User:Rduchnycz

Introduction

My name is Rachael Duchnycz. I am a high school art teacher. I teach ceramics, sculpture, and studio art classes. In my art, I make paintings of structures in landscapes that are abandoned or weathered by nature. I also create figure drawings. Figure drawing is a passion of mine because the human body is a challenge to draw. Humans are portrayed everywhere in art, illustration, graphic design, etc. I feel immense satisfaction whenever I can create a human figure or part of a human figure that looks accurate yet stylized at the same time.

Humans are challenging to draw because, unlike many parts of the art world, there truly is right and wrong. If the eyes are placed on the wrong part of the face, it will appear as a bad drawing. Certain skills and techniques make figure drawing much easier and will make figure drawings appear much more convincing.

Objectives

• Students will be able to explain the role of figure drawing in historic and contemporary art.
• Students will be able to research contemporary examples of figural artists to use as inspiration.
• Students will be able to recognize concepts such as gesture lines, positive and negative space, and basic proportions as necessary for creating high-quality figure drawings.
• Students will be able to apply these concepts to create a figure with correct weight and good proportion.
• Students will be able to render a figure as more convincing using light, shadow, and appropriate mark-making.

Unit 1- Logistics and Etiquette of Using a Nude Model

• Logistics and Etiquette of Using a Nude Model

Unit 2

• Lesson 1- Blind contours
• Lesson 2- Gestures
• Lesson 3- Basic Proportions

Unit 2

• Lesson 1- Positive and Negative Space
• Lesson 2- Figure/ Ground Relationship
• Lesson 3- Weight Distribution

Unit 3

• Lesson 1- Putting Proportions in Effect
• Lesson 2- Mark-making
• Lesson 3- Light and shadow

Let me know what you think!