APUNTES: SHADING TECHNIQUES

Shading is the process of depicting a range of darkness to create the illusion of volume and light  in a drawing. In order to obtain that, we can use different techniques. We are going to study four of them that use lines to create a 3D effect. The closer the lines are, the darker the surface looks like.

1. HATCHING: It is the technique that uses parallel lines. 
2. CROSS HATCHING: It uses lines in two directions, they cross each other.
3. STIPPLING or pointillism: This technique uses dots.
4. SCRIBBLING: It uses overlapping movements of the pencil. 

Now, copy the following gradients:

And now copy the following figures made with the different techniques. For the fourth one, use scribbling instead of blending.

And here you have a video that can help you better understand the different techniques:

COLLAGE

Arts & Maths Project Report

This assignment is individual: each person in your group has to write their own report. You will write a one page report about your Arts & Maths project. It must be one page long. Please include the following in your report:

- The TITLE of your project.

- An EXPLANATION of what your project is about and how it relates to art and maths.

- Explain the MATERIALS that you are using in your project.

- The PROCEDURE you are following (this means the steps you have done for your project) .

- An ASSESSMENT of how your project is going: What is going well? What is going badly? Have you needed to make changes to your project? Is there anything you want to change in the future?

In the sketchbook: collage

This is the first task of the second term. You have to create a landscape collage on two pages of your sketchbook. You must use different pieces of paper from magazines, newspapers, supermarket advertisements, etc.

VISUAL TEXTURES

COLOUR

3. In the classroom: Building Bridges. FISHES

Based on the sketches that each one drew in their sketchbooks, you are going to create cards that will be sent to the schools around Coslada, within the project Building Bridges.
For that, you will draw the fish on a cardboard and choose your favourite technique to colour it and to apply the visual textures (coloured pencils, charcoal, watercolours, gouache, acrylics,...).

At the end, you will write a message inside the card, describing something you can do to save the planet.