5/9: Final Projects ready for pick up!

Hey everyone,

I have finished grading your final projects so feel free to pick yours up anytime between now and May 16th (by 5pm at the latest)! Good luck with finals and happy almost-Summer!!

Best,

Mary 

Some Final Reminders!

Your final project, 'Expanding the Narrative', is due for our Final critique on Thursday, May 8th (also our final time meeting as a class).

I'll be finishing up your grades over the weekend or early next week, and will email you guys when your final projects are ready to pick up. And don't forget that all your work and supplies need to be out of the room by May 16th. See you all Thursday!

Best,
Mary

REMINDER: 10 In-class Figure drawings due Tuesday, May 6th, 'Expanding the Narrative' due Thursday, May 8th!

Just a reminder that this Tuesday, May 6th you'll need to turn in at least 10 Figure drawings from our in-class model sessions. At least one example should be in ink, the rest are your choice. I recommend choosing a selection of your strongest in-class figure drawings. The selection you turn in will count as one assignment grade.

Your 'Expanding the Narrative' assignment is due for our Final critique on Thursday, May 8th (also our final time meeting as a class)

Have a good weekend and I'll see you all on Tuesday!

Best,

Mary

4/22: EXPANDING THE NARRATIVE (Part 1 due Tuesday 4/29, Final drawings due Thursday 5/8)

EXPANDING THE NARRATIVE

For this assignment you will choose a short excerpt from a piece of text.  It can be as short as one page (as short as a sentence, even), but cannot exceed 3 pages.

From this piece of text, analyze the themes/imagery/symbols presented.  Then use this information to create an abstracted/expanded narrative for a series of figurative-based drawings.

The series should be at least 3 drawings, of a scale that is of relation to the subject matter/style being used.

For TUESDAY, APRIL 29th:

Choose the piece of text & make a photocopy that I can keep

Write one page/make a one page list of the themes/imagery/symbols of interest

Make a series of sketches/short proposal as to your approach for expanding this narrative

Remember to make this narrative your own.  Use figures (yourself/friends/family) to stage photographs to use as reference imagery.  At least one drawing of the series needs to be figurative, but the other drawings can be of other subject matter that is used to define/enhance the narrative you are attempting to portray.

IMPORTANT:  Narratives can be sequential or non-sequential (over the course of minutes? hours? years? back in time? with no sense of time?)

This series of drawings will be due on THURSDAY, MAY 8th

Final three weeks!!

Week 14:

4/22- CRITIQUE Figure at Full Scale, introduce Expanding the Narrative

4/24- Model (JENNY)

Week 15:

4/29- Model (JAY), 1^st part of Expanding the Narrative due

5/1- Model (JENNY)--Projector exercise

Week 16:

5/6- Model (JENNY & JAY), Selection of at least 10 in-class Figure drawings due

5/8- Final drawings for Expanding the Narrative due, FINAL CRITIQUE

4/15: FIGURE AT FULL SCALE due Tuesday 4/22

FIGURE AT FULL SCALE

DUE TUESDAY 4/22

Find a way to draw a full-scale figure in its entirety.  This could mean 1) very large sheet of paper 2) how can you fit a full-scale figure in a smaller picture plane?  how will the figure be confined to smaller space? (put together smaller panels? cut up the figure?)

Reminders for next week--TTh, April 1 & 3!

The written portion of your "Landscape of Contemporary Figuration" assignment is due on Tuesday, April 1st! "...write a one page paper explaining what you have gathered on how your artist has contributed to the contemporary context of figuration.  You can explain their content, style, methods, etc." Turn in a minimum of 1 page typed, double-spaced. Your final drawing will be due on Tuesday, April 15th!


Additionally, we'll be working in INK on both Tuesday and Thursday of the week, (Tuesday April 1st and Thursday April 3rd). Come to class both days prepared with your ink, a brush(es) and containers for water and for mixing different values to work with (I can explain how to do this if you don't know how....yogurt cups, ice cube trays, small palettes, plastic/styrofoam cups, plastic shot glasses, etc. all work well as containers). Be sure also to have your nicer quality drawing paper (NO newsprint) to use in class while working with the ink. You're welcome to bring in nicer watercolor paper or a smaller watercolor pad if you already own these items, otherwise your drawing paper, i.e. Bristol pad, will suffice.