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AP Drawing. “A Struggle…”. How can you interpret the theme “A Struggle…”?. Internal Struggle. Rick Bartow. -Struggles with Post traumatic stress disorder -Transformations -Morphing -Representational abstraction
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AP Drawing “A Struggle…”
Rick Bartow -Struggles with Post traumatic stress disorder -Transformations -Morphing -Representational abstraction -Relationships to his native american heritage- the struggles of the native american people
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What can help you develop your ideas? • Reflect on a time that you have personally struggled? • What have you overcome or accomplished? • Interpret a song that reflects the theme or has personal importance to you • Interpret a moment in history that represents a struggle • Decide if your idea is best interpreted through portraiture, still life, the figure or landscape • Decide if you can set up a photograph, work from observation, or use your imagination (or combo?) • Use a drawing media such as graphite, watercolor, acrylic paint to develop your work
What drawing techniques can you use? Foreshortening- EXAGERRATED perspective Spatial techniques: Placement of one object in front of another -Overlapping -Size of objects (closer=bigger) -Objects on top of paper vs. bottom of paper -Detail (closer) vs less detail -Darker vs. Lighter
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