CHASING THE LIGHT
This weeks art club is a guest session, brought to you be artist and art lecturer Aeron Hall-Apps.
In our current situation I find myself spending increasing time in one place; observing the same walls. This time can be used to take more notice of the smaller things, the events that would normally pass us by like shadows on a wall.
This task uses strong directional light as the source of drawing, like all observation, it should develop your understanding of proportion and space, but the results do not have the pressure of realism.
Want to add some context? Research Ellsworth Kelly; he created ‘Drawings on a Bus’ in 1965 where he was inspired by the shadows that fell on a book he was reading while riding the bus.
You will need:
Surface to draw on (PAPER/ CARD/ FABRIC)
ink/ marker (lockdown swaps: coffee)
Objects & light source
What you need to do
Firstly: observe your surroundings; do you want to work indoors or outside? Do you have good plants or structures outside to work from?
Which window in the house creates the best shadows?
Where is the natural light falling, how does it move around the room or space? Is it broken by furniture, staircases, doorways?
or, You could arrange objects to make strange silhouettes.
Drawing one:
Once you have chosen a good space to work, place your paper in the shadow. Tape it down so it doesn’t move. Trace the outline of the shadow cast onto the paper and record the time. Keep the paper there, and draw the shadow as it moves at different times of the day- record the time again.
How much time has passed? What did you do between drawings?
Drawing two:
Get comfortable. In a sketchbook or on paper draw only the shapes that are formed from the shadows. This works best when the shadows cast are broken by stairs or furniture. Aim to capture each shape as a block of solid colour.
This weeks art club is a guest session, brought to you be artist and art lecturer Aeron Hall-Apps.
In our current situation I find myself spending increasing time in one place; observing the same walls. This time can be used to take more notice of the smaller things, the events that would normally pass us by like shadows on a wall.
This task uses strong directional light as the source of drawing, like all observation, it should develop your understanding of proportion and space, but the results do not have the pressure of realism.
Want to add some context? Research Ellsworth Kelly; he created ‘Drawings on a Bus’ in 1965 where he was inspired by the shadows that fell on a book he was reading while riding the bus.
You will need:
Surface to draw on (PAPER/ CARD/ FABRIC)
ink/ marker (lockdown swaps: coffee)
Objects & light source
What you need to do
Firstly: observe your surroundings; do you want to work indoors or outside? Do you have good plants or structures outside to work from?
Which window in the house creates the best shadows?
Where is the natural light falling, how does it move around the room or space? Is it broken by furniture, staircases, doorways?
or, You could arrange objects to make strange silhouettes.
Drawing one:
Once you have chosen a good space to work, place your paper in the shadow. Tape it down so it doesn’t move. Trace the outline of the shadow cast onto the paper and record the time. Keep the paper there, and draw the shadow as it moves at different times of the day- record the time again.
How much time has passed? What did you do between drawings?
Drawing two:
Get comfortable. In a sketchbook or on paper draw only the shapes that are formed from the shadows. This works best when the shadows cast are broken by stairs or furniture. Aim to capture each shape as a block of solid colour.
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