113 Course Outline Spring 2007
113 Course Outline Spring 2007
January 8-12
Week 1: Visit the 113 website/print-out 3 images (campus computer access only)
Line: blind contour, contour, consistent, expressive, calligraphic (tools vary)
Exercise: reframe contour line drawings for balance, figure/ground relationship
Homework: contour line drawings of hands and objects
Reading #1 The Nature of Drawing and Initial Experiences
Reading #2 Learning to see
January 16-19
Week 2: Line and shape/Intro to Gesture
Pinecone: Drawing 1: gesture and structure
Drawing 2: organic structure and building form and tone with line
Homework: Popcorn using line (multiple views with a variety of approaches)
Reading #3 Line and its Expression and Sketching and the Power of Influences
Materials needed for next week: small sheet of watercolor paper (135lb or more)
January 22-26
Week 3: Value Scale Exercises: 1.Shading with pencil 2.Ink washes 3.Mark making.
Handout: How to build a sense of volume
Value Study 1: Eggs and shadows (shading/toning)
Value Study 2: Square of striped cloth (ink wash and pen drawings)
Homework: Folded paper value study in pencil on half sheet of paper
Reading #4 Value
January 29-Feb 2
Week 4: Part 1: Organizational Line and Sighting
Part 2: (on same page) Directional Line to create tone
Reading #5 Color and Value
Sketchbook Value Study #1: polyhedron and sphere (one in monochrome)
Sketchbook Study: Pos/Neg emphasis on background (color applied/layered)
February 5-9 (Undergraduate Exhibition submission Feb 5-8)
Week 5: Gestures (students pose): Mixed methods and tools.
Reading #6 Composition
Focus on Negative Space and Value and Color
Sketchbook: Branches (3 pages)
February 12-16
Week 6: Continuation of Focus on Negative Space and Color and Value
Exercise: Warm up for Object Study
Begin: Object Study (series of 3 drawings) with varied methods and materials
Assign Reading #7: Illustration and Drawing
February 19-22
Week 7: Continuation of Object Study:
Assign Reading #8 Dry Media
February 26-March 2
Week 8: Gesture Portraits
Self Portrait
Assign Reading #9 Portraiture
March 5-9
Week 9: Finalize self portraits
Assign Reading #10 Wet Media
Midterm Portfolio Reviews/group Critiques
March 12-16
Week 10: Spring Break
Students are encouraged to try different papers: Stonehenge, BFK, watercolor, Lenox, Fabriano (white, cream and color) half-tone/charcoal paper
March 19-23
Week 11: Pictorial Space (Additive and Subtractive) Large Format and/or Group drawing
Assign Reading # 11 Wet Media
STUDENTS BRING A SNACK TO CONTRIBUTE TO NEXT ASSIGNMENT
March 26-30
Week 12: Texture (mixed media) Snacks (sketches in wet and dry media)
Assign Reading #12 Texture and Expression
STUDENTS MUST RESEARCH A SCULPTURE OR BUST.
March 26-30
Week 13: Photocopy of a Bust/Sculpture (Rendering light)
Assign Reading #13 Expressive Drawing
INTRODUCE INDEPENDENT STUDY FINAL SELF PORTRAIT
Written Assignment or Gallery Visit
April 2-6
Week 14: Perspective (on site) (#3104 and #3108 off limits on April 12/13)
Assign Reading #14 Perspective and Forms in Space
April 9-13
Week 15: Gesture in the Landscape (on site)
Assign Reading #15 Landscape, Atmosphere and Space
Mixed Media and its Expression
Check sketchbooks
April 23-27
Week 16: Final Self Portrait
Final Portfolio Review
Exam week: clean up classrooms/ empty cupboards