Mid-term drawings of Pop-ups

Mid-term drawings of Pop-ups

The follow-up to this assignment was to use the actual pop-up for a composition on a good sheet of drawing paper. This portion of the assignment would reinforce their understanding of the 10 step value scale. We transitioned from pens to pencils and/or charcoal. During class sessions we've been working on creating three-dimensional forms on two-dimensional surfaces. With this part of the project, students were asked to create a chiaroscuro effect drawing that gave the illusion of a three-dimensional object.

Houston was one of the few students to use charcoal. He did a wonderful job of creating a subtle, yet striking chiaroscuro effect within the negative space surrounding the focal point.

Jay did a nice job of re-creating the table surface around his pop-up. The curve of the table offers a nice contrast to the linear elements of the pop-up and grout lines.

Elie had someone hold her pop-up above the surface of a table to create this image. The sweeping diagonal pulls your eye from left-to-right.

Pop-up narratives

This project was modeled after a design advertising Frog's Leap winery in Rutherford, CA. They have a fabulous design department that produces creative highlighting the activities of the vineyard. Students in my F100 fundamental studio drawing class were given the task of creating their own visual narrative on this pop-up design. As a class we cut and folded the papers. Using ink pen or sharpie and various types of line (hatching, cross-hatching and stippling) they each told a story.

Tre decided to depict the journey of a snowboarder. It begins with his footprints in the snow and takes us along the various views of scenery encountered along the trip up the mountain side. Tre's narrative works well because he used high contrasted marks against the white surface of the paper.

Jay elected to illustrate the evolution story in his pop-up. He begins by showing cellular activity and over time the development of sea and land animals emerged. Jay used a combination of blue and black pens to add visual interest to his narrative.

Both of these artists did a good job of creating variety within their mark making systems.

Pop-up narratives