SYLLABUS • ART 24 BEGINNING DRAWING • Marlene Angeja, SPRING 2008

8/26

NOTE:  Check back frequently. The syllabus is subject to change!

Introduction/Objectives/Materials

Note: by next week students should have all materials available at all classes (get a locker!).

LECTURE: Gesture Drawing

• MATERIALS NEEDED: Drawing Journal, pencils, erasers. 

In Preparation for GESTURE DRAWING on Thursday, click on image to watch drawing demonstration.
Gesture drawing demonstration click here for demo on Archive.org

click here to subscribe - itunes

#1:  Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw

youtube video: Frank Gehry

Frank O. Gehry Sketches (architect)
Be sure to click on "view sketches" at the bottom of the page.

Alberto Giacometti

Rembrandt van Rijn  (lion)

Leonardo Da Vinci  (Bill Moyers, Arts & Culture: "Leaonardo da Vinci's Notebooks")

9/2

 

 

GESTURE DRAWING Gesture drawing

MATERIALS:   Drawing Journal, drawing board, newsprint pad, vine charcoal, all pencils, sharpener, all erasers.

BLIND CONTOUR / CONTOUR LINE

contour line drawing MATERIALS:   drawing board, newsprint pad, drawing paper pad, all pencils, sharpener, all erasers.

HOMEWORK:

IN JOURNAL: GESTURE drawings of figures in the field (outdoor observation):

  • 10 page in addition to classwork

IN JOURNAL: Line exercises - "ready, aim, fire":

  • 2 pages straight lines
  • 1 page straight lines creating pattern

gesture on about.com

gesture tutorial of inanimate object (utube)

drawing example - in motion

Blind Contour Drawing on about.com

Henri Matisse, (Wikipedia)

9/9

 

LECTURE: Contour line & Matisse

Cross Contour
Cross contour drawing MATERIALS: drawing board, newsprint pad, bristol board, all pencils & erasers, all charcoal, graphite pencil.

 

HOMEWORK for THURSDAY: Cut out "L Frames" from illustration board. Bring to class on Thursday.

BRING JOURNAL (up to date)

LINE WEIGHT: Matisse drawing
Matisse drawing MATERIALS: drawing board, newsprint pad, drawing paper, caligraphy brush & ink
, small water container

COMPOSITION: In addition you will need "2 "L" SHAPES (cut out from ILLUSTRATION BOARD), drawing board, newsprint pad, drawing paper


HOMEWORK:contour drawing of footCONTOUR drawing: your foot (#3 pencil on bristol)

The following are DUE on 9/16:
click here for full description

  1. Gesture drawing-2pages
  2. Blind contour-1page
  3. Eggs-1page
  4. Fruit contour & cross-1
  5. Branch cross contour-1
  6. Matisse line-2 pages
  7. Figure/ground-1 page
  8. Foot contour drawing (on bristol)

Jack Flam. MATISSE ON ART. "Looking at life with the eyes of a child." (Foundations #2)

Figure/Ground relationship

Henri Matisse, Museum of Modern Art (explore all the pages, especially figure drawings)

Richard Diebenkorn (at Cantor Arts Center)

Ingres

Elsworth Kelly

Robert Longo (compositon)

9/16

Portfolio #1 DUE / CRITIQUE OF WORK (bring tape and tracing paper)
Click here for full list of work.
NOTE CHANGES!

STUDIO:
Sequential Linear Exercises: loops

MATERIALS: drawing board, newsprint pad, drawing paper, all pencils, sharpener, plastic eraser

STUDIO: Belt,
Sequential Linear Exercises: curves

 belt

HOMEWORK
JOURNAL: Line exercises:"ready-aim-fire, right angle, spandrel (3 pages), 'Elipses en el cubo' (1 page)hand cross contourON BRISTOL: cross contour - your hand Due: 9/30

Download the following reading: D'Amelio. PERSPECTIVE (Foundations #7) Go to page 33-37 circles, cylanders, cones. (save the rest for later)

You tube demo: "ELIPSES en el cubo"

ARTIST TO EXPLORE:

Leonardo Da Vinci  (Bill Moyers, Arts & Culture: "Leaonardo da Vinci's Notebooks")

• The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci

• Da Vinci Anatomical Drawings

9/23

STUDIO - ELIPSES: Cylanders, Flower Potselipse exercise
• Materials:  Drawing paper, Newsprint pad, vine charcoal, all pencils (2B, 3B etc.), pencil sharpener, erasers.

