Light and Shadow + Still life CLIL

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Light and Shadow

Exercise

1. Each group gets 3 basic forms (3d)  (a basic shape would be in 2d)
2. Write the correct phrase on the correct lines, work as a team.

Words you need to use

Midtone

Dark tone

Reflected Highlight

Highlight

Cast shadow

Core shadow

Vertaling

Halfschaduw

Donkere schaduw

Gereflecteerde licht

Glimlicht

Slagschaduw

Kernschaduw

Correct answers

Midtone

Dark tone

Highlight

Reflected Highlight

Cast Shadow

Core Shadow

Why?

With the help of light and shadow you make a flat surface spatial. --> It looks like it is in 3d!

Reflections, glowing lights and transparency can add extra accents to this spaciousness.

Assignment 1 - Quick recap

- Choose 1 basic shape

- Use charcoal

- Pay attention to the different types of shadow

- Your lightsource is either coming from the right or the left, you choose. 

- We only work on it during this lesson, next week we will proceed with the next assignment. 

Assignment 2 - practice

• There is a still life in front of you. You've got 45 minutes to copy everything you see in front of you. Pay attention to direction of lines, light, shadow, shapes, edges, textures and overall proportions. 
• Use charcoal
• Don't lose yourself in the details, look at the overall picture and proportions. 
• JUST DO IT! (it's an exercise, you can make mistakes)

Finish this sentence 5 times
A still life is....
A still life is....
A still life is....
A still life is....
A still life is....

What is a still life?

The term “still life” describes a work of art that shows inanimate objects, such as fruit, flowers, and/or baskets or bowls, etc. 

-> still lifes depict things that are “still” and don’t move. Placed in a certain way that creates a composition. 

Still life is a genre that spans art history. From ancient Egyptian tombs to modern art. The genre became particularly popular in the Netherlands during the 17th century. 

Hyperrealisme - painting

Roberto Bernardi Confini Segreti 2013

Post impressionsime - painting

Paul Cezanne 1893

Ancient Egypt - fresco

the Tomb of Nakht, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna

1401–1391 BC

Surrealism - Photograph

Grete Stern 1943

Assignment

1. Make sure you can see the still life right in front of you. Turn your table if you need to 
2. Draw what you see and not what you think there is. 
3. Keep an eye on the composition, proportions and the light and shadows. Focus on form and not lines. 
4. Work on it during this lesson and the next. Make sure it is a finished product at that point. 

Grading

• correct composition (complete still life, visual for you)
• correct proportions
• use of light and shadow
• drawn from shapes and not just outlines
• draw what you see and not what you think there is
• use of the charcoal (contrast between dark and light/detail an overall image)

Assignment 2

• Choose an object 
• Use charcoal
• Observe the object carefully
• Draw it, find the right shape, the right light and shadow. Look for contrast between dark and light. Make sure the proportions are correct. Work on details as well.