Friday, September 30, 2011
Assignment Numero 4
Soooo as discussed in class, your next sketchbook assignment (due Tuesday, October 4th) is to draw a pile of your dirtiest laundry. It doesn't have to be laundry necessarily; you can use a bunched up comforter or sheets, towels, or anything made up of fabric. The idea is to fill your page with a drawing of a mound of fabric (no tiny drawings off in the corner) and to use varying line quality. You don't have to shade anything; I just want you to explore all of the interior lines and fill your page like we did with the palm drawing.
Monday, September 19, 2011
The Future of Art
Prepare to have your minds expanded if not a little bit blown. This documentary is short/sweet and hints at possible directions in the future of art. Watch this and get an edge on the art majors!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Assignment #3 - Draw dat room!
For Tuesday, September 20th I want you to have sketchbook assignment #3 completed. The idea is to draw the interior of your room (no shading unless you want and just contour lines to define the forms). Make sure to have at least one corner of your room visible, but don't put it in the center of your page. You are free to draw any other part of your house/apartment if you wish or even a room in another building entirely. The only requirements are that you again, pick a corner to display in your drawing and that there be a fair amount of visual interest (no empty rooms free from signs of human life). Have some examples!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Due on Tuesday
Bring your sketchbook assignment #2 with you as well as your collage and your painting surface if you took them home over the weekend. If you want to pull my preferred method of the 11th hour sketchbook scramble, then here are the directions:
I want you to go to a public place and do 10 gesture drawings. The idea is to draw 10 figures that are moving very loosely and gesturally for 30 seconds so the assignment shouldn't take very long to complete. Don't worry about capturing proportion or likeness, just fluidity of movement and the angles of the limbs.
There's a more in-depth explanation at Wikipedia.
Some examples:
This... Is... GHANA!!!
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Things to bring on Tuesday
For September 6th make sure to bring the following items:
- Your completed sketchbook assignment (Find a black and white family photo or a photo you like with at least one figure in it. You can even use something stylized or illustrated; as long as it's as complex as Picasso's drawing of Igor Stravinsky. Turn it upside down, and without mentally labeling the image, try to reproduce the image as accurately as possible. If you're having trouble on the shading feel free to just focus on the lines. Only when the image is complete, turn it over to look at the result.)
- Magazine, newspaper, ephemera, and just random printed clippings that you want to incorporate into your first project (You are going to assemble your clippings into a collage and then scale it up into a large scale acrylic painting. This project will be completed entirely in class, but you are free to work on it at home as well.)
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