STUDIO: Clustering Line: Hat, Rope
hat - clustering line drawing
see Da Vinci, Study of Water
• Materials:  Bristol paper pad, all pencils (HB, 2B, 3B etc.), pencil sharpener, erasers.

HOMEWORK JOURNAL:

  • Watch the Presidential election debate Friday 9/26 and make drawings (any kind, any medium) in your journal. (at least 4 pages)
  • Make a line drawing of an object that belongs to you (hat, cap, tools etc)
    Journal check next Thurs

Click here for full list of portfolio 2 (due 9/30)

Da Vinci, Study of Water

ARTIST TO EXPLORE:

pointilism: SEURAT & Pointilism

cross hatch: Giorgio Morandi (click on English version and explore the drawings etc.)

9/30

CRITIQUE: Portfolio#2 (see full list)

LECTURE: Value, Pointillism, Cross Hatch

pointilism drawingPOINTILLISM
Materials: Pen, ink, Bristol board, pencils, erasers.

Journal Check

POINTILISM continued

CROSSHATCH value scales

Materials: Pen, ink, Bristol board, pencils, erasers.

HOMEWORK:

On Bristol Board, using pen & ink draw an object using pointilism or cross hatch technique.

DUE: 10/9

Thurs: 10/2 Vice Presidential debate


POINTILISM :

Georges Seurat

CROSS HATCH:

Giorgio Morandi 
 

Rembrandt van Rijn

Also see current article with flash presentation of Morandi show

10/7

STUDIO:  Still Life - Hatching, Cross Hatching (pen&ink)
crosshatch pen and ink drawing

MATERIALS: Illustration Board 15x10"(see paper cut), also "L" frame, pencils, erasers ; pen & ink

Rendering Light: VALUE SCALES  /  SPHERES
Sphere

MATERIALS: Bristol Board, all pencils; erasers

HOMEWORK:

  1. Download and read: perspective > > >
  2. On newsprint, using a ruler - draw and label horizon line (HL) and one vanishing point (VP). Draw 5 cubes in ONE-point perspective some above and some below the horizon line. due Tues 10/14

Tues: 10/7 Presidential debate

D'Amelio. PERSPECTIVE (Foundations #7)
John Montague. BASIC PERSPECTIVE DRAWING: A Visual Approach (Foundations #5 

One-point perspective (exterior)

Two-point perspective (exterior)

Perspective (wikipedia)

Leon Battista Alberti: On Painting

10/14

 

STUDIO: 1 pt LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
Hallway in one-point perpective

MATERIALS: Drawing board, Drawing paper ; pencils, erasers ; 24" ruler

LECTURE: Perspective / Photo Shoot

STUDIO: 2pt LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
two point perspective drawing

MATERIALS: Drawing board, Drawing paper ; pencils, erasers ; 24" ruler

HOMEWORK:

  1. Draw a box or book using two-point perspective. Use bristol board taped onto a piece of newsprint (the newsprint is for including vanishing points outside.) Show HL, VPs. Include details and shading.
  2. Photo Shoot: Self-portrait Photos will be due on Tues, 10/28. (see below for more details)

 

Video: Chuck Close on Charlie Rose

10/21

Perspective & Rendering Light: BOOKS
books in perspective

MATERIALS: BRING 1 hard-bound book (for prop). Bristol Board; newsprint, all pencils; erasers

PORTFOLIO #3 DUE (Thursday) See list

flowerpot conte drawing
FLOWERPOTS (elipse, conte)

Materials: contë (4colors), drawing paper, drawing board, erasers, ruler, L frames, tapek, tracing paper.

HOMEWORK: Photo Shoot:  PORTRAIT (front view)
Prints: 2 copies(approximately 4x6" each)
Lighting:
NO FLASH
Pay attention to LIGHT SOURCE
If shooting outdoors – choose morning or late afternoon in order to have single light source
If shooting indoors, use single light source (ie: window with light coming through or spotlight)
Must have prints IN CLASS: 10/28

photos - self portraits:

Robert Mappelthorpe, self portrait

Chuck Close, photograph     

Chuck Close, Study for Self Portrait

William Bailey

William Bailey at Crown Point Press

John Singer Sargent

INGRES  

Ingres: Portrait Drawings

10/28

LECTURE: Artists
MUST HAVE portrait photos in class
(2 prints 4x6" each)
portrait, daniel lyons GRID COPY
Materials: Drawing paper, tracing paper, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, soft pastels (different colors, if you have), ruler, tape, and photos from photoshoot.

