form, (see example)

7.      Erase the lines.

In two point perspective lines coverage towards 2 vanishing points. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creating Two Point perspective:

1.      Draw a horizon line in the lower third of your paper.

2.      Draw a vertical line near the center of the paper.

3.      Draw a Vanishing Point at both ends of the horizontal line.

4.      Draw a line from the vanishing points to the top and bottom of the vertical line.

5.      Draw the ends of shape by drawing 2 vertical lines, forming the sides of the shape.

6.      Erase the lines

Futuristic City Perspective Drawing

This lesson students use one point and two point perspective to create the illusion of space on a two dimensional surface.  Students will create imagery cities or treehouses using perspective.

Class Level: High School, Beginning Level 1
Number of Days:  7-9 days
Materials: 12” by 9” black, gray, or brown paper, colored pencils, graphite

Objectives: The students will learn to use one and two point perspective effectively.  The students will create an image using one point or two point perspective to illustrate the future and finish the image using colored pencils.
Lesson:  Spend one day teaching one point perspective.   Spend one day teaching two point perspective. (If needed) Send one day demonstration on the use of colored pencils. Demonstrate how to draw two point perspective city buildings and landscapes.
Assignment: Then have students start to create their own vision of the future.  Students will use colored pencils to illustrate their creative vision of the future.  The only requirement is to use either one point or two perspective to create the illusion of space on the surface. Teacher will walk around the room while students work and answer any questions that students might have.

see some example below: