2-21-2010

Previous Homework:
- need more detail on tiger's body
- need "highlight" tiger (as main focus): one solution is to make background darker.
- other student's pictures:
- quite a few used very bright color as background and look good
- suggest to use some small flakes to balance the picture (shape/focus/color)

Class: ink pen sketch box (3-D)
- observation: not object's detail for drawing, but shape.
- First: 4 dots to define the box, most top, bottom, left and right
- Secondly: line connection to form sides. Note: not necessary to connect above 4 nodes directly because they may not on the same side in 3-D
- Third: build 3-D boxes
- note: when drawing lines, it needs be one-time work firmly. No erase as ink-pen, but can correct with overlapping lines. Suggestion: When start drawing the lines, eyes at the end of line destinations.
- Note: line perspective, at current level, just draw parallel lines for boxes
- drawing details: when to fussy/fade out? (skip/break some lines as dash lines because it's inkpen which cannot use value and color to fade out)
(1) size: smaller one fade out
(2) locations: far fade out (when same size)
(3) line directions: all image/line direction should be consistent (parallel at current level) with box shape to avoid image (2-D) on box's surface "standing up" as 3-D


Homework:
- improve previous homework (the year of tiger)
- 10 pages boxes ink pen with detail (different shape)
- next week: color pencils

2-14-2010

Previous homework:
- In general: too small

Class: The year of Tiger
- draw art tigers with some background
- coloring with maker

Homework:
- finish coloring


Next week: Inkpens

Note:
Send emails to: fangyunhuastudio@mail.com
- student name: english/chinese
- class time
- contact emails.

12-20-2009

Previous homework:
- background is a little bit empty at bottom part
- Dear body & leg need some rework

Class: watercolor for snowflake

- pencil for object shape Christmas tree/house/decoration/snowman etc.
- erase line & oil paste:
- white background need to be covered by white oil paste (so no overwritten by watercolor)
- wet the paper
- add watercolor to complete coloring if needed (like middle of tree without oil paste etc.)
- light background watercolor (light blue in most case with enough water) brush the whole page
- salt through fingers
- waiting for snowflake effects.

Jonathan's work during class time:


He was very happy that his snowflakes showed up.

Homework:
- improve previous homework
- practice watercolor for snowflake at home
- 10 sketches + 2 animals







Note:
- winter break start
- the next class will be around 1/10/2010
- call check the dates (408) 257-3156 and (408) 903-8268

12-13-2010

Previous Homework:
- Dears' body are too fat (shape problem)
- Dears' legs are too thin, all straight: leg shape & angle
- shadow and ice crack on ground is too trivia: too many broken short lines and shadow.

Class:
- Dear in a scene (1 out of 6 designs)
- oil paste

Homework:
- Finish coloring


Next Class:
- watercolor