Saturday schedule Fall 2019 (updated 10/5)

Review early chapters
Week 4
9/21- Full studio - Skills drawing
HW: Read planes defined post and text
Bring Stonehenge paper plus Nitram and white charcoal to class


Week 5
9/28-Part 1: Skills drawing due at 1:00 pm for a grade!
9/28-Part 2: Drape lecture 60 minutes, must take notes.
Drapery study
Remaining studio-complete drape study(s). PUSH THE EXAMINATION OF CHARCOAL AS FAR AS YOU CAN!
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. Due next class!
LOOKING AHEAD-Read: pages 74, 75. Begin to re-create figure 4.28 in your text. Size: 9 x 12. Due-10/19

Week 6
10/05-Part 1: Bag crit.,
10/05-Part2:  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)

Due at 4:00 pm: The first statement is based on study/research of one of the following artists; Claudio Bravo, Walter Murch or Daniel Sprick.  Focus on the artist's life and 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.  Bring to the next class four Possessions that represent who you are as person, a crate size box, drape (color, size) your choice and your clamp light (optional). 

Second Statement (reflective and forward looking) due 10/26 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, including two areas that you would like to improve (ie; ability to judge relative distance and proportion, development of value, creating a sense of depth within the picture plane).

Week 7
10/12- Part 1: TO BE COMPLETED AT HOME.
Create three thumbnails that represent your desired composition for the Four Possessions project.

http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/thumbnail-sketch.html
HW: Read pages 180-186, key on proportions defined on 184.

Week 8
10/19-Part 1: Four Possessions, in studio-
10/19-Part 2: Four Possessions, in studio-

Week 9
10/26-Part 1: Written assignment (second) due at 10:00 am
Four Possessions, in studio-due for a grade at 1:00 pm
10/26- Part 2: Portrait lecture- must take notes
Revisit terminator discussion -introduce five shadow areas. Review text!
Studio set with sphere and planes of the head.
Vilppu head study
In studio or HW: Re-create Pat with idealized light source- 9 x 12 inches.
HW: Examine how Delacroix describes the body language of his painted subject(s), in turn conveying the the emotion of the scene and the emotion of the subject.
http://www.eugenedelacroix.net/orphan-girl-at-the-cemetery/
HW: Bring medium sized mirror to next class.

Week 10
11/02-Part 1: Self Portrait, 18 x 24 pad
Objectives:
Obtain likeness- physical attributes
Convey the essence of the subject
Explore and state the entire value range
Draw life-size
Have fun
11/02-Part 2: Assign Hat, and finish self portrait


Week 11
11/09-Part 1: Hat in studio
11/09: Hat finish at home. 
Review homework from text-Pages-129-138 for next week.

Week 12
https://art115begindrawing.blogspot.com/2018/05/line-vs-value.html
11/16-Non-linear project
11/16-Non-linear project
Assign Grid-

Week 13
11/23: Studio work on Grid portrait
Review: https://art115begindrawing.blogspot.com/2019/05/planar-analysis.html
11/23: Studio work on Grid portrait

Week 14
11/30: Thanksgiving break

12/7: TBA

12/14: Final due at 2:00 pm

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