Silverpoint
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Unit 5 · 8 sessions · about 8 hours

Architecture

The pointed arch, the round arch and the tower, tracery, mouldings and shadows, masonry, roofs and windows, the ruin, and the street with figures.
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  1. 33The pointed archThree constructions, then a window from Cley Church50 min
  2. 34The round arch and the towerA master copy of Cotman's Haute Allemagne tower70 min
  3. 35TraceryA two-light window from geometry, then the east window of Cley55 min
  4. 36Mouldings and cast shadowsA cornice in four bands, and a buttress that casts50 min
  5. 37Masonry coursingA wall passage after Cotman, then a real wall45 min
  6. 38Roofs and windowsA farmhouse: tilted planes and holes in thick walls60 min
  7. 39The ruinA master copy of A Castle in Normandy, then the structure of Rievaulx75 min
  8. 40The street with figuresProut's Ulm: eye level, bays, broken line, and rulers that look like people75 min
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Techniques in this unit

Constructing a pointed archAn arch in perspectiveThe round archMasonry coursingLight on formTone from lineRoof planes and slatesTracery from circlesNegative shapesThe window as a voidA moulding in lightCast shadows on buildingsThe broken lineTexture lives at the edgeThe order of values in daylightDividing bays in perspectiveThe ruin's silhouetteFigures for scaleEye level

Masters studied

CotmanForrestMeryonProutPennell

Silverpoint. A personal atelier. Artworks are public domain or CC0, courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Mass before line. Line before detail.

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