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Lesson Summary
Lesson Summary
This lesson focuses on illustrating products on toned paper. Students will apply their understanding of tones and highlights to render products in a visually captivating manner. By exploring this project, students will develop skills in product illustration while deepening their understanding of light and shadow dynamics.
Lesson Objectives
Lesson Objectives
Illustrate products on toned paper using a diverse range of tones and highlights.
Learn techniques for creating visually captivating product illustrations.
Drawing on Toned Paper
Drawing on toned paper involves using a black-colored pencil for shadows and a white-colored pencil for highlights. This technique encourages artists to explore a spectrum of light to dark tones, leveraging the tonal value of the paper. The result is drawings that appears three-dimensional, that seemingly rises from the paper.
Brainstorm Discussion
Brainstorm Discussion
Do you consider the design of a product to be important? Why?
Can you name some brands whose design you admire? What makes you like their design?
In your opinion, which holds more significance: function or design? Why?
Materials
Kraft or Toned Paper
Pencil & Eraser
Colored Pencils (Black and White)
Color Markers
Paints and Brush
Reference Image
Product Design
Product Design
Product design is the process of conceptualizing and crafting new products intended for sale to consumers. It encompasses the generation and refinement of ideas through a systematic approach that involves designing, sketching, and prototyping, leading to the development of innovative and marketable products.
What to do
What to do
Choose a Product: Browse through a magazines and select a reference image of a product you wish to illustrate. This could be a watch, perfume bottle, furniture, etc.
Sketch: Using a pencil, create a rough drawing of your chosen product on toned paper. Capture the basic shapes and proportions.
Shadows: Use black colored pencils and markers to shade the shadow areas of your product. Pay attention to light direction and shading consistency.
Color: Apply colors to your drawing using markers and colored pencils. Add subtle details and nuances to enhance realism and visual interest.
Highlights: Add highlights using warm light colors and a white color pencil. Focus on areas where light would naturally hit the product, creating contrast and depth.
Gouache Paint: Utilize gouache paint to cover larger areas and further enhance the brightest parts of your drawing. This adds richness and vibrancy to the illustration.
Opaque White: Use opaque white paint sparingly to accentuate the brightest highlights, creating a sense of luminosity and dimensionality in your illustration.
Experiment with different techniques and textures to achieve the desired effect, and enjoy the process of bringing your chosen product to life on toned paper.
Terminology
Terminology
Product Design — The process of creating new products for sale to its’ customers. It involves the generation and development of ideas through a systematic process which includes drawing and illustration.
Prototyping — The process of creating a sample of a product to test and refine ideas before full-scale production.
Light Source — Things that produces natural or artificial light.
Form Shadow — The part of an object that is not in contact with direct light.
Cast Shadow — A dark area, usually on a flat surface where light is blocked by an object.
Highlight — The exact point where light hits an object, perpendicular to its surface. It is the very lightest part of an object.
Reflected Light — Light that bounces off surfaces and indirectly illuminates an object.
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