The Expressive Figure 2_25_2021

 The Expressive Figure

Expressive Figure Assignment

Materials:

• Hake Brush
• Sumi Brush
• Taklon Synthetic Round
• Da Vinci Casaneo Quill Mop
• Reed Pen/Quill
• Chinese Ink
• Chinese Ink diluted 1:3
• Titanium White Gouache/ Gesso
• Dark Ground paper/Canson Mi Tientes black or dark color 
• Wan Nian HEI Xuan Black Paper.
• Paper Towel
• Sea Sponge

Concept: On dark ground paper and using the aqueous media ( brush with white watercolor/ink), mass the LIGHT shapes with special emphasis on preserving the band of LIGHT that moves vertically along the form adjacent to the edge of shadow CAMBER. You are in effect working in a REDUCTIVE manner.

Draw at least three poses using this light on dark ground technique , paying close attention to the camber and the column of light .

1. Using TAKLON SYNTHETIC ROUND, QUILL MOP,  SUMI BRUSH,   or similar equivalent brush, paint light shapes/mass using white watercolor color of choice.

2.Using  a more PRECISE brush/tool ( REED PEN, SUMI BRUSH or equivalent) work back into shadow shape with watercolor or ink to describe the edges of volume

3. Using a PAPER TOWEL, SEA SPONGE or equivalent, soften the lost and found edges.

Suggested Experimentation:

Be careful to preserve the light column and the movement of light in three dimensions.

Lost and found edges are determined by the abruptness of planar deviation as well as soft tissue/bone contrast. Soft tissue disperses the light whereas bone reflects the light more completely

Notice how the light moves diagonally across the figure from the upper right skimming across to the upper thigh on the shadow side. Also evident is the cylindrical cast shadow of her left leg across her right leg.

Notice how cast shadows "MOVE" across the volumes, describing their form.