CDC101

This class is designed to introduce you to the materials associated with charcoal drawing, as well as to teach a working method to produce sound drawings. This entails the concepts of shape, value, and edge, as well as tools for measuring, such as sight-size, triangulation, and comparative measurement. In the first half of the course you will work from the historic Bargue Plates, creating the same drawings executed in European schools of the 1800's. In the second half of the course you will draw from plaster casts, utilizing what you have learned to translate a 3-dimensional object into a 2-dimensional drawing.

OBJECTIVE: DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING/COMPETENCY IN THE FOLLOWING:

 

  • Materials associated with charcoal drawing, as well their functions.
  • Understanding of the four basic methods of measurement presented: Sight-Size, Triangulation, Comparative, and Plumb Line, as well as being able to utilize them consistently and frequently during work.
  • The idea of shape, value, and edge in detail, and the role they play in creating the realism of a work.
  • The ability to reproduce shapes in a drawing with a high level of accuracy compared to the subject.
  • The ability to reproduce values in a drawing with a high level of accuracy compared to the subject.
  • The ability to reproduce edges in a drawing with a high level of accuracy compared to the subject.

Assignments

for CDC101

Click on an assignment page to progress through the lecture and demonstration videos, and, following the guidelines, complete the assignment.

Assignment 1
Bargue Plate Envelope

Familiarize yourself with the charcoal medium, as well as how to measure, and utilize these skills to create a Bargue plate envelope.

Assignment 2
Fully-Rendered Bargue Plate

Learn how to properly sharpen a pencil and how to effectively shade a drawing.  Utilizing these skills, complete a fully rendered Bargue Plate.

Assignment 3
Fully-Rendered Plaster Cast

Learn the sight-size technique of measuring, and use it along with the previously mastered techniques in CDC101 to accurately complete a fully-rendered plaster cast.