Your Personal Story

This project will be a “work in progress” thoughout the school year. It is a multi-media project using Pen & Ink and Colored Pencils. The main objective is to tell your story, at this time in your life, with images and text. In addition, you will incorporate all of the “Elements and Principles” of art. […]

2 Point Perspective Cityscape

In order to begin, you must understand the basic rules of 2 Point Perspective. I will apply the rules to begin a cityscape illustrating buildings from different areas. Look to this post, as a reference, and design your own unique cityscape. See the diagram below.  Using this diagram, as a guide, begin the 2 Point […]

Anamorphic Art: Cavern- Part 2

Before you begin, make sure you pick up the extra graphite on your paper with a kneaded eraser, cleaning often, until you are left with an impression of your sketch. This step is important before you begin coloring to avoid your colors mixing with the graphite and looking dirty.  In order to begin you must […]

Anamorphic Art: Cavern- Part 1

In this lesson we will begin our next project which is called Anamorphic Art.  Steps 1-16- Begin by drawing the bridge. Refer to the numbers, in the diagrams below, to each step with its corresponding color. Some of the steps will be applied to both sides of the bridge.  Step 1- (Blue) Draw the bottom line, or […]