Project 1- Notan Apple Design in 3 Values, Part III
In this lesson, I want you to consider the border. How do you want to design the border- consider its thickness or thinness, sharp or curved corners, as well as the application of the marker. Do you want a design such as a square in the corner as I have given in my example. Make the border feel a part of the over-all design of the Notan. Look at Dow’s borders- see how they are an organic element that relates to the entire image.
This is also an extra day to complete Project 1. If you need assistance I am available for questions and critiques before you submit the final version. Please take advantage of this resource as this will help your grade.
Upload the completed Project 1 to the assignment section, Part II & Part III.
Below is a repeat of the assignment as listed in Part II:
Materials:
- Transferred Drawing of 5 Apples in the 18 x 24 pad, this is already completed.
- 2B pencil
- Gum eraser
- Tracing paper sheet. You could experiment with your design choices by using the transparent tracing paper sheet (This is optional. Do not use what you have already transferred on the good paper).
- Microns
- Black marker, wide, sharpie (use what you have)
- Scrap paper- use this to experiment with the quality of the line you will use for your 3rd value. How much white to use between the lines.
Assignment:
- Take your transferred Apple Design on the 18 x 24 sheet of paper from your pad.
- You should have a very light pencil drawing of your apple design on this.
- Consider the dimension of the border. Will this be a narrow, horizontal composition? Will it include more background above the apples? Will it include more of the foreground table plane and less of the upper background? Will any of the apples be partially cropped out?
- Indicate the areas that you wish to be the third value- don’t outline these in black marker. We want the edges open ended so that the white space of the light side has access to the white spaces within the 3rd value.
- Marker in a Notan Design in 3 values. There will be a pure black and the white of the paper and a third value.
- The third value should be created by using parallel diagonal lines within a specific area. Design this well, reflecting on what you learned in the Dow, Notan Apple Design in 3 values. Apply the same techniques here.
- Don’t forget to consider the background- will there be a shape of value in this area?
- Border- the Notan must have a black or white border as part of the design.
Upload completed Design to the assignment section.
Due: M/W Wednesday, Feb. 17 before 11:59 AM.
T/TH Thursday, Feb. 18 before 11:59 AM.
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