Silverpoint
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  1. Program
  2. Unit 7

Unit 7 · 4 sessions · about 8.2 hours

Capstone

Two full master copies, one in line and one in mass, then your own fusion: a Gothic ruin drawn true, standing inside Corot's air. Then the souvenir, and the review of the box.
Line + Mass
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  1. 46Master copy I: LineCotman's Rievaulx Abbey, in full120 min
  2. 47Master copy II: MassCorot's Bent Tree by the Water, in charcoal, in full100 min
  3. 48Fusion: the abbey in morning airA Gothic ruin drawn with the draughtsman's accuracy, standing inside Corot's three divisions180 min
  4. 49The souvenir, and the review of the boxYour fusion subject from memory, then every drawing on the floor90 min
← Unit 6: Composition

Techniques in this unit

Constructing a pointed archAn arch in perspectiveTone from lineMasonry coursingThe ruin's silhouetteThe framing deviceFocal hierarchyCharcoal: the late Corot methodThe three divisions of lightBuilding a tree from massesBranch logicSky holesHard, soft and lost edgesWater as a mirrorTwo-point perspectiveAerial perspectiveGrouping valuesFigures for scaleThe souvenir methodNotan: two, three, four values

Masters studied

CotmanForrestCorotProut

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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