Monsters

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• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

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What is the function of a Gargoyle?

01:52

Which name do they use if it isn't spewing water?

02:31

Where does the word Gargoyle comes from?

02:56

Besides water control, what is another function?

Upload a photo of your collage of Gargoyles

Assignment: Rotten and broken

Draw a ruin that looks old and overgrown.

Use Indian ink and A4 drawing paper for this.

Questions

Before you start, answer the following questions.

This will teach you what is important to do well on this assignment.

1. What is a ruin, what happened to such a building?

2. Name another 4 buildings that are now ruins?

These buildings are very old, they are made of materials that break and decay (rot).
3. What materials are ruins made of?

Light and dark are strongly present in ruins.
Some parts are very dark and others very light.
4. How did that light/dark come about?

Ruin

There are parts in a ruin that continue to crumble.

Other parts remain in place.

This crumbling creates chaos, everything is mixed up.

The other parts that are still standing ensure order again.

These two (order and chaos) represent a characteristic of the ruin.

Texture

The ruin you are going to make has a clear texture.

A texture is a skin that you can feel (smooth, rough, hairy, etc.)

Look at the pictures of ruins. First draw softly with pencil (hb) three textures that you see in images of ruins. 

Copy these lines/textures with pen and ink.

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Assignment

There are parts in a ruin that continue to crumble.

Other parts remain in place.

This crumbling creates chaos, everything is mixed up.

The other parts that are still standing ensure order again.

These two (order and chaos) represent a characteristic of the ruin.

ASSIGNMENT;

Draw a ruin with a pencil.

Alternate whole and broken parts (order and chaos)

Then make the drawing in Indian ink and add texture.

Dilute the ink with water and apply light and dark with a brush.

Add color.

OLD BUILDING IN ABANDONED VALLEY

From our reporters

During a brisk walk in a hilly landscape in Luxembourg, a group of hikers got lost.

After a long and exhausting search, they reached civilization on their own.

From their stories it can be concluded that they saw a large and imposing 

structure in a previously unknown valley.

The building would consist of high towers, round domes with 

small extensions and sloping roofs.

Many parts of walls and roofs had collapsed and due to the overgrowth of bushes, 

moss and trees, much of it was not clearly visible.

The building appears to be constructed of natural stone, cement or loam.

The many windows are said to have wooden frames and windows and, according to the walkers, the roofs are covered with slate and tiles.

The many damaged ornaments also indicate that this building must have had a very important function in the past.