WHO ARE YOU?Expressing Identity Through Still Life

Who Are You?

“It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.”

Who Am I?

What do you know about me base on what I chose to include in these pictures and this PowerPoint? Think about the items in your still life as symbols.

What are we gonna do?

Ultimate goal:Express your identity through still life in penPreparation: Practice shading with pen

1. Bring 3 personal items2. Arrange your still life3. Composition thumbnail sketches and

description of symbolic items4. Draw your still life5. Assess expression of identity

Creating Value with Pen

Olive Trees in a Mountain LandscapeVincent Van GoghDrawing, Pencil, pen, reed penSaint-Rémy: June - late in month, 1889

Still-Life: FlowersAndy Warhol1950s, Blue ballpoint on Manila paper

Practice with Pen

Required: a value scale made with the pen you will use on your still life before you begin your drawing

Crosshatching

Stippling

Scumbling

Change in tonal value is the basis for our perception of form.

Criteria

Today: Practice creating

value with pen Create a value scale

to use in your drawing

Identify what objects to include in your identity still life

Begin composition sketches

Completed Project Requirements:1. Composition sketches show

understanding of composition 2. Range of tonal value (light to

dark) 3. Still life objects are

proportionate to one another and imitate real objects

4. Still life objects are personal and symbolic

5. Craftsmanship – Neat clean & complete. Good use of class time. (Didn’t rush.)