Drawing and Proportion

Question 1

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Answer 1

values are incorrect or proportion is off

Question 2

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Answer 2

practice; especially outside of class

Question 3

setting up drawing space

Answer 3

drawing pad should be at an angle(more than 45) and have a single station point

Question 4

holding drawing tool

Answer 4

draw under-the-palm rather than a “writing pose”

Question 5

space

Answer 5

how an artwork uses or depicts depth or distance; can give an illusion of 2-D artwork objects as being close or far away

Question 6

proportion

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size relationships between parts of a whole or between two or more items perceived as a unit

Question 7

process for observational drawing

Answer 7

decide what to draw using a viewfinder and thumbnails; compositional gesture(refinement through sighting and measuring)

Question 8

grape conundrum

Answer 8

called working part to part (which focuses on the placement of individuals than the whole image)

Question 9

decide what to draw

Answer 9

intent, what to include, plan thumbnails(same relative ratio as final drawing)

Question 10

viewfinder

Answer 10

window-like tool to help establish composition in a drawing

Question 11

compositional gesture

Answer 11

a quick and general drawing that is only concerned with placement of objects on the picture plane

Question 12

sighting and measuring

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a technique used to refine the angles and proportions of a drawing (horizontal/vertical alignment; measuring angles, measuring proportions)

Question 13

basic unit

Answer 13

a standard measuring unit used to compare all parts of a drawing

Question 14

sighting and measuring (SM) tool

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straight and thin stick used when sighting a measurement(hold arm straight out; use tip of SM tool and humb to mark lengths)

Question 15

elipses

Answer 15

find the shortest length; check ratio is reflected in drawing

Question 16

transparent construction

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a technique where the artist is drawing an object as though it’s transparent; objects described as geometric forms

Question 17

planes

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a flat surface which can be the basic structural unit of a drawing

Question 18

planar analysis

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an investigation of how an object can be dividd into planes

Question 19

elementary solids

Answer 19

simple geometric forms that have obvious planar structures(cubes, pyramids, etc.)

Question 20

“irregular” solids

Answer 20

usually organic forms, they require the invention of planes in order to interpret their forms