Drawing Assignment #4 introduces the element of texture. The medium/techniques o

Drawing Assignment #4 introduces the element of texture. The medium/techniques of ink pen will be used to explore a wide range of mark-making methods. You will choose one of several images of collaged rocks as the basis for your drawing. Students will read the instructions and review the examples shown in the attached jpg.
Materials Needed
One sheet of 18″ x 24″ White Drawing Paper
Choose one 8″ square b/w prep collage to base the 16″ drawing assignment on (provided in attached jpg)
Drawing Board
Two Black Rollerball Pens – There are several types of pens I suggested on your syllabus supply list. These are called “rollerball”-type pens. Choose any of the following brands – Pilot-precise, Sanford Uni-Ball, Staedtler, or Sharpie metal tip, etc. Choose any of the following tip sizes – fine, extra fine, super fine, or micro.) Do not use “felt tip” pens or thick broad felt tip markers.
18″ Ruler
#2 pencil and white plastic/kneaded eraser
Instructions
8 “Square B/W Prep Collage (not to be turned in, for reference only)Download Rock Texture Prep Collage Examples JPG for assistance:RockTexturePrepCollageExamples.jpg
In the Rock Texture Prep Collage Examples JPG, there are four examples of 8″ square b/w prep collages.Choose one to create your 16″-square drawing.
If you zoom in or look closely, you will notice that each collage comprises at least three rectangular segments with shifted views of rock formations.
The 4th collage has a 1″ grid overlay. This can be used to enlarge the collage to the 16″ format.On your 16″ square, you would overlay a 2″ grid.
Do this in light pencil so the grid can be erased later.
This is an optional method for enlarging the 8″ collage image to your larger 16″ square drawing.
If you don’t want to use the grid, you can freehand a drawing of the collage to the larger size.
Moving Forward from the B/W Prep Collage to the 16″ Square Rock Texture DrawingReview the Rock Texture Prep Collage JPG and download the Assignment 04 Student Examples PDF for assistance:Assignment04StudentExamples.pdf
About the Assignment 04 Student Examples PDF: This PDF provides four examples of previous student drawings. One is not complete, and one uses circle shapes for the segments. Do not copy these for your drawing, I am only providing these so you can see the kinds of marks that can be used to simulate textures and value range (hatch, crosshatch, gestural marks, and dot patterns.)
Draw the image, from the chosen b/w prep collage, onto the 18″ x 24″ white paper. The drawing is to be done within a centered 16″ square format. Using a #2 pencil, make the lines light so they can be erased later. It is unnecessary to draw all details, just the rocks’ main contour shapes, so you know where to put the pen marks for texture and value range (shadows and highlights.)
You may want to print out a photocopy of the 8” b/w prep collage you choose to copy from. Lastly, if you’re going to make your own collage by printing downloaded images of “rock textures” from the internet, be sure you make the collage 8″ square and have a minimum of three segments that make up the whole composition.