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Stacking Organic Forms Sub Lesson

The document provides a detailed step-by-step guide for creating an art project involving organic shapes. It emphasizes the importance of composition, creativity, and the use of color schemes while encouraging students to add personal elements like animals or people. The instructions culminate in adding shadows and backgrounds to enhance the artwork.

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Stacking Organic Forms Sub Lesson

The document provides a detailed step-by-step guide for creating an art project involving organic shapes. It emphasizes the importance of composition, creativity, and the use of color schemes while encouraging students to add personal elements like animals or people. The instructions culminate in adding shadows and backgrounds to enhance the artwork.

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INSTRUCTIONS

Follow along with the next several steps. You will be


turning this in for a MAJOR grade. Treat this as a full on
project! Make sure to add many details and value to
your project.

Your colored pencils are on the back counter.

See Ms. Territo or Mrs. Grant if you need help.


Student Example
STEP 1
Orient your drawing surface to be
a vertical portrait. This will ensure
the composition is tall and long.
Towards the top of the page, use
pencil to very lightly sketch a small
organic shape. Organic shapes are
free-form and curvy, as opposed to
angular, structured geometric
shapes such as a square,
rectangle, etc.
STEP 2
Drop down the edges of the
shape. Ensure the length of
these dropped down, vertical
lines are the same size.
STEP 3
Following the same curving
contours of the shape
above, draw lines to connect
the vertical lines. Think of it
as a “copy and paste” of the
line above.
STEP 4
Draw the first “stacking”
organic form below. This
form will be a bit bigger than
the first. Draw this shape so
that it tucks “behind” the one
above.
STEP 5
Repeat the steps
above to drop down
the vertical lines.
STEP 6
By this point, you are
probably starting to get the
hang of it! Invent your own
organic forms. You. can
even create some “holes”
in the organic form like
Swiss cheese!
STEP 7
Continue this technique
until you nearly reach
the bottom of your
picture plane. Strive for
at least 4 stacked forms,
but you can do more if
you are feeling
ambitious!
STEP 8
Be creative and add your
own animals or people
climbing up the
structure. No stick
people! Do BETTER
than my example.

Example
STEP 9
Choose a color scheme of your choice
and use colored pencils. Some
recommendations for color schemes
include black and white, analogous,
monochromatic, and more!

Consider a light source from either the


LEFT or the RIGHT. Create gradients of
light to dark relevant to the light source.
In this tutorial images, the light source is
on the RIGHT, so the darkest values are
on the LEFT.
STEP 10
Repeat step 9. Continue to
finalize with value.
STEP 11
Repeat step 9. Continue to
finalize with value.
STEP 12
With the direction of your light
source in mind, add a cast
shadow from one organic form
onto the form below.
STEP 13
Repeat step 12 to add cast
shadows from all organic forms.
Push the shadows with a dark
value to add eye catching
contrast! Explore a background,
and get creative!

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