Monday, February 24, 2020

Spring Schedule 2020

Week 4
2/18- Full studio- Skills drawing
2/20- Full studio- Skills drawing

Week 5
2/25-Class 1: Skills drawing due at end of class for a grade! Turn in sphere HW
HW: Read planes defined post and text

2/27-Class 2: Weather issues: Self study-

HW: Review Chapter three-
LINE Figure 3.3 and 3.4- be prepared to discuss on 03/17-(60 minutes)
LOOKING AHEAD-Read: pages 74, 75. Begin to re-create figure 4.28 in your text. Size: 9 x 12. Due-03/10

Week 6
03/03-Class 1: Drape lecture 60 minutes, must take notes.
Concept to discuss: Working out of a middle value!
Drapery study
Remaining studio-complete drape study(s).
Part II:
Assign: Four Possessions Portrait assignment
Includes a drawing (18 x 24 inches) and two written statements typed/printed to be completed for a grade.
(Each element worth 100 points)

HW: Bring to the next class four Possessions that represent who you are as person, a crate size box, drape (color, size) your choice and clamp light (optional). 
Due at the beginning of the next class:
The first statement is based on study/research of one of the following artists; Claudio Bravo, Walter Murch or Daniel Sprick. Focus on the life of the artist, the work, investigate and describe something you discovered about the artist related to still life painting/drawing and how it could be applied to your next assignment. 

Second Statement (reflective) due 03/12 at the beginning of class and it must be typed, min. 300 words. 
Content should include and define choice of objects, the drawing process, use of value and your ability to articulate the desired folds. Discuss problems, solutions, successes and failures.

03/05-Class 2: Discuss artist profile and start Four Possessions, in studio
HW: Draw a paper lunch bag (apply fold anatomy concepts to the bag)- 9 x 12 inches- examine and state the value structure with the primary goal in mind- In addition, describe the folds, wrinkles, creases, pleats, etc. 03/12!

Week 7
03/10- Class 1:  Four Possessions, in studio, drawing 4.28 due
03/12- Class 2:  Four Possessions, in studio, due at the end of class.
HW: Read pages 180-186, key on proportions defined on 184.

Week 8
03/17-Class 1: Discuss Line based on text
Portrait lecture- must take notes
Revisit terminator discussion -introduce five shadow areas.
Studio set with sphere and planes of the head.
Vilppu head study
HW: Re-create Pat with idealized light source- 9 x 12, due next class.
HW: Must bring mirror to next class and 18 x 24 pad.
03/19-Class 2: Self portrait
Objectives:
Obtain likeness- physical attributes

Convey the essence of the subject
Explore and state the entire value range
Draw life-size

Week 9
03/24-Class 1: Self portrait- in studio
03/26-Class 1: Self portrait in studio due at the end of class-plus assign Hat assignment (45 minutes).
https://art115begindrawing.blogspot.com/2018/04/hat.htmleek 11
HW: https://www.eugene-delacroix.com/orphan-girl-at-the-cemetery.jsp
http://www.eugenedelacroix.net/orphan-girl-at-the-cemetery/
Examine how Delacroix describes the body language of his painted subjects, in turn conveying the the emotion of the scene and the emotion of the subject.

Week 10
03/31-Class 1: Begin Hat project- Complete photo shoot and print out reference before class
04/02-Class 2: Hat project

Week 11
04/07: Hat in studio
04/09: Hat in studio due, plus Assign Final (60 minutes).
Assign Final:

https://art115begindrawing.blogspot.com/2018/04/final-assignment-art-115.html

Week 12
04/14- Spring break
04/16-Spring break