Project 2 - Scientific Illustration

Overview: 

For this project we will begin our work with shading and value, we will be working in the style of REVERSE SHADING.  

For this project you will find a scientific illustration to recreate using white colored pencil on black paper.  For this style, you will be "shading" in the highlights, rather than the shadows of your subject.  

How to do it: 

• Step 1:  Turn your "specimen" into a line drawing on a piece of tracing paper
• Step 2: Enlarge your line drawing onto a piece of 9"x12" white paper so that it fills most of the paper without going off any of the edges
• Step 3: Use graphite paper to transfer your line drawing onto your black paper.  Stack the white paper on top of the graphite paper (graphite side down), on top of your black paper.  Use a pen to trace over your lines of your contour drawing.
• Step 4: Begin shading with white colored pencil.  Be sure to leave the darkest areas totally black, not all edges will have an outline, so be aware of this when you are shading in the information on your black paper.  White colored pencil cannot be erased, so work slowly and carefully

Examples:

Setting up your blog

Setting up your blog

• Go to blogger.com
• Sign in using your school google account
• Click on “Create a Limited Blogger Profile” (if you already have a google+ account, there may only be an option to continue to blogger – that’s okay too!)
• Click the “Create a new blog” button (if you are using a limited blogger profile you may need to give a title to your blog before this button appears)
• Create the title of your blog – name it by your full first and last name (how it appears on Illuminate).  For example, my blog would be called Lindsay Behr Art, and the address would be: Lindsaybehrart.blogspot.com.  Choose a template for your blog. Click okay
• Email your blog link to me at LBehr@sccs.net – I will include a link to everyone’s blog on the class blog.   
• Keep your login information – write it down and keep it somewhere important.  We will be posting our images on our blogs throughout the semester
• Your blog is now set up!  You can click on new post to create a post for your assignments