Assignment 3: Opaque, reflective, transparent, and translucent spheres

*Please watch the videos before starting this assignment.

In order to become better at painting details and textures you will need to
practice and practice and practice. The following exercise is designed to help you
identify recurring patterns/ structures that you will see in various object
textures such as holes, bumps, flaps, cracks, etc. There is a template download for
this exercise.

Step 1 Pick some of the following objects to explore in your painting exercises.

Step 2 Find good photo reference from Google or other online resources.

Step 3 Zoom in on your reference - if your image is too small you can try going to
google - images - tools - sizes - and looking for larger images.

Step 4 Draw a few close up studies of your reference to focus on the dimensional
structure of your chosen texture.

Step 5 Pick either a sphere shape or cube shape from the template provided with
this class. If your texture object is more spherical then you�ll learn more to
force it into a cube and vice versa.

Step 6 Take your time and try to recreate the texture in your digital or
traditional painting. If you�re working digitally resist the urge to cheat by color
picking with the eye dropper. You can work on your color/value predicting skills at
the same time which will accelerate your learning curve.

Step 7 Fill the entire template with different texture paintings.

The following is a suggested list of textures you can choose to paint...you may
also choose textures not listed.

1 wood

2 lava rock with lava

3 soap bubble

4 wine glass half full

5 cracked concrete

6 burning candle

7 faceted gemstone

8 fish meat

9 cue ball

10 striped candy

11 chrome

12 swiss cheese
13 sandstone

14 strawberry

15 denim

16 ice cube

17 orange

18 melon

19 boiling mud

20 cherry

21 cross section of bread

22 chocolate candy

23 rusted metal

24 jello with berries

25 bird feathers

26 beef

27 old copper

28 stone wall

29 mouse fur

30 snow

31 corn

32 cactus

33 bark

34 sand

35 reptile

36 grass

37 leafy tree

38 white cap waves

39 leather

40 marble

41 hedgehog
42 cracked egg

43 cut fish

44 dried mud

45 hair

46 octopus tentacles

47 shake shingle roof

48 clay tile roof

49 flaking paint

50 tree cross section