Senior Art
Drawing with words
Our current project
Students are hard at work with the concept of drawing with words. The lesson plan has been posted below with examples for reference. Stay tuned to see the student work next week!
Process:
1. Select a picture that creates a feeling of
emotion in you when you view it. The stronger you feel about the subject matter
or theme, the better. If the picture is not black and white, a black and white
copy should be made. In this stage, you will work on your thumbnail sketch. You
may crop, enlarge, reduce, add details, leave out some details, create a
composite thumbnail of several images, etc.
2, Experiment with creating value with words in
your sketch.
3) Complete a light line drawing of the picture. Be as
accurate as possible.
4) Using a thesaurus, compile a list of at least ten words
that describe the feelings or emotions of the image.
5) Beginning with the darkest areas first, start laying in
your words, obviously change the words as you go along, rather than repeating
the same word over and over. Make the
words tighter, more condensed, etc. in the areas that need to be darkest.
Spread them out as you get lighter. This
is very much like stippling or pointillism, only you are using words instead of
dots.
6) Complete the entire picture using words to define the
picture and its different values.
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