Assignment: The Gesture Sketch

Assignment:
Create 4 gesture sketches of our life drawing model demonstrating a fluid process and preliminary understanding of figure construction and pose.

1.Coat your paper with the charcoal powder to “tone” the surface.
2. Using the Paper Mate Penraser, create a “bubble” and within this space begin to sketch the figure and important figural angles, guidelines/plumblines and center line.
3. Once you have established key points, begin to fill in structural lines with vine charcoal, followed by charcoal pencil.
4. Subtract value with the chamois to indicate volume and space.

Student Learning Objectives:
1. Demonstrate comfort and fluidity working with vine charcoal, penraser, and charcoal pencil.
2. Demonstrate a working method that progresses from “general” to “specific” including key lines and angles.
3. Demonstrate improvement from first to second day of work.
4. Demonstrate basic ability to capture pose, body type, and fundamental proportions.

Grading:
Using the four drawings made on the first day of class I will look for specific improvements on the second day, or at least efforts to address problem areas.
A: all learning objectives have been met.
B: one learning objective has not been met.
C: two learning objectives have not been met.
D: three learning objectives have not been met.
F: no learning objectives have been met.


100 points total