Art Majors- Leaf Triptych

Medium Study

One project the art majors worked on this quarter had them creating 3 drawings of 1 leaf from observation. Each drawing needed to be completed in a different material (1 in colored pencil, 1 in drawing pencil, and 1 in sharpie).  The goal for this project was to focus on these four Elements of Art; Color, Line, Texture, and Value while including a range of shadows and highlights both on the leaf as well as the tabletop (cast shadows).

The students had 3 days to create and mount this leaf triptych and all students rose to the challenge.

The students drawings varied from realistic colors and details to a wide range of abstract patterns and designs to represent the leaves.