A level Art, Drawing Project, Red cabbage drawing, unorthodox drawing

1. Learning Outcomes:
AO or A1 ink drawing of a red cabbage cross
section.
Learning Objectives:
Explore the perfect, natural structure of the red cabbage.
Develop looser approaches to mark making by
experimenting with home made, unorthodox tools.
UNCONVENTIONAL MARK MAKING

2. MAKE YOUR OWN TOOLS
Unorthodox brushes can create exciting
marks in a drawing. These marks can, in
turn, give a drawing an added depth or
texture that couldn’t be achieved with a
conventional brush.
Use the materials provided to create
your own drawing tools.

3. EXPLORE MARK MAKING
Use the inks provided to explore the types
of marks you DIY tools can create.
Also explore using different concentration
of ink.
In your sketchbook

4. Draw the interior structure of the red cabbage, paying close attention to nuances
of colour.

5. Use the objects available, paints, inks and your
own hand made tools to explore the different
marks you can make and the effect of layering
different colours and media.
Make a note of successes and the various
combinations as you go.
In your sketchbook
Abstraction

6. Select a brown, buff, collaged black or blue sheet of paper to work on.
Create a composition loosely based on a section of your red cabbage. Use the best effects
from your experiments drawing using different marks with the different tools.
You may use tools that other students have made.

7. Printing
Explore printingtechniques:
Mono-printing
Etching
Lino
Collograph…
Your source material can be
cut cabbage or any other
interesting fruit or
vegetable.

8. Juan Sánchez Cotán
ca. 1602, oil on canvas
68.9 cm x 84.5 cm
Laura Letinsky
Untitled #54,
Hardly More Than Ever series,
2002
31″ x 26.4″
Archival Ink Print
Making an Art historical reference. 1602 to 2002.
Separated by 400 years. However, both artists use
the sliced melon and reveal its structure.
Look at the piece by Juan Sánchez Cotán.
Think about how you might use it as a
starting point, a stepping off point to work
that includes cut vegetables.