IN-CLASS:

• Welcome/Intro to class
• Review material list
• Look through Email Etiquette
• Intro to Canvas - you will submit photos of work here
• Intro to Course webpage    
  
• Sign up for GroupMe - see sign-up doc

• Look at Contour Drawings
• Start Contour Drawings

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Purchase materials
• Create 4 Blind Contour drawings

    - Hand or foot
    - Shoe
    - Self-portrait
    - Portrait of a friend or a pet

• Watch video 

    - How to Hold and Control Your Pencil
    - Contour drawing
    - Blind Contour Drawing

IN-CLASS:

• Why draw? - Why We Should Draw More
• Look at the work of - David Hockney
  
• Work on Contour Drawings

    - sketch out general shape of still-life
    - then focus on detailed contours  

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Detailed contour drawing of personal still life - see assignment

Remember- make sure photos are in-focus, without shadows, and rotated for the correct orientation 

• Watch:

    - Measuring a drawing with your pencil    
    – More on Contour Drawing

IN-CLASS:

• Extra credit - Shanequa Gay artist reception
• Did you watch - Measuring a drawing with your pencil

• Critique Contour Drawings

• Look at Negative Space Drawing
• Begin Negative Space Drawings  

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Negative Space Drawing - at-home still life
• Watch

    – Using Negative Space
    - Measuring and Proportion 

IN-CLASS:

• Study abroad
• Extra credit - visit High Museum (3rd floor contemporary art section)

• Look at the work of - MC Escher
• Final Negative Space Drawing  
  

• DUE NEXT CLASS:
• Final Negative Space Plant Drawing
•     - make sure you bring this drawing to class for critique
• Bring a ruler for next class
• Watch - David Hockney: Drawing from Life

IN-CLASS:

• Critique Negative Space Drawing
• Look at the work of - Kara Walker
  
• Begin One-Point Perspective Drawings  

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Watch:

    - One Point Perspective in 5 mins
    - One point perspective

• Complete One-Point Perspective Drawing Exercise
• Watch:

    - How to draw a room in 1-Point perspective
    - How to Draw a Room in 1-Point Perspective

• Make a One-Point Perspective Room Drawing

IN-CLASS:

• Look at One-Point Perspective Drawings
• Look at the work of - Julie Mehretu
• In-class one-point perspective exercise
  
• In-class two-Point perspective exercise
  
• In-class classroom in perspective exercise
  
  
• DUE NEXT CLASS:
  

 

• Watch:     

    - Drawing in Two Point Perspective
    - Drawing a chair with Two-Point Perspective

• Work on Two-Point Perspective Drawings    

    - Draw 5 cubes in two-point perspective
    - Draw a chair in two-point perspective

• Watch

    - How to Draw a City in Two-Point Perspective

• Draw a City in Two-Point Perspective

IN-CLASS:

• Look at grades - look at comments
• Continue two-Point Perspective Drawing

    - Draw a stool in perspective

• Review angles and negative space
• Intro to value - make a value scale
  
• Draw a simple still life with value

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Watch 

    - Elements of Art: Value
    - Shading with Charcoal and Graphite
    - Local, Conditional, & Layered Value in Graphite

• Finish the value scale
• Draw a simple Still Life with Exxagerated Value

• Purchase graphite drawing pencils if you have not already

NO CLASS

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Finish simple Still Life with Exxagerated Value
  
  
• Watch 

    - Shading Fundamentals - value
    - Measuring and Proportion

IN-CLASS:

• Look at your grades - check comments
• Shanequa Gay artist talk - this Wednesday, October 26th at 6pm in Conant

• Have you purchased graphite drawing pencils?

• How to edit your art photos on your phone

    - Brightness
    - Contrast
    - Warmth/White Balance
    - Cropping

• Look at Exaggerated Value Drawing

• Look at the work of - Chuck Close, Vija Celmins

• Intro to Value 

    - local vs. conditional value
    - contrast - low vs. high
    - Vine charcoal vs. compressed charcoal vs. graphite

• Value techniques 

    - Hatching,
    - Cross-hatching,
    - Stippling

• Creating value with shading 

 

• Work on In-Class Value Drawing
  

    - upload to Canvas
   
DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Watch: 

    - Pencil Drawing Techniques (cross-hatching, stippling, etc.)
    - Drawing Basic Shapes with Charcoal

• Work on Value Drawing using Different Value Techniques

• Make sure you watched: 

    - Measuring and Proportion
    - Shading with Charcoal and Graphite
    - Local, Conditional, & Layered Value

IN-CLASS:

• Work on In-Class Value Drawings

    - Still Life with Different Value Techniques
    - Leaf with Cross-hatched Value

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Work on Value Drawing - Still Life with Reflective Objects and Natural Objects
• Watch 

    - How to Shade Using Pencils
    - Drawing Glass and Metal/Reflective Objects
    - Drawing Leaves in Pencil

NO CLASS:

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Finish Value Drawing - Still Life with Reflective Objects and Natural Objects
• Watch

    - How to draw basic forms with charcoal
    - Art History And Drawing: 15 Minutes With Delacroix

IN-CLASS:

• Shanequa Gay Masterclass - Wed, Nov 16th
• Work on In-Class Value Portrait Drawing     

    - upload to Canvas

• Look at previous student Trompe L’Oeil drawings 
• Look at William Powhida
  
• Begin Trompe L’Oeil Paper Drawing

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Refine and Finish Still Life with Reflective Objects and Natural Objects

    - add darkest values with compressed charcoal

• Prepare for Trompe L’Oeil Paper drawing    

    - Choose paper with some writing on it    
    - Crumple it up and then uncrumple it so it has interesting shadows    
    - Take a photo of the wrinkled paper    
    - Print out the photo in color and in black and white
    - Bring print-outs to class

• Start Trompe L’Oeil Paper drawing (work for at least1-2 hours)

    - layout lightly in pencil

• Watch - Drawing VS Reality

IN-CLASS:

• Check grades and comments

• Look at Natural and Reflective Object Drawing

• Look again at the work of - Vija Clemins and WIlliam Powhida
  
• Work on Trompe l’Oeil Paper Drawing  

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Finish Trompe L’Oeil Paper Drawing

    - Upload to Canvas
    - Bring Drawing to next class

• Prepare Final Drawing

    - Photograph what you will draw
    - Print out photo in Black and White

NO CLASS: 

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Finish Trompe L’Oeil Paper Drawing    

    - Upload to Canvas    
    - Bring finished drawing to next class

• Start Final Drawing    

    - Bring print out of photo to next class

IN-CLASS:

• Review the previous student Trompe L’Oeil drawings

• Finish Trompe L’Oeil Paper Drawing
• Start Final Drawing  

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Work on Final Drawing
• Bring finished Trompe L’Oeil Paper Drawing to next class

IN-CLASS:

• Reminder - Please fill out Course Evaluations

    - Remember, if entire class fills out evaluation, everyone recieves extra credit :)

• Work on Final Drawing

DUE NEXT CLASS:

• Finish Final Drawing
• Prepare for Final Drawing Critique

    - Upload Final Drawing Photo

• Watch - Drawing VS Reality
  

IN-CLASS:

• FINAL CRITQUE - Critique Final Drawing :)  
• Please give feedback to Nadine and upload images of your work so Nadine can give you feedback