Painting for a Poster

For the next two days, I'll give you time to continue working on your sketch or to begin adding shadows.

• On Thursday, you'll turn in a progress check image.

This speedpaint video shows a process that lets you keep your lines while still having a painterly look:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA1O-_m0fxU

Finishing the Sketch - Before Painting

So, what is the big difference between painting and drawing? Addressing this question, we'll be taking a look at the necessary ideas to make your sketch cross the gap from drawing into becoming a full painting.

For this week, here's your assignment:

• Please continue to work on your sketch. 
• When your sketch is finished, analyze it with a triangle and an X. This needs to be turned in to me or posted.
• Watch these videos before beginning your painting:
• using reference: http://ctrlpaint.com/videos/how-to-draw-anything-in-3-steps
• what is value/form? http://ctrlpaint.com/videos/form-value-and-light
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3WmrWUEIJo
• cleaning up your sketch for painting: http://ctrlpaint.com/videos/sketching-lines
• painting with value: http://ctrlpaint.com/videos/sketching-value
• If you are finished with all of these steps early (and this step is critical) make sure that the aspect ratio of your sketch is correct for printing.
• Decide on a paper size A3 or larger (A3, B3, A2, B2, A1, B1, A0, or B0) and make certain your sketch conforms to the correct paper at DOUBLE SIZE.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size (pictures of sizes)
• http://www.prepressure.com/library/paper-size (actual list of dimensions)
• This means that if you want to print on A3 paper you need a 594 mm x 840 mm canvas, not 297 x 420.
• Also, consider that when printing you will probably need a border for the edge of your paper where white will remain.
• If you finish all of these things, you may begin working on your own studio work. 
• If I don't get a chance to look at your work from studio day(s), I may ask you to turn it in to me. Thanks! :2

Compositional Balance

Introduction: http://ctrlpaint.com/videos/principles-of-design-introduction

Balance - http://ctrlpaint.com/videos/principles-of-design-balance

Orcs - http://ctrlpaint.com/s/ctrlPaint_orcs_02.PSD

Assignment: Begin a sketch -or- arrange some orcs in a compositionally-balanced piece of work at your proposed poster size.

Assignment: Printing a Digital Painting

For printing, you'll need to choose a paper size that you'll be happy with. I'd recommend A3, B3, or A2. 

Please begin to consider what you'd like the subject or theme of your painting to be for when we meet tomorrow. The requirements of this assignment will be:

1. Make sure your painting is in the correct dimension for the size at which you'd like to print
1. Consider your DPI (probably 300+ is best)
2. Consider how much of a border you will need.
2. Please work at double-size, so that your poster can be compressed if necessary, or printed at a larger size.
3. Consider, as you begin your sketch, the composition of your painting 
1. Since you will be printing it as a poster, the compositional layout will be one of the most important graphic qualities for your viewers.
4. This assignment is tentatively due December 13.