Edward Gorey

American Illustrator, Artist and Writer

1925-2000

• Famous for pen and ink illustrations

that have a Gothic, macabre style

• Gothic relating to a literary style

characterized by gloom, the

grotesque, and the supernatural,

popular in the late 18th century

• Macabre- dark and obsessed with

death

• Wrote and

Illustrated the

Gashleycrumb

Tinies, an alphabet

book

The assignment:• Choose 1, 2 or 3 squares

• Glue them wherever you like on the poster

board.

Try to match the designs with pen and “hide

them”

Objectives:

1. Draw from your imagination

2. Develop your skills with pen

Evaluation:

• Hide the squares

• Balance between positive/negative space

• Variety of line thickness

• Focal points or areas of interest

• Creativity and inventiveness

• Good craftsmanship