EXECUTION OF GRAPHIC STILL-LIFE WITH INK AS THE BASIS FOR MASTERING THE LANGUAGE OF GRAPHICS

Abstract

The article represents detailed stages and results of performing graphic still-lifes with ink in three main techniques: "lines", "spots", "hatches". Examples and types for setting still-life or alternative using photo images taken from open sources with mandatory changes and introduced details are given. Also the principles and examples for performing graphic and tonal sketches are presented, as an important stage in the search for a composition, which are reproduced on formats of graphic still-lifes through their spot solution to be the most objective and expressive. The technique for making a "cardboard" – a preparatory drawing and transferring the image to the formats of three graphic still-lifes is presented. The usage of tonal graphic sketches and "cardboard" is suggested along with traditional manual techniques and computer (digital) graphics technology. The principles and methods for using lines when creating a graphic still-life in the appropriate technique and variants of performing graphic still-lifes in the techniques of "lines", "spots" in comparison with each other are presented. The principles of division and combination of white and black with variants of their combinatorics are considered on the examples of graphic still-lifes in the "spot" technique. The stages for performing graphic still-lifes in the "hatching" technique, from the disclosure of large tonal gradations to the generalization of the work, are considered in detail. The methods for using different hatching techniques on different parts of the image of a graphic still-life are given. By the separate block for each section of the specified three graphic techniques the parallel between graphic still-lifes as educational tasks and graphic works of professional artists of Ukraine and the world is demonstrated.