Bone Drawing Portfolio Due: October 26th Late projects will be graded down 10% excused or not!!!
Skeletal Exam Scheduled for: October 26th
Drawing Tips and Guidelines:
***Steps to Successful Drawing:
"Draw what you see, not what you know"
Use a viewfinder (use your hands) to create an interesting composition
Draw a point at the further most edges of skeleton to start
Then lightly draw the exterior and interior contours, looking more at the skeleton than at your paper
Refine lines, restating where necessary, and use line variation to indicate darks
Talk to yourself constantly while you are drawing
Study and observe the lighted areas and the areas of bone in shadow: develop the darks slowly by carefully working from the light grays to the mid-grays to the dark grays and then finally to black
DEVELOP TEXTURAL MARKS THAT SHOW 5 GRADUATIONS OF VALUE, 1 BEING WHITE AND 5 BEING BLACK (Make a 5 value scale to help yourself)
Think about the actual texture of the bones and use marks that stimulate that texture
Enjoy your experience as scientific illustrators and aesthetic artists.
