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Mini-Course 9 Lessons to Learn Art

Mini Course Lessons "Detail"

DETAIL ADDS INTEREST TO YOUR IMAGES
page of samples of detail studies


Art Intro: Hour______         Name_________________

Detail: General Concepts
1. Detail requires mental focus and control
2. Detail takes a bit of patience and time to produce
3. Most quality art has some attention to "detail".

Characteristics of Detail:
1. Detail is composed of small lines, marks, or shapes
2. Detail interprets tone as "rendering" with small lines or marks
3. Detail contains descriptive elements and pattern within an area
4. Because of nature of detail work, the picture(designs) are smaller
4b. Because of this choose a picture size to match your tool




DETAIL PROJECTS
1. Use fine line or shapes that are close together to produce a picture.
2. Instead of blending or painting in strokes to make tones, use separate small marks.
3. Select an interesting photo for a guide or invent your own subject.
4. Use fine pen points or gel pens to create your drawing.
Colored gel pens are great on dark-toned or colored paper!
5. Compose using the whole space part to make your drawing a compostion.
6. Trim drawing if necessary and mount the work to set off the design


COLOR DETAIL PROJECT 2 (Pointillism)
1. Use brightly colored line details to interpret objects,
2. Select subjects that are rich in detail.
3. Use any color of poster paint and dots or dashes to interpret detail.



COLOR DETAIL PROJECT 3(Scratch Board)
1. Use 9x12 coated scratch board and scratch in line details to interpret objects.
2. A small knife blade is used to scratch through the black coating, revealing a white line.

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DETAIL UNIT:
Pen Detail
Almost any kind of pen on white drawing paper
produces some creative possibilities in drawing in detail.
Don't work in a size that is too large to complete easily.

 

 

DETAIL UNIT:
(Pen or pencil detail - - a black on white detail drawing)

Scratch Board Effect in Detail
Imagine as a negative (white on black) image of that shown below.

 


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DETAIL UNIT:
Detail: General Concepts


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1. Detail is disciplined and controlled  
2. Detail takes time and patience to produce  
3. Be prepared to spend some time - maybe hours  
4. Most quality art has some attention to "detail".  

Characteristics of Detail:  

1. Detail is composed of small lines, marks, or shapes  
2. Detail interprets tone as "rendering" with small lines or marks  
3. Detail is part of the secondary spatial development  
4. Because of nature of detail work, the picture (designs) are smaller  

DETAIL PROJECT 1  

1. Use fine line or shapes close together to produce a picture,  
2. Do not use blended strokes to make tones, but separate small marks  
3. You may use a photo for a guide or invent your own subject  
4. Use pencil, colored pencil or fine pen point to do the drawing  
5. Think about how to use the whole space as part of the design  
6. Trim drawing and mount the work to set off the design  

DETAIL PROJECT 2 (Pointillism)  

1. Use four prepared colors of poster paint and q-tips for applicators  
2. The four colors will be blue, red, yellow, and black,  
(the same four color which color printers use to produce all of the color tones in their printing  
3. Keep your paint in the small plastic containers with covers.  
4. Use only dots to make the design. Use dots for lines. Use dots for tone  
Use dots to make color blends  
5. The subject matter is open to choice, show your creativity in your choices  
6. Use 9x12 paper, larger if you choose  

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