Samples: Assignment: Sketchbook: Value & Line Design: 'Camo' Your Favorite Reptile

Sketchbook
1.C. Value & Line Design:

'Camo' Your Favorite Reptile

Gecko in the Shadows, pencil, Cea Winter 2009

(Time: 1.5 hrs.)

In your sketchbook, make a simple line drawing the shape of your favorite reptile, then draw a few lines crisscrossing it and the whole paper like the image above. Now you can relax and just shade the different sections in: imagining the light source coming from one corner and making the section gradually go from light to dark from one side to the other. Take a close look at the example above to see how to create a gradation of value in each section.

Take care to look at the sections already shaded beside the one you are working on & ensure that light areas are set against dark areas. Your reptile will be camoflaged against the crisscross background & you will end up with a very interesting effect & a tres cool design.

Submitting Your Work

Upload your drawing, 'Camo Reptile' image below by scanning or taking a picture of it. (Ensure image is compressed to 100 KB or less.) Then in the Draft submission section click

. A browse window will open up. Find the file you saved, select it and click

Once you have uploaded your drawing, click the button.

Evaluation Criteria:

Must See:

Drawing of favorite reptile in shaded sections

Student creates a drawing that shows his/her:

ability to draw the outline of his/her favorite reptile drawn (interesting position & recognizable)	/4
understanding of value by creating a clear gradation from dark to light value in each section	/2
awareness of how to shade in a way that is consistent with the direction of the light source	/2
relaxed experimental attitude	/2

Total: / 10

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