Part ONE
Part 1 8"x 11: graphic/closed value abstraction in your sketchbook
Draw two horizontal lines with two different angles across the bristol paper. Then draw one vertical line. Then draw 2 curving, looping, moving irregular lines that start at the left edge and finish to the right. Then softly in an H pencil draw a little number in each independent shape created by this process. Should yield 18-22. If it yields less than 15 add another line. In each shape one must create a closed value, with a maximum of 3 paper white areas left blank. The goal is to have no two adjacent areas appear to have the same value. It is a good idea to use a darker (6B) pencil for your black and dark grey areas, a 2B pencil for your mid grey tones, and to experiment with the H pencils for your lightest tones.
Part TWO
1 8x11 gradient value abstraction in your sketch book
Draw three vertical lines at various angles across a sheet of 9x12 Bristol. Then draw three horizontal lines at various angles. Finally create a value gradient in each of the resulting geometric shapes. Keep changing/rotating the direction of the gradient so that no single edge has back to back black areas. Can be done completely in 2B pencil.
Inspired by Picasso’s cubist study