Continuation of Grid Copy

See graduate shows in student galleries this week.

HOMEWORK:

Finish Grid Copy

Journal Drawings: Museum Visit click here for more information (this assignment is due before final journal check at end of Nov.)

Chuck Close interview this week (Oct.26) on Terri Gross (you can download the podcast)

contë drawings:

Chuck Close, Self Portrait in museum   

Chuck Close

Vincent Van Gogh

Da Vinci Self Portrait

11/4

TUESDAY: LIBRARY RESEARCH

Meet us at King Library (3rd floor) either at 8:30, 12:30, or visit later in the day.
Check out an Artist Catalog. see Artist List for suggestions. See Homework assignment for this weekend.

Please be sure to VOTE!

TONE (VALUE STUDY)
tone study
Materials: drawing paper, compressed charcoal (soft), chamois, kneeded eraser, tracing paper, blending stick (optional)

NOTE: this is a long still life. Please come prepared with ALL listed materials.

HOMEWORK:

COPY FROM ARTIST CATALOG
Pencil (rendering) on drawing paper or other media (pastel etc.). Start by drawing a frame that is larger but the same proportions as the original artwork. (this should be a 6 hour drawing, carefully rendered)
On the ouside of frame write the name of artist, date and title of artwork that you have copied. DUE with portfolio #4

Reading: Copying, Sketching & the Power of Influences

COPY: note: there are many ways to draw from a 2D source. One possible device is to use a grid.

Arshile Gorky, Portrait of Artist and his Mother (preperatory sketch)

Arshile Gorky, Protrait of Artist and his Mother (painting)

11/11

TUESDAY 11/11
VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY

suitcase conte drawingSUITCASE (perspective)
Materials: contë (4colors), drawing paper, drawing board, erasers, ruler, L frames, tape, tracing paper.

HOMEWORK: continue - COPY FROM ARTIST CATALOG
Pencil (rendering) on illustration board. Frame must be same proportions as original. (this should be a 6 hour drawing, carefully rendered)

reading:  Jack Flam. MATISSE ON ART. "Exactitude is not Truth " (Foundstions #3)

Ingres, costume study (artchive.com)

11/18

FABRIC DRAWING
Materials: all pencils, drawing paper, erasers, BRISTOL BOARD.
fabric study

STILL LIFE (reflective surface)
Materials: pastels, 1 sheet gray pastel paper, 18x24"
reflective drawing

HOMEWORK: Gather and trim drawings for portfolio. Attach tracing paper at top. Click here for list of work due on Tuesday.

 

For an example of reflective surface see:
see:
Gale Antokal, "Past Accounts (Kanister)", pastel on paper,
18 x 24", 2000

11/25

PORTFOLIO #4 DUE | Critique
SLIDE LECTURE: Expressive Drawing

STUDIO: Caligraphic Drawing
cligraphic drawingMaterials: Brush, ink, water container, newsprint, drawing paper.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HOMEWORK:
SELF PORTRAIT - on drawing paper, any of the mediums used in class,
- must be from a mirror (not photograph)
- 4 hour drawing

see examples > >

Artist self-portraits:

Kathe Kollwitz, Self-Portrait (1924)

Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait

Ingres, Self Portrait

Max Beckmann's 'Self-portrait with Horn', 1938

Francesco Clemente

Francesco Clemente

12/2

 

ink wash drawing INK WASH 
Materials: caligraphy brush, ink, drawing paper, water container - also newsprint

click here for
INK WASH DEMONSTRATION

Foundations
Student Show

opening tonight
6-7pm

EXPRESSIVE DRAWING
Materials: All charcoal, pencils, pastels and any other mark-making instruments you have. Drawing paper, masking tape. You do not need drawing board because we will be using the wall or floor. (dress comfortably)
Bring a written dream.

HOMEWORK:
SELF PORTRAIT - continue
(DUE with final portfolio)

Here are links to several German Expressionist silent films from the 1920's that you can watch on line or download:

Expressionism

popular movies: (not always historically correct)

12/9

 

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PORTFOLIO #5 DUE
CRITIQUE:
ALL WORK must be turned in by today at BEGINNING of class.

FINAL JOURNAL CHECK (Museum drawings will be checked). In addition, Journals should be filled with any type of drawing in any medium.

       

FINAL:

EXAM day:
Tuesday, December 16, 9:45-12:00
 (Return of work and/or individual meetings)

link to finals schedule

    grade breakdown