Grotesque creatures

For my Grade 9s........

Bosch - late 15th century

Last term we worked on the theme of 'Beautiful Creatures', but this term we will be looking at the strange beauty of the grotesque.

We will consolidate our knowledge of illusions of textures, 3-D form and 3-D space.

Dali - Premonition of Civil War - 1936

We will also look at some more Visual Literacy images ........

Alexander - detail from 'Butcher Boys'

Activity One: [3 class lessons + 1 homework]
Watch the demo of  'How to draw a disgusting textured ball thing....''
Now try your own! Keep for marks .....

                                                   

             

This is a crocodile skin  texture - try this on a ball?

Assessment criteria:

• Illusion of form (macro and micro) [5]
• Illusion of space [5]

Criteria:		Why?
Illusion of form	/5
Illusion of space	/5

Activity Two:
Watch the demo on 'Drawing using basic shapes'. Create a range of 'chimera' possibilities. e.g. griffon; dragodonkey; octidonkey;
Try your own and SCAN this stage - keep in your class folder for marks.

Activity Three:
Combine these skills to create a coloured drawing of your own grotesque monster.

1. FORM
Start off by creating a light illusion of form by shading lightly with your 2B pencil. Put in details (like teeth, claws and eyes) as you go.

2. TEXTURES
Then use your pencil crayons to create different textures.
Watch the demo for this!

3. SPACE
Work around your monster by putting it in an imaginary space. Don't forget its cast shadow!
Watch the demo - 'How to create a shadow using Photoshop'.

Assessment criteria - Activity 3:

• Illusion of form (macro and micro) [10]
• Illusion of space [10]
• Use of colour to create virtual texture (illusions of texture) [10]

Optional:
Try this in Photoshop!

Resources:
Umberto Eco - 'On Beauty'- studio book
Tom Kid - 'How to draw and paint Dragons' - studio book