Light and Shadow + Still life

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Light and Shadow

Highlight

Reflected Highlight

Core Shadow

Dark Tone

Midtone

Cast Shadow

What is it?

Vertaling

Halfschaduw

Donkere schaduw

Gereflecteerde licht

Glimlicht

Slagschaduw

Kernschaduw

Terms

Midtone

Dark tone

Reflected Highlight

Highlight

Cast shadow

Core shadow

What is the difference?

Why?

With the help of light and shadow you make a flat surface spatial. --> It looks like it is in 3d!

Reflections, glowing lights and transparency can add extra accents to this spaciousness.

Let's practice!

Exercise 1: 

- Pick a basic shape (cube, ball, cylinder, etc)

- Use pencil and an eraser.

- Pay attention to the shape and size of the object.

- Find your light source and your shadows. Draw them. Pay attention to where the light hits the object and the values of the shadows.

Charcoal

How do we use it?

Composition

Still Life 

Exercise 2:

• Now make a composition with a few basic shapes, it can be any way you want them to be. (stack them, overlap etc)
• Use charcoal
• Draw in the shapes. Look at where the shapes meet and how they are positioned in relation to eachother.
• Draw your and lights and shadows. Where is your light source? 
• JUST DO IT! (it's an exercise, you can make mistakes)

Next Lesson

We will start with a final still life

Personal Still life

A self portait in objects

Bring:

- 3 objects in various sizes. (Not smaller than 10 cm, no bigger than 25 cm)
- What do they say about you? Why do these objects represent you?

Light and shadow

Midtone

Dark tone

Highlight

Reflected Highlight

Cast Shadow

Core Shadow

Composition

Do we still remember?

Still Life

What is a still life?

The term “still life” describes a work of art that shows inanimate objects, such as fruit, flowers, and/or baskets or bowls, etc. 

-> still lifes depict things that are “still” and don’t move. Placed in a certain way that creates a composition. 

Still life is a genre that spans art history. From ancient Egyptian tombs to modern art. The genre became particularly popular in the Netherlands during the 17th century. 

Self portrait in objects 

- You have brought 3 objects that means someting for you / tells me something about you as a person

- Which object is more important? What do you want the viewer to see first? Think about the placement and composition.

- Once you are happy about the composition, choose your light source. Use the lights to create a light source and think about the position.

- What does the placement of the light say to you? Do you want more direct light from above or do you want more dramatic light from below? What effect does the light have on the objects? Experiment with this!

- Draw in the shapes of the objects. Look at where they are in relation to eachother.

- Draw the lights and shadows the way we practiced and learned in the previous lesson. Think about where you place your highlights and pay good attention to the values found in the shadows.

- Use charcoal. 

Grading

• Correct composition (complete still life, have you thought about the placement)
• Correct proportions
• Use of light and shadow
• Drawn from shapes and not just outlines
• Draw what you see and not what you think there is
• Use of the charcoal (contrast between dark and light/detail an overall image)
• Is your personality visable in the objects?