Drawing Project Improvisation

"And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore!" (Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven)

Medium: Charcoal, pen and ink, pencil on white

parchment paper

Object: Chose an object, and draw it in three different ways. Value, Line, and an

Improvisation.

Improvisation: Teaches how to take an ordinary object and morph it in some way into another.

Drawing Project Line

"I smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done(...) The old man was dead."

(Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart)

Medium: Pencil, ink pen, thick white parchment paper

Object: Chose an object, and draw it in three different ways. Value, Line, and an

Improvisation.

Line: Teaches how to convey a feeling or object with only line.

Drawing Project Value #2

"I had walled the monster up within the tomb."

(Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat)

Medium: Charcoal on white paper

Object: Chose an object, and draw it in three different ways. Value, Line, and an

Improvisation.

Value: Teaches how to render an object and feeling with only value

Drawing Project Value

"Once upon a midnight dreary

while I pondered weak and weary, over a many quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore..."

(Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven)

Medium: Charcoal on grey paper

Object: Chose an object, and draw it in three different ways. Value, Line, and an

Improvisation.

Value: Teaches how to render an object and feeling with only value

Drawing Project Bags

Medium: Charcoal on grey paper

Object: To study objects in space, and to study lighting in space; being as realistic as possible