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12-13-2004, 12:29 AM
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Basic 101: Class 8 - Light and Shade
Basic 101: Class 8
Light and Shade
Materials: For this class, as I am sure some of you are already doing, you can use the full range of drawing pencils, you may use mechanical pencils or any pencil which will afford you the rich darks that you will need for the project.
Light and dark are the consequence of each other. They play upon one another and co-mingle in a tenuous but mutual existence. They are the perfect example of action and reaction. Light and dark are the things that scary is made of or, more appropriately, mood and atmosphere, ambience and setting. They are the great influencers of emotions, setting the stage for Hamlet-like broodings or the bubbling merriments of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit.
In a single community project, we will be exploring light and shade.
There are properties to light and shade: There is artificial light that you can control and there is natural light in which light controls you. In our project, which is outdoors, the property is natural light but we have control over the project because it is a photograph frozen in a single moment. For the general discussion and not the project we will be referring to objects lit artificially.
For the time being let us only deal with ONE light source. Light falls on an object and separates into distinct regions—these regions BLEND into one another—this point is very important. The brightest region is the point where the light directly hits the surface of the object and the darkest region is where the light source is least effected by the light source. Simple enough. BETWEEN the two extreme regions of light and dark there exist other regions of varying degrees of light and dark. The region that lies midway between the lightest and darkest region is called the MIDTONE.
When shading an object establish these three regions FIRST then lay in the other regions of varying degrees. MAKE SURE THAT ALL REGIONS BLEND INTO ONE ANOTHER.
When you do a drawing it is a good idea to create a tonal scale so that you have a good grip on how you will proceed with light and shadow. First lets do a simple tonal scale. For this exercise, I am only doing four degrees of shade but you can have as many as you choose. Note that I am only using one pencil—in this case, a 2b—by varying your degree of pressure you can create an entire range of values—again by just using ONE pencil (See Figure 1).
Exercise 1:
Now lets, try the same exercise on a sphere. Draw your sphere and then shade it accordingly. Mentally mark your bright light and your darkest dark and then locate the center value (the mid-tone). Once you have drawn in these values then move on to the lesser values and complete the sphere. Try this exercise also on a cone, cylinder and square.
Exercise 2:
Below you will notice a photograph of a tree. I took this shot myself early one morning. Your task is to take this tree and reproduce its texture and its values. I have also, for your convenience, provided a grayscale for you to use as a reference.
Exercise 3: Now that you have conquered the tree, the last step is to put SOMETHING in the tree that means something to you personally—something that will identify this as your tree. It could be a tree house, a person, a cat, a ball, a swing, anything that you so choose.
Good luck and Happy Drawing!!!
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" 'Humans Share...Maybe 40 percent (of their gene sequence) with lettuce'--I don't know about you, but that explains so much to me"--Bruce Hoffman from National Geographic Magazine.
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12-13-2004, 01:08 AM
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
JayD,
That is some tree there! I really like this as I have a project I need to get done that has a tree so this will be great. Lucky me! 
I assume we can extend the tree to beyond the limits shown? |
12-13-2004, 01:27 AM
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
lol wow Jay this tree looks spooky to me lol
I love it because it scares me and its a challenge just like the spider was lol
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12-13-2004, 01:30 AM
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
GULP . . .
. . . CJ runs screaming from the room and hides her head under the covers . . . .
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12-13-2004, 06:16 AM
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
I'm with CJ on this one!  |
12-13-2004, 07:42 AM
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
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Originally Posted by Cathie Jones
GULP . . .
. . . CJ runs screaming from the room and hides her head under the covers . . . .
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ROFL , CJ your great to wake up to lol,
Will be afc this moring due to errands will be back around noon to co sub again if needed Ann.
Oh &
ahem...cough ... cough
clears throat & gets ready to sing ...
ohhh geesh .... go look on the Birthday thread all ready did it
Happy Birthday Boss
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12-13-2004, 07:52 AM
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A WC! Legend
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
speaking of subs--who is assigned for lights and darks-I was thinking it is Deb but she can opt out and just work on the project and pick another later--if that happens then Sultry you can try your hand at main sub. Who is on the list--I keep losing it in the long threads
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12-13-2004, 07:54 AM
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Immortalized
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
Ok Boss, I thought it was Ann. I need to run out for the morning Jay but I will be here the rest of the day.
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12-13-2004, 08:19 AM
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A WC! Legend
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
Ann--if you are subbing let me know--I keep losing the list!!!
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12-13-2004, 08:55 AM
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
Hi JayD, Happy Birthday again I just saw your thread, sorry I didn't see it yesterday. Your saggitaruis just like DH.......mmmmmhh!!!
Hi, Cathie, Dave and Sultry, I'll (((gulp))) along with you. See you all later, got to clean house. |
12-13-2004, 09:01 AM
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
Mary, thanks again--Saggitarius--that means I'm the Ass-half of a horse! Hmmmmm......
Enjoy the tree and don't forget to add something to it--that is the main reason for the worms eye perspective. I knew you folks would be up to the challenge. 
BTW, I think Stoy may be featuring the tree as well--if he does, then feel free to cross post and Marilyn_H will be tackling the tree as well. 
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12-13-2004, 09:21 AM
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NE Oklahoma
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Re: Basic 101: Class 9
Good Morning Everyone,
Happy Birthday Jay. Wishing you the best throughout the year!
I'm subbing Jay, unless I "flub the dub" lol, I'll be a round. Sultry said she would also help and I'm sure the other members will step in and offer comments and suggestions as well. If for some reason I am not on for a long period of time it will mean my ISP is down. This has been happening almost weekly and is getting a little tiring.
I will copy the Lesson Jay for the pdf, then Cathie and whoever else has it on their site can place it on theirs |
12-13-2004, 09:54 AM
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Apple Valley, CA
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Re: Basic 101: Class 8
Good morning, Ann! Would you mind sending the pdf for 7 and 8 to me by e-mail? When I click on your link I just get the little x-box.
BBL . . . have to get ready for work.
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12-13-2004, 10:07 AM
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NE Oklahoma
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Re: Basic 101: Class 8
I sure will Cathie I'm working on it now |
12-13-2004, 10:27 AM
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Re: Basic 101: Class 8
Judi--part of the main goal of the course is not just to teach drawing but to foster and encourage the use of imagination in order to expand the photo beyond what you phsically see and pull the result more out of the artist's mind's eye. So part of the project is to add something to the picture like we did with the still life.
So YES--Please do what you will with it and have fun!
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