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
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