Sketching Exercise 1 - Paper Milk Carton
Start by drawing a box in perspective with your lightest pencil (or ink). Then use the cube as a starting point to construct the folded top. Use your lightest value for all lines until you have "found" the correct form. Then re-draw only the visible lines using a darker value. Next, add surface shading and line weights
Deliverables
3 sketches (Half Gallon, Quart and Pint) on separate sheets of paper
Evaluation Criteria
1. Perspective Accuracy (as evidenced by construction lines)
2. Line Quality (clean and confident)
3. Rendering/Shading Quality
4. Readability (multiple line weights, broad value range, etc)
5. Level of detail (features, surface textures, etc)

Shading a Box

Line Weights

Student Work
Emily Hyink
Emily Hyink
Zoe Konys
Zoe Konys
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