PROJECT 8 - PEN AND INK: Drawing two

Objectives:

• Students should demonstrate skills in using pen and ink as a delineation media.
• Students should demonstrate knowledge in artistic composition.
• Students should demonstrate knowledge of pen and ink sketching instruments and techniques.

Task:

Using photographs from magazines, literature, books, etc. students should make a sheet of drawings of people at varying scales.

1. Students should layout the subjects with pen directly on the sketchbook.

2. The line drawing should be lightly drawn onto the paper using dashed construction lines. 

3. Students should build the layers of the drawing as in the first exercise.

4. Students are to "time" their drawings to keep track of how long it takes to complete the work. This drawing should take at least an hour less time than the last.

References:

Lin: DRAWING AND DESIGNING WITH CONFIDENCE, pp. 23 - 30 and 45- 47.
Lin: ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING TECHNIQUES, pp. 8, 13 - 15, 22, 24, 25, 30, 31, 82, 83, 92 - 94, 100, 104 - 107, 113, 114, 140 - 144, and 146 - 148.
Oliver, Robert: THE SKETCH IN COLOR, chapters 1, 2, 3 and 9.
Laseau, Paul: INK-LINE SKETCHING, chapters 1 - 9, 12 - 14.

Materials needed:

1. Staedtler pigment liner, No. 01
2. Pair of shoes
3. Drawing paper or sketch pad

Deadline:

Assigned: Thursday, Sept. 15
Due: Tuesday, Sept. 20; beginning of class

Approximate time to complete: 3 hours

For comments, contact Dennis L. Law (email): delaw@ksu.edu

revised: 22 August 05