Drawing

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Chapter 3

• Drawing

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Drawing

• A process of portraying an object, scene or form
  of decorative or symbolic meaning through lines,
  shapes, values, and textures in one or more
  colors.

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Drawing

• This process involves moving a pointed instrument
  such as a pencil, crayon, or stick of chalk over
  a smooth surface, leaving behind the marks of its
  passage. (generally known as line)

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Drawing

• Although styles differ, all drawings have a
  common purpose
• To give form to an idea and express the artists
  feelings about it.

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17th Century artist Guercino The Enraged Mars
Restrained by Cupidspontaneous and vigorous
lines(excitement action)
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200 years laterJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Family PortraitUsed drawing to capture the
exact appearance and dignity
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Drawing Media

• Dry media those media that are applied dry.
• Pencil
• Charcoal
• Crayon
• Chalk or pastel

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Mary CassattWoman in Theatrean example of
dry pastel
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Drawing Media

• Wet media those media in which the coloring
  agent is suspended in a liquid.
• Ink Paints
• Applied with pen or brush

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Van GoghFishing Boats at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Me
rReed pen and brown ink
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Sketch Books

• Important tool for Artists
• Preliminary studies
• Record and develop ideas
• Plan and test out ideas
• Finished works of art

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Pencil - Did you know?

• The word pencil comes from the Latin word
  penicillus, meaning a little tail.
• The first pencils were actually fine brushes of
  hair or bristles.

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Chapter 3

• Painting

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Painting

• Painting is one of the oldest and most important
  of the visual arts.
• An artist creates a painting by arranging the art
  elements on a flat surface in ways that are
  sometimes visually appealing, sometimes shocking
  or thought-provoking.

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Painting

• By presenting us with unique design
  relationships, offering new ideas, and giving
  form to the deepest feelings, the painter awakens
  us to aspects of life that we might otherwise
  overlook or ignore.

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Journal Entry

• Think of a painting that you have observed that
  made you stop and think.
• Were you drawn to the subject matter or more to
  the artists style.
• Describe the painting in detail, including art
  elements and principles.
• What was the thought-provoking aspect of the
  piece of art?

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Subject Matter in Art

• The subjects that artists select for their
  paintings often depend on the time and place in
  which they live.
• They were influenced by their own personal
  experiences, by the lives of people around them,
  and by interests and attitudes of their society.
• Throughout history, artists have discovered
  subjects for their paintings in the real world of
  people, places, and events around them, and the
  imaginary world within themselves.

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Subject Matter in Art

• Landscapes
• Nature
• People
• Still Lifes
• Historical Subjects

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Landscapes

• Landscapes without figures were rare in Europe
  before the 17th century.
• Used originally as backgrounds for their figures.
• Rejected the idea of natural scenes as the main
  subject for their paintings.
• This changed when Dutch painters recognized that
  nature could serve as beautiful and dramatic
  subject for their art

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Jacob van Ruisdael - 1655
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Nature

• During the 17th century Japanese artist were
  perfecting an art style that catered to a growing
  number of wealthy landowners.
• It was the age of decorative screen painting,
  when artists created dreamlike landscapes set
  against glowing gold backdrops.
• Momoyama Period

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Momoyama Jewelry Box
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People

• It would be difficult to find a subject that is
  more fascinating for painters than people.
• Peering out at us from pages throughout art
  history are the countless smiling, frowning,
  crying faces of people painted in many different
  ways.

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Portraits
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Still Lifes

• Painting an arrangement of inanimate
  objects. Such as
• Food
• Plants
• Household Items
• Remind us of the beauty to be found in the simple
  things in life, things that we may otherwise
  consider outdated or insignificant

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George Augusta - Still Life with Pears
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Historical Subjects

• At one time historical pictures were considered
  the highest form of painting
• They often take the form of dynamic, colorful
  pictures depicting dashing military leaders
  engaged in epic battles.
• Capture moments throughout history in order to
  glorify.

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The Media and Tools of Painting

• Several kinds of paints can be used to achieve
  different results.
• All are composed of three basic ingredients
• Pigment
• Binder
• Solvent

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The Media and Tools of Painting

• Pigment a finely ground powder that gives a
  paint its color.
• - Organic or manmade
• Binder a liquid that holds together the grains
  of pigment.
• - Tempura, oil, wax, acrylic, gum arabic
• Solvent the material to thin the binder.
• - Water, oil,

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Arsenic pigments Paris Green Carbon pigments
Carbon Black, Ivory Black, Vine Black, Lamp Black
Cadmium pigments cadmium pigments, Cadmium
Green, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium
Orange Iron oxide pigments Caput Mortuum, , Red
Ochre, Sanguine, Venetian Red Prussian blue
Chromium pigments Chrome Green, Chrome Yellow
Cobalt pigments Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue, ,
Aureolin Lead pigments lead white, Naples
yellow, , red lead Copper pigments Paris Green,
Verdigris, Viridian, Egyptian Blue, Han Purple
Titanium pigments Titanium White, , Titanium
yellow, Titanium Black Ultramarine pigments
Ultramarine, , French Ultramarine Mercury
pigments Vermilion Zinc pigments Zinc White
Clay earth pigments (which are also iron
oxides) Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber,
Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre. Lapis lazuli,
Biological origins Alizarin, Alizarin Crimson,
Gamboge, Indigo, Indian Yellow, Cochineal Red,
Tyrian Purple, Rose madder Other Organic
Pigment Red 170, Phthalo Green, Phthalo Blue, .
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Using Media and Processes

• To express your thoughts, feelings, and ideas
  most effectively, you have make these choices
  carefully and thoughtfully.
• Take time to experiment with art media and
  processes whenever you can.
• Your experiments will help you learn to use art
  media to express your ideas in unique and
  stimulating ways.

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Chapter 3

• Printmaking

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Relief Printingthe image to be printed is
raised from the background
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Printmaking

• Relief Printingthe image to be printed is
  raised from the background (wood block)

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Printmaking

• IntaglioInk is forced to fill lines cut into a
  metal surface
• Etching a mixture of beeswax, asphalt and resin
  covers plate. Then design is scratched through.
  Acid is used to cut the lines.
• Engraving lines are cut directly into plate with
  a burin

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Printmaking

• Lithographyprintmaking method in which the
  image to be printed is drawn on limestone, zinc,
  or aluminum with a special greasy pencil.

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Printmaking

• Screen Printingpaint is forced through a screen
  onto paper or fabric.