Thursday, November 1, 2018

Assignment #6: Abstraction


 Abstracting Assignment
You are to make a full value drawing on at least 18x24 paper (no sketch) using any combination of black, white and gray media based on the drawing of the cow skull drawing that you did in class.  You are to abstract your composition (to the point of making the cow skull image unrecognizable), and to refine it to make a composition that is formally strong. The word “abstract” means to use the chosen drawing as a point of departure for the new drawing.  Because this drawing is no longer recognizable, the formal elements of the drawing will be all important.  Edit and/or rearrange them in any way necessary.  Every square inch of the paper must be worked to the best or most appropriate way possible.  Plan it out!  It is better to overwork this drawing than underwork it!  Again, this new drawing should not be recognizable as originating from the skulls, but every element in the new drawing MUST somehow come from the previous one.  You may be asked to display both drawings in critique.  There is no absolute right or wrong solution.  In fact, there are an infinite number of solutions.  You only have to find one.  In other words, your drawing (solution) just needs to simply “work”.  Lastly, you need to trust yourself!  Good luck.


Assignment Grade Sheet for

____________________________

Abstracting Assignment

Did you follow directions?        ___/20

Are there any outside ideas that
shouldn’t be there?                   ___/20

Is your drawing formally strong?

                                                ___/30
Is every square considered and
Appropriately worked?             ___/30

_________

Final Grade:                           ___/100

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