Draw Noir

Create a value drawing from observation using ONLY VALUE no line. For this drawing you are going to draw a subject that is dramatically lit with a single light source, causing the subject to cast dramatic shadows. You must also draw the space around the subject/figure/objects, but keep the background simplified, drawing only what the light illuminates and the shadows that the figure casts in the interior. The composition of the interior should have enough visual information to clearly explain what the viewer is looking at. The subject should be in direct, dramatic lighting from a single source/direction, like a lamp that you can position or the clip lights that we use in the studio. There will absolutely be no acceptable excuse why successful, dramatic lighting could not be obtained. Please see the examples I have uploaded.

Think of this drawing like a movie still from a classic Film Noir movie like Psycho, Dial M for Murder, or The Bride of Chucky where each scene is dramatic with long cast shadows to create suspense and tension. Do not copy an image from a movie. You must set up your own still life and light it yourself.

Materials:

Charcoal ONLY! Use charcoal pencils, vine, compressed or powdered charcoal. Kneaded eraser, and chamois.
18”x24” Strathmore paper that was provided. – it must be at least this large on good drawing paper, not newsprint.
While making these drawings pay attention to the following:

We generally perceive an outer edge of an object as a line, but it is not a line! In reality it is the edge created when our vision cannot see the other side of the form. Instead of drawing lines, look at how the light falls on the forms and how the form creates shadow shapes. All areas must be composed of shadowed areas and light areas touching each other, not defined by an outline. No outlines!
Even if an object is dark in value, it will appear relatively light where that object is illuminated. Even highlights have shadows and even shadows have highlights.
Blur your vision by squinting your eyes to help determine the basic forms and areas of brightest light and darkest shadows.
Vary your range of tone! Use a minimum of 6 of the values that we made in the scale
Limit fuzzy “expressive” vagueness and make the edges crisp, clear, and easy to read.
Absolutely no boring, static, lazy compositions! No visual lines that run parallel to the top and bottom of the page and no centralized objects or figures! You should know better by now. Choose the best composition sketch of your 10 thumbnails for the final drawing.

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