You were to have created a contour line drawing
of the image-then build up the Value using white chalk so that the contour line
is no longer visible. Record your thoughts...did you think about surface
contour on the "Abraham Lincoln " ?? Have you increased your
range of value from light to dark to more than four?
The “Abraham Lincoln” exercise was a very
intriguing one. All my life, I had always thought of drawing as filling in
negative space, using a pencil and filling in the white areas with darkness to
create an image. It was quite a shock to me when I discovered this assignment
would be a total reversal—we would be using white chalk to fill in the black
spaces.
This exercise really opened my mind to the
concept of negative and positive—it is never solid, rather, it varies from
exercise to exercise. The contour line was simple enough—it was like drawing
with paper and pencils—it was building up the value that was quite difficult
for me to grasp. White is white, how can it become whiter? Although it was a
struggle at first, I eventually created some varying shades of value—by erasing
off some chalk and by building up layers of chalk on other portions, allowing
for Lincoln’s weary, yet strong, face come through. Portions of the left half are noticeable brighter. The beard also has a different value from the skin, and we can even see the texture of the beard come through. The forehead fades from a bright value and slowly gets darker until it abruptly goes black. We can even see the light fade under Mr. Lincoln's hair at the top of his head, plus the shadow cast by his own nose.
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