Master Apprentice artists:RESOURCES Week 1
TOPIC: TEDDY BEARS
Today’s Lesson- Drawing a Teddy Bear…Looking at….
ELEMENTS OF ART AND COMPOSITION
DESIGN:
· Regular Shapes- Circle/Sphere; Oval/ Cylinder
VALUE:
· Shading light to dark- contrast that is produced from changes in value.
· Light Source- location and intensity of the light source (or sources).
TEXTURE:
· Surface Texture- The behavior of light (or how it is reflected) on the subject informs us about the texture and form of the subject and dependent on the technique chosen.
TECHNIQUES
MATERIALS
PDF RESOURCE
shading and colouring techniquies
In this PDF you will see:
Different techniques to shade a ‘Teddy Bear’.
Different materials that can be used.
You will need:
graphite pencils: HB, 2B
a ‘kneadable eraser’ or a paper stump (You can use these but your finger, a tissue or a cotton bud will be just fine)
If you have time you can choose another medium: coloured pencil; watercolour; pen or MIXED MEDIA
Photographs of Teddy Bears
POWER POINT FILE
Still Life Set up/Photographs
A Still Life is a work of art, a drawing or painting (usually) of a group of objects. Objects do not move, hence the word 'still'. In the past these objects tended to be flowers, fruit, and other kinds of food or dead animals - hence 'life'.
Nowadays, ‘still life’ can mean any objects small enough to be put in front of you, usually on a table.
Composition: The objects vary in size, from large to small.
Odd numbers are more visually pleasing.
More often objects are not put in a straight line.
There is a strong narrative tradition in many forms of art. The artist arranges the subject so that the viewer has the feeling of walking in on a story. In still life, the objects need to communicate for you.
The story of an object's life can be shown in a series of drawings. For example: a mug in brown wrapping tied with string; Steaming on a cozy table with a beloved's teacup alongside; sitting alone on a draining board; sitting on a desk full of pencils, with a torn photograph; broken in pieces in the wastebasket. You might tell the story of a beloved teddy, a bunch of flowers…….
Pinterest board
I have an online ‘Pinterest Board’ for ‘Teddy Bears’. If you click onto this link it will take you to the Red Gate Art Studio ‘Teddy Bear’ Pinterest Board. You will find all sorts of teddy bears. Some of them are real photographs of bears and some are examples of drawing and painting of bears.Text about the Pinterest board