VISUAL ARTS IN CIVILIZATION
ART 151, SECTION 4
FALL 2004

SKETCHBOOK - ELEMENTS OF ART STRUCTURE


LINE EXERCISES:

a. Rectilinear, Curvilinear and Irregular Lines
b. Horizontal and Vertical Lines, Diagonals
c. Descriptive and Expressive Lines
d. Edges
e. Implied Lines
f. Quality of Line
g. Hatching, Cross-Hatching, Stippling and Scribbling
h. Various Lines and Uses
i. Dividing a Ground Plane

LINE PROJECTS:

Draw each assignment in a drawn field on a page of your sketchbook (2 fields per page). Be sure to label each field clearly.

1. Subdivision with horizontal and vertical lines.
2. Subdivision with diagonal lines.
3. Subdivision with curved lines.
4. Subdivision with a variety of lines.
5. Expressive use of line / quality of line.
6. Fill a field with line.

SHAPE EXERCISES:

a. Geometric Shapes
b. Organic Shapes
c. Implied Shapes
d. Abutting Shapes
e. Interlocking Shapes
f. Overlapping Shapes

SHAPE PROJECTS:

Draw each assignment in a drawn field on a page of your sketchbook (2 fields per page). Be sure to label each field clearly.

1. Subdivision with geometric shapes.
2. Subdivision with organic shapes.
3. Subdivision with a dominant shape (choice).
4. Subdivision with a abutting shapes.
5. Subdivision with a interlocking shapes.
6. Subdivision with a overlapping shapes.

MASS EXERCISES:

a. Cube
b. Cylinder

MASS PROJECT:

1. Find an image of something that shows mass or weight and paste it into your sketchbook.

TEXTURE EXERCISES:

a. Rough Texture
b. Pattern

TEXTURE PROJECTS:

1. Create a pattern with a repeating motif.
2. Do a rubbing of something with tactile texture.
3. Find an example of smooth texture and paste into your sketchbook.

SPACE EXERCISES:

a. One-Point Perspective
b. Two-Point Perspective

SPACE PROJECTS:

1. Find and example of pictorial space and paste into your sketchbook.
2. Find and example of linear perspective and paste into your sketchbook.
3. Create a design that utilize flat space (abstract).

VALUE EXERCISES:

a. Hatching
b. Cross-Hatching
c. Stippling
d. Scribbling

VALUE PROJECTS:

1. Fill a page in your sketchbook with small shapes. Using the hatching, cross-hatching, stippling and scribbling techniques, see how many varieties of value you can create.
2. Find and example of either broad range, high contrast, high key or low key and paste into your sketchbook. Label your example clearly with the correct term.

COLOR EXERCISES:

a. Primary Colors
b. Secondary Colors
c. Tertiary Colors
d. The Color Wheel
e. Complimentary Colors

COLOR PROJECT:

1. Find an example of a distinctive color scheme and paste it into your sketchbook. Label your example clearly with the correct term.

TIME AND MOTION PROJECT:

1. Find an example of the illusion of motion or the stopping of time and paste it into your sketchbook. Label your example clearly with the correct term.

SKETCHBOOK - PRINCIPLES OF ARRANGEMENT

UNITY AND VARIETY EXERCISES:

a. Unity and Variety definition / diagram

UNITY AND VARIETY PROJECT:

1. Create a design that demonstrates an understanding of the principle of unity and variety. Use shapes or lines to create unity and use color, size, shape or weight, value or texture to create variety.

EMPHASIS EXERCISES:

a. Definition and diagrams on different ways of creating emphasis (4).
b. Focal point definition.
c. Subordination definition.

EMPHASIS PROJECT:

1. Find a picture that demonstrates the use of emphasis and paste it into your sketchbook. Describe where the viewers eye focuses and why.

RHYTHM EXERCISES:

a. Definition of rhythm.

RHYTHM PROJECT:

1. Find a picture that demonstrates the use of rhythm and paste it into your sketchbook. Draw a separate diagram that demonstrates the rhythmic pathway that the viewer’s eye follows.

MOVEMENT EXERCISES:

a. Definition of movement.
b. Definition of directional forces.

MOVEMENT PROJECT:

1. Find a picture that demonstrates the use of movement and paste it into your sketchbook. Draw a separate diagram that demonstrates the directional pathway that the viewer’s eye follows.

SCALE AND PROPORTION EXERCISES:

a. Definition of scale.
b. Definition of proportion.

SCALE AND PROPORTION PROJECTS:

1. Find a picture that demonstrates the use of scale and paste it into your sketchbook.
2. Find a picture that demonstrates the use of proportion and paste it into your sketchbook.

ECONOMY EXERCISES:

a. Definition of economy.
b. Definition of abstraction.

ECONOMY PROJECT:

1. Find a picture that demonstrates the use of economy and paste it into your sketchbook.

BALANCE EXERCISES:

a. Definition of vertical and horizontal balance and diagrams.
b. Types of balance and diagrams.
c. Radial balance definition and diagram.

BALANCE PROJECT:

1. Find a picture that demonstrates formal balance and paste it into your sketchbook.
2. Find a picture that demonstrates informal balance and paste it into your sketchbook.
3. Find a picture that demonstrates vertical balance and paste it into your sketchbook.
4. Find a picture that demonstrates radial balance and paste it into your sketchbook.

CONTRAST EXERCISES:

a. Definition of contrast.

CONTRAST PROJECT:

1. Find a picture that demonstrates the use of contrast and paste it into your sketchbook. Describe how contrast has been created.

REPETITION EXERCISES:

a. Definition of repetition.
b. Definition of pattern.

REPETITION PROJECT:

1. Create a design that demonstrates the use of repetition.
2. Find a picture that demonstrates the use of repetition and paste it into your sketchbook. Draw a separate diagram that demonstrates the repetition in the image.