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Experimental Drawing
SPRING 2021


Artwork by Jack Whitten (https://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/2853-jack-whitten)
Site IV by Jack Whitten 

COURSE SCHEDULE

︎ Experimental Drawing SP21 Syllabus
︎ Materials List

Day 1 – Weds, Feb 10 – INTRO TO EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING


IN-CLASS:
  • Welcome/Introduction to Experimental Drawing
  • Saving your work and how to use the OneDrive
  • Watch:
    - How to Photograph your work
    - How to Hold and Control Your Pencil
   
DRAWING:
  • Warm up drawings


DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Watch:
    Artist talk – Christina Quarles
  • Read:
    - Creative Habit chapters 1&2
    - Answer Reading Response Questions
    - Save as: Reading Response 1_your first and last name
  • Prepare for next class:
    - Choose an object for drawing




Day 2 – Weds, Feb 17 – OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING TECHNIQUES


IN-CLASS:
  • Warm-up drawings
  • Observational drawing – basic techniques:
    - Contour
    - Negative Space
    - Measuring Forms/Space

  • Watch:
    – measuring a drawing with your pencil
    – Contour drawing
    – Using Negative Space

  • Preparing for next Class - what you will need

DRAWING:
  • Observational Drawing Exercise
    - 1 contour drawing of your object
    - 1 negative space drawing of your object


DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Observational Drawing 
    - Make an accurate drawing that is part contour (exterior edge and interior details) and part negative space drawing of your object, shading in some of the negative space around the object - measure each part with your pencil for accuracy.
    - Upload photo to Canvas
  • Prepare for next class:
    - Paint mixed media paper with a layer of black acrylic paint
    - Find unconventional drawing tool – comb, cue-tip, fork, stick, chopstick, pine needle, etc.
    - Find a sharp object for scripting/scratching– long nail/screw, knife, screwdriver, etc.
  • Watch:
    – Vija Celmins (Art 21 Season 2)



Day 3 – Weds, Feb 24 – DRAWING WITH AN UNUSUAL IMPLEMENT


IN-CLASS:
  • Warm-up drawings
  • Observational

  • Demo - techniques for drawing with unusual tools

DRAWING:
  • Drawing with an Unusual Implement

  • Go over next week's drawing


DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Finish unusual implement drawing 
    - upload to Canvas
  • Prepare for next class:
    - Find a 3 feet long stick, meter stick, wood dowel, broomstick, etc.
  • Watch: 
    - Jack Whitten (Art21 Season 1)
    - Radcliff Bailey
  • Read:
    - Creative Habit chapters 3&4
    - Answer Reading Response Questions 2
    - Save as: Reading Response 2_your first and last name



Day 4 – Weds, March 3 – GETTING SOME DISTANCE


IN-CLASS:
  • Warm-up drawings

  • Look at artists:
    - Wangechi Mutu
    - Nicole Eisenman
    - Dana Shutz
    - Lavar Munroe

DRAWING:
  • Drawing from a distance


DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Finish distance drawing 
    - upload to Canvas
  • Prepare for next class:
    - Choose an unconventional material to draw with – sauce, soap, dirt, bugs, string, etc.
  • Watch: 
    - Cy Twombly
    - Jules de Balincourt
    - Dana Shutz
  • Read:
    - Creative Habit chapters 5&6
    - Answer Reading Response Questions 3
    - Save as: Reading Response 3_your first and last name




Day 5 – Weds, March 10 – UNCONVENTIONAL MEDIA


IN-CLASS:
  • Warm-up drawings

  • Look at artists:
    - Mikalene Thomas
    - Chris Ofili
    - Vik Muniz - TED Talk, Documentary 

  • Demo - Photoshop Basics
    ︎︎︎Access the remote desktop (watch this video for instructions)

  • Photoshop Videos Tutorials
    - Basic Crop tools in Photoshop
    - More about Cropping Tools
    - Perspective Crop tool
    - Adjustment layers

DRAWING:
  • Drawing with unconventional media



DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Finish unconventional media drawing 
    - upload to Canvas as: drawing4_your first and last name
  • Try out Photoshop Basics:
    - See video tutorials (above) 
  • Watch:
    - Kerry James Marshall (Art21 Season 1)
    - Wangechi Mutu




Day 6 – Weds, March 17 – AUTOMATIC DRAWING, RESPONDING TO SERENDIPITY & CHANCE


IN-CLASS:
  • Watch - Arturo Herrera - Failure
  • Warm-up drawings

  • Surrealists and Automatic drawing techniques

  • Look at artists:
    - Hilma Af Klimt
    - Laura Stack
    - William Downs (William Downs studio visit, time-lapse)

