Still Sitting There
A drawing or painting of objects that do not move, usually arranged on a table
What is a still life?
One single thing in the still life, like a cup, apple, or shoe.
What is an object?
Objects that make sense as a group, like breakfast stuff or art supplies
What is belong / objects that belong together?
he large, simple shape of an object before you add details.
What is a big shape?
When one object covers part of another object.
What is overlap?
A still life is made of things, not people. Those things are usually this.
What are objects / inanimate objects?
Before you draw details like logos or highlights, you should first see the object as this.
What is a shape / a big shape?
A football, a helmet, and cleats belong together because they share this.
What is a theme / a purpose / a set?
A mug is first a cylinder, not a handle plus a logo plus steam. That first read is this.
What is the big shape?
Overlap is a clue that one object is here compared with the other.
What is in front?
ou set objects up on purpose before you draw. That setup is called this?
What is an arrangement?
If you draw “a soda can I remember” instead of the can in front of you, you stopped doing this.
hat is observing the actual object?
A pineapple, a calculator, and a snow boot can look random unless the artist gives them a reason to belong. That reason is called this.
What is a theme (or story / connection)?
You draw the coke logo and the soda bottle label before the bottle even has a body. You skipped this step.
What is drawing the big shapes first?
If two apples sit side by side and never cover each other, the picture can look flat because it is missing this.
What is overlap?
Name two reasons artists use still life instead of only drawing from imagination.
What is practice observation / control lighting / study shape / self expression and overlapping.
An object can be identified by size, texture, and this outer quality.
What is shape (or contour / silhouette)?
When objects belong together, the still life feels like one picture instead of this.
What is a pile of unrelated stuff / random objects?
Big shapes help you check this before you waste time on tiny details.
What is proportion / placement / composition?
The object you can see completely is usually this one.
what is the object that is closest/ in front?
A still life can have objects the represent who you are, where you're from, etc. What Art form would this be?
What is a self portrait.
In our unit, the job is not to invent a cooler object or draw an object perfectly. Our job is make our drawings more...
what is Accurate or realistic?
Give one way to make objects feel like they belong: same theme, same table, or this.
What is overlapping them / similar lighting / similar size family / touching / etc.?
Name the drawing order we want: big shapes first, then smaller parts, then this last.
What is detail (or texture / tiny lines)?
Why do we use overlap in a still life instead of lining every object up like a police lineup?
What is to show depth / space / what is in front and behind?