Drawing One
Last Meal on Death Row, Texas (Martin Vegas),
Mat Collishaw, 2011
SPRING 2015 ASSIGNMENTS:
JANUARY 26:
Class introduction, syllabus and supplies list review
HW: Purchase supplies, fill out information card
JANUARY 28:
Safety Hazards, contour, blind contour
HW: 5 blind contour drawings, 5 free
FEBRUARY 2:
Principles of design, contour, cross-contour
FEBRUARY 4:
Abstract contour drawing, cross-contour, still-life
HW: Volume worksheet, 3 cross contour drawings, 2 abstract, 4 free
FEBRUARY 9:
Cross-contour drawing
HW: Bring wet media to next class
FEBRUARY 11:
Negative space drawings with wet media
HW: 3 value scales, (one with shading, one with cross-contour, one with
stipling) and a drawing using each, 2 negative space cross-hatch drawings,
5 free. Bring wet media.
FEBRUARY 16:
Cross-contour with wet media, value ranges
FEBRUARY 18:
Value chart
HW: 10 free, but all must have at least 5 different values.
Bring scissors and glue sticks for next class.
FEBRUARY 23:
Contour, silhouette
FEBRUARY 25:
Composition, contour
HW: 4 silhouette drawings, look up 1 artist who uses still life, 5 free
MARCH 2:
Dutch Vanitas lecture, group project
MARCH 3:
Group project continued, mid-term grade check
HW: Personal still-life, worksheet
MARCH 9:
Fabric drawings, draping
MARCH 11:
Draping, discuss Dutch Vanitas project
HW: 5 drawings of dirty clothes on floor (whole outfits!), 5 free
MARCH 16:
Fabric drawings, personal still-life due
MARCH 18:
Guest lecturer, fabric drawing
HW: 5 drawings out of context, 5 free. Bring "alternative drawing materials" to next class.
MARCH 23-28:
Spring break; No class
MARCH 30:
Class cancelled; Caesar Chavez day
APRIL 1:
Alternative Drawing Materials Lecture
HW: 5 drawings wih alternative materials, 5 free
APRIL 6:
Alternative drawing materials
APRIL 8:
Drawing the body
HW: 5 "bodies in action" drawings, 5 free
APRIL 13:
Drawing the body, continued
APRIL 15:
Artist lecture, drawing pyschology
APRIL 20:
To be determined.
APRIL 22:
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APRIL 27:
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APRIL 29:
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MAY 4:
To be determined.
MAY 6:
To be determined.
MAY 11:
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MAY 13:
To be determined.
MAY 18:
Drop off final portfolios and sketchbooks.
MAY 20:
Pick up final portfolios and sketchbooks.