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Notans or gray value drawings are a great way to establish depth, a focal point and a map for color. A limited grayscale forces you to evaluate your scene. By creating a value tone drawing first (instead of starting with color), you have a map of where darks and lights should be and establishes your focal point. Now you can just put down color knowing that your composition will work.
Learning goals:
1.How easily and quickly Notans can be created and how much they will ease the experience of drawing a scene.
2.How easily you can change the point of view by changing where you put darks and lights (contrasts and similar values).
3.Experiment with color and gain an understanding of how colors compare with their corresponding gray value.
4.Create drawings using Notans as a road map, and substitute dark hues for dark values and light for light.
Supply list:
Required:
* Graphite pencil
* 1 light gray, 1 dark gray and 1 black large-tipped markers (such as Tombow brush markers or Faber-Castell Pitt Big Artist Pens)
* 6 - 8 small sheets of paper (about 3x4) or sketchbook with paper appropriate for markers
* 3 loose sheets watercolor paper at least 8 x 11
* Watercolors (any kind)
* Portable stool, hat
Suzala has been a freelance graphic designer for more than 40 years. An art instructor for 5 years and an urban sketcher for 4.5 years, she has experience in the comic book industry, advertising, storyboards and finished illustration. She has recently exhibited at the Islip Museum of Art in Islip, NY, and the VSOP Projects Gallery in Greenport, NY.
Website: www.suzala.com
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LocationPike Place Market - tentative (View)
Pike Place and Pine Streets
Seattle, WA 98101
United States
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