ILL 254 Assignment # 1B

ILL 254 Assignment # 1B

Ink value grids!

Objective: create three value grids to help understand how to use ink materials to create different values and line effects.

Before starting, play around on a sheet of paper to get accustomed to the different nibs and see if any work better for you than others.

Process. Take 3 sheets of 9 x 12 bristol paper. Create an 8”x 8” square on the paper. Divide the squares into 16 2’x 2” equal squares.  Tape down the edges of the paper around the 8 x8 squares.

Along the top of the squares from left to right, write a percentage above each of the four columns.  85 %, 50 %, 25% and 10%.

Down the side of the square write a material name for each row. The categories will be:

Square #1 nibs

Line, hatch, crosshatch, squiggles

Square #2 brush

Wash( ink and water) , brushline, brush hatch, brush squiggles

Square #3 mix it up

Nib hash marks, brush hash marks, last two, patterns of  your choice, experiment and have fun.

In each box, for  example, 85%/crosshatch, create a pattern of that type to approximate a tonal value of 85% dark. 

Also research three ink artists from list, print out pictures from each and talk about their work. 

Due next week in class.