SHAPE, FORM & COLOUR

SHADING (VALUES)

Value is one of the seven elements of art. It refers to the relative level of darkness or lightness of a colour in terms of contrast.

The other six elements are:
-Line
-Shape
-Form
-Space
-Colour
-Texture

We will learn how to use all of them on our next works of art.

Art Elements and Principles from meier106

Click on the picture bellow to get an idea of how to draw basic shapes and make them look realistic by shading them.
We are only going to use graphite pencils for now. You´ll need two of the  pencils that I told you to buy, the HB and 2B.

This is going to be our next work of art. 

If you want to download the file and print it out, You can do so here .

The drawing below belongs to Elisa R. Great!

When drawing with only one colour you can use different techniques like the ones shown in the picture.

USING THE GRID METHOD FOR DRAWING

Here you have the project just in case you need to print it out.

We can use the same method to distort an image.

Do you know anything about anamorphosis?

An anamorphosis is a deformed image that appears in its true shape when viewed in some "unconventional" way.
We can find many examples on our daily life, the most common use of the anamorphic design is by far in road markings.  
We have to see those marks from our vehicles in such a low point of view that they are going to be percieved distorted and shorter than they actually are.





Julian Beaver is a well known street artist. He has made pavement drawings all over the world for many years.
Anamorphic illusions drawn in a special distortion in order to create an illusion of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular point of view.

Here you have an easy project.

Op Art hand

http://iwastesomuchtime.com/on/?i=64919

If you have already done this project try this one (there are two options).

Let´s get started

Here you have the list of the supplies you'll need.

Can you trust your eyes?

Optical illusions and visual perception from ESTER ALONSO

DRAGON ILLUSION

This is a wonderful optical illusion. This little dragon is made out of paper. You cut it out and stick it together, and stand it on a table. When you move around, the dragon´s head seems to follow you around the room. Have a look at the video to see what I mean.
http://www.grand-illusions.com/opticalillusions/dragon_illusion/

How does it work?
If we move around when viewing a solid object, our brain knows how the object we are looking at should behave. However the dragon gives us the wrong clues, because we mis-interpret what its shape is. We assume that the nose of the dragon is pointing out towards us. but in fact the dragon´s head is concave.
If you want to try this illusion yourself, download the file and print it out. Notice that the instructions for folding and cutting out the dragon are included.

Find out other files here.


And if you want to know more have a look at this site.