DRAWING:
  • Automatic Drawing

DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Finish automatic media drawing 
    - upload to Canvas
  • Watch:
    - Michael Ray Charles (Art21 Season 1)
    - Laura Owens: The Materiality of Abstraction
    - assume vivid astro focus (Art21 – Learning to Paint, & Spontaneity & Concentration
  • Read: 
    - Creative Habit chapters 7&8
    - Answer Reading Response Questions 4
    - Save as: Reading Response 4_your first and last name




Day 7 –  Weds, March 24 – ABSTRACT MARK-MAKING


IN-CLASS:
  • Warm-up drawings

  • Abstract mark-making and drawing techniques

  • Discuss artists:
    - Charline Von Heyl
    - Judy Pfaff
    - Albert Oehlen

  • More Photoshop Basics
  • Photoshop Videos Tutorials    
    - Intro to Layers in Photoshop
    - Using Layer Masks
   

DRAWING:
  • Abstract Drawing (geometric, organic, medium-specific)


DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Finish abstract drawing 
    - upload to Canvas
  • Watch:
    - Daniel Libeskind on drawing
    - Trenton Doyle Hancock (Art21 Season 2)
    - Trenton Doyle Hancock talk, another talk, studio visit




Day 8 –  Weds, March 31 – TRANSPARENCY, LAYERING ABSTRACT ELEMENTS


IN-CLASS:
  • Warm-up drawings

  • Working with transparent substrates, techniques

  • Look at artists:
    - Akunyili Njideka Crosby
    - Jiha Moon

DRAWING:
  • Transparent Substrate Drawing


DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Finish Transparent Substrate drawing 
    - upload to Canvas
  • Watch:
    - Akunyili Njideka Crosby
    - Akunyili Njideka Crosby – Cultural Collision



Day 9 –  Weds, April 7 – TRANSPARENCY, LAYERING, CUT OUTS


IN-CLASS:
  • Warm-up drawings

  • Working with transparent substrates, techniques continued
  • Redactive & reductive drawing

  • Look at artists:
    - Trenton Doyle Hancock
    - Julie Mehretu
    - Kerstin Bratsch

  • Using layers in Photoshop

DRAWING:
  • Transparent Substrate Cut-out Drawing


DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Finish Transparent Substrate Cut-out drawing
    - upload to Canvas
  • Watch:
    - Julie Mehretu
    - Eduardo Chillida



Day 10 –  Weds, April 14 – DIGITAL LAYERING & TRANSPARENCY


IN-CLASS:
  • Reminder - EXTRA CREDIT - Attend Artist Talk April 16th - Sable Smith (zoom link in PDF)

  • Warm-up drawings

  • Layering digital and traditional drawing methods

  • Using layers in Photoshop:
    - Color correcting using Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers
    - Using Selection Tools
    - Layer Mask Tricks for Digital Colorists

DRAWING:
  • Digital Layering Drawing


DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Finish Digital Layering drawing
    - upload to Canvas
  • Watch:
    - Glenn Ligon (Art21 Season 6)
  • Read:
    - Creative Habit chapters 9&10
    - Complete Reading Response 5
    - Save as: Reading Response 5_your first and last name


Day 11 –  Weds, April 21 – FINAL DRAWING PROJECT


IN-CLASS:
  • Warm-up drawings



DUE NEXT CLASS:
  • Finish sketches for final drawing
  • Work on final drawing project
  • Watch
    - Raymond Pettibon in "Humor"
    - David Shrigley - another artist talk by Shrigley
    - Everything is a Remix
  • Read:
    - Creative Habit chapters 11&12
    - Complete Reading Response 6
    - Save as: Reading Response 6_your first and last name


Day 12 –  Weds, April 28 – WORK ON FINAL DRAWING PROJECT


IN-CLASS:
  • Warm-up drawings



FOR NEXT CLASS:
  • Work on final drawing project
  • Watch:
    - Margaret Kilgallen and Barry Mcgee (Art21 Season 1)




Day 13 –  Weds, May 5 – FINISH FINAL DRAWING PROJECT


IN-CLASS:
  • Warm-up drawings

  • Critique in-process final drawing



FOR NEXT CLASS:
  • Finish on final drawing project
  • Prepare for final critique
  • Watch
    - Jon Burgerman: The Art of Doodling




Day 14 –  Weds, May 12 (2-5pm) – FINAL CRITIQUE


IN-CLASS: LAST DAY ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
  • Present & Critique FInal Drawing