The Pen and Ink Project

Featuring artwork by

Edward Gorey

&

Tim Burton

For this project, you will be creating a work of art using

ONLY ink pen…NO PENCILS!! The focus of this project will be on

drawing and shading techniques, some of which you may remember learning at

the beginning of the school year.

Let’s look at some artists who use Pen and Ink to create

their masterpieces…

Edward Gorey 1925 - 2000

•American artist

•Famous for pen and ink illustrations that have a Gothic, macabre style

•Created over 100 books

Edward at home with his cats…

•Illustrated the books Bram Stoker’s Dracula and War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

•Edward Gorey is a well-known illustrator, artist, and writer

Gorey wrote and illustrated “The Gashleycrumb Tinies”

An Alphabet Book

Edward Gorey’s artwork is rich with

TEXTURE and VALUE.

How did he create so many shades of grey with a black

pen?

What kinds of shading techniques can you identify in

these works of art?

HINT: You learned 3 techniques at the beginning of the school year when we completed the VALUE Worksheet!

Tim Burton •Drew a lot as a young child •Attended the California Institute for the Arts •Began his career working for Disney on films such as “The Fox and the Hound” •One of his favorite artists and biggest influences was Edward Gorey •Created artwork and movies such as Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, and most recently Coraline.

Many of the ideas for Tim Burton’s movies come from his

doodles and drawings.

Tim’s Artwork for Batman

Tim’s Artwork for Sleepy

Hollow

Some of the drawings are just for fun…

Does Tim Burton use the same shading techniques as Edward

Gorey? Do you see any new or different ones?

Now that you have some inspiration and ideas, let’s talk more about your

project…

You will be using the art of both Edward Gorey and Tim Burton in your

original artwork, but only bits and pieces of their art – the rest will come

from your imagination!

You will be working with small, cropped squares of artwork from both artists.

Step 1: Begin with a 12” x 12” sheet of white paper. Step 2: Randomly choose 4 squares of artwork. They might be Edward Gorey’s, Tim Burton’s, or BOTH. Step 3: Glue down those 4 squares to your paper, making sure to leave space around each one. Now, it should look something like the example on the next slide.

You may place the squares wherever you like onto the paper, but there must be space around each square. They can be turned horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. Are there any questions about the first 3 steps?

How do I finish the project, you ask?

Now that you have a blank sheet of paper with 4 random squares of artwork, it is your job to connect them all together using your own creativity and imagination.

You should try to disguise the squares by continuing whatever texture or lines were in the artists’ work, then morph it into your own creation.

In the end, the artist squares and your own artwork should blend together seamlessly, creating a very bizarre work of art.

You will draw with a skinny black sharpie, and you must use all the shading techniques –

Hatching, Crosshatching, and Stippling!

Any Questions?