Color Drawing: Orange(s)

Janet Fish

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Project:
Create a color pencil drawing of an orange or oranges, partially peeled and set on a table surface.


Medium:
Color pencil

Objectives:

• Create a well-designed composition from an observed arrangement
• Improve observational accuracy
• Indicate how light affects color hue and temperature
• Render convincingly realistic surface textures

Grading Criteria:

• Accuracy/Realism of contour and proportion
• Realism of form -- three dimensionality using chiaroscuro (values)
• Realism in rendering changes in color (hue, temperature and value)
• Realism in rendering surface textures
• Strength of composition.

To Start:
Start with a light line, using the 2B pencil, to capture accurate contour and proportion exactly as you observe them.


Self-Assessment:

As you draw, ask yourself if you are doing the following (You should be!):

• Consider the entire page as a composition.
• Use a full range of tonal value and good contrast. Reserve white for the highlights.
• Creating a sense of three-dimensional form.
• Noticing subtle color changes (hue, value and temperature)
• Rendering textures.

AND When you believe you are close to completing this, ask yourself:

• In its present state, is this something you can put in your portfolio for college applications?