Composition: Positive-Negative or Figure-Ground relationships
o Importance of edge of picture plane
o Use of viewfinder
o Erasure from caharcoal ground
o Materials
• Vine and compressed charcoal, white conte, kneaded and hard erasers, spray fixative, chamois, 3 sheets of white bond paper (18”x24”)
o Importance of edge of picture plane
o Use of viewfinder
o Erasure from caharcoal ground
o Materials
• Vine and compressed charcoal, white conte, kneaded and hard erasers, spray fixative, chamois, 3 sheets of white bond paper (18”x24”)
This is a chamois...
You will DEFINITELY need a HARD eraser...
This is vine charcoal...
Make sure to have WHITE conte...
This is what compressed charcoal looks like...
...and this is the brand that our supply store carries.
Questions: Is the compressed charcoal still good if it's broken in half (or more pieces)? Is the vine charcoal in the art supply thick enough, or does it just look better on the blog because it's a close-up? And, will the all-purpose soap in the art store do the same job as lava soap, and do we have lava soap in the classroom to wash our hands when we're done?
ReplyDeleteThank you.
1. Charcoal breaks. It just does. You'll be fine.
ReplyDelete2. Just get vine charcoal. It won't matter what thickness.
3. Get whatever soap you want to get. I'm just suggesting Lava soap because I KNOW it works, and works well.
4. There is no Lava soap in the classroom.