TISSUE PAPER LANDSCAPE
Each student will create a 12 x 18” collage/drawing that displays examples of the flora and fauna of their country’s landscape. Each piece should depict a foreground, middle ground, and background. The secondary focus of the assignment is creating a strong composition after looking at examples from famous landscape photographers and painters.
FLORA AND FAUNA OF SAUDI ARABIA Give several examples of the flora and
fauna of Saudi Arabia.
DEPTH IN A COMPOSITION Foreground- Objects that appear close to the
front in a picture. Middle Ground- Objects that are behind the
foreground but in front of the background. Background- Objects that are behind the middle
ground. It is often from the horizon line and above. The sky is included in the background.
Atmospheric perspective- Colors are the most vibrant in the foreground and tend to neutralize or gray as they approach the background.
FREDERIC CHURCH
FREDERIC CHURCH
ANSEL ADAMS
ANSEL ADAMS
SAUDI ARABIAN LANDSCAPE
SAUDI ARABIAN LANDSCAPE
FOR THE “DW” ***It is always best to work from your own photographs
because a good photograph takes skill, timing, and a keen eye to produce. Technically speaking, using other peoples photographs is plagiarism.***
Using your own desert photographs or Google Images for Saudi landscape photographs, find three good compositions (pictures), paste them into your DW, and write about why the composition is a good one.
Draw out a geometric thumbnail sketch in your DW for each photograph as we did during class with the projected image.
THE PROCESS CONTINUED…. Draw a 4 x 6 inch sketch with colored
pencils for your DW. Use colors that are available in tissue paper for the project.
In your DW, practice sketching the animals and plants that will inhabit your landscape. They should be quite small drawings.
THE FINAL PIECE… Lightly draw out your landscape while
emphasizing the foreground, middle ground, and background.
Trace the shapes onto the tissue paper and glue them in place.
After all areas have been glued down and dried, lightly draw the flora and fauna with pencil.
Ink over all of the small pencil drawings.
ASSESSMENT: Complete your assessment in your DW.
DUE: 15 December 2012
