COURSE SCHEDULES: M/W

SECTION 2: M/W 4:45-7:20P

WEEK ONE

1/21 MLK - no school

1/23 Introductions; read through syllabus; get oriented with blog;  buy all materials labeled NEEDED BY NEXT CLASS. (see materials list); buy text.

IMPORTANT: We will make a sketch book during class next week.  Be sure to arrive to class that day with all sketchbook papers prepared and ready to use (see materials list for details).

WEEK TWO

1/28  LINE AND OBSERVATION;  contour drawing- blind and modified contour

Homework- due next class:

- prepare sketchbook papers

- read chapter on LINE in text (p 2-10)
- due 2/6: Assignment 1: materials tests, contour drawings, sighted contour drawing (still life)..  UPDATE-- DUE 2/11

1/30  Sketchbook Workshop- prepare papers in class to make books on Monday. 

Homework:

- due next class: label sketchbook sections
- work on Assignment 1 (discussed in class and details on Assignments page on this blog)

WEEK THREE

2/4

SKETCHBOOKS- will finish in class
IN-CLASS EXERCISES- continue working with volume summaries and cross contour
DISCUSSION- still life drawing-look at Georgio Morandi
SUN BLEACH PRINTS- Introduction to Assignment, explained in class. (Due Week 14)

Homework:

- due next class -- Read Chapter 7, Developing Critical Thinking (pp 140-155)
- continue working on Assignment One

2/6

CRITICAL THINKING: In-Class Discussion on Chapter 7
LIGHT AND SHADOW :  In-Class cross hatching exercise (Kiki Smith, Edward Hopper- explained in class)
GESTURE: In-Class demonstration and life drawing

Homework:

- Finish Assignment One- due next class.

WEEK FOUR

2/11

- GROUP CRITIQUE- Assignment One Due

- Introduce artist presentation assignment (Due Week 13- Pick out your artist by Week 6) 

- Introduce exhibition review assignment (Due with final portfolio)

Homework:

For next class, Read p 29-35 (VALUE)

2/13

-VALUE- In-class exercises and discussion

Homework:

- Sketchbook Exercise- due 2/18- 10 step value scales in graphite, charcoal, collage
- due 2/18: read p 91 -105 (ILLUSION OF SPACE AND MOTION)
- Introduce Assignment Two - due 3/13 Multiple Views of Pikes Peak (explained in class) - incorporate 3 point perspective

WEEK FIVE

2/18 PERSPECTIVE

- box drawings: one point perspective
- foreshortened drawings (hand) and demo line drawing transfer 

2/20 PERSPECTIVE

- box drawings: two and three point perspective
- introduce assignment two, due 3/4 for critique

Homework:

- due next class- read p 66 -87 (PRINCIPLES OF TWO DIMENSIONAL DESIGN) AND p 10 - 39 (SHAPE & TEXTURE)

WEEK SIX - tentative (details tbd)

2/25   COMPOSITION

- Introduce midterm project (due 3/13)
- Homework: make final choice of artist for presentation (and an alternate choice); continue working on Assignment 2

2/27 COMPOSITION

Due today: name of artist for Artist Presentation assignment

Homework:

- Finish Assignment Two- for critique on Monday

WEEK SEVEN - tentative (details tbd)

3/4 GROUP CRITIQUE: ASSIGNMENT TWO

3/6 Studio Day- work on midterm projects in class

WEEK EIGHT 

3/11 Studio Day- work on midterm projects in class

3/13 Critique Midterm Projects / Portfolio and Sketchbook Due

--- NO LATE PORTFOLIOS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS. ---

Homework:

- read p 38 - 63 (COLOR) and other readings to be determined

WEEK NINE

3/18 --- COLOR --- Lecture and materials demo. Bring gouache and brushes to class.

3/20  -- COLOR --- IN CLASS EXERCISES

Introduce Assignment 3- COLOR STUDIES:

IN SKETCHBOOK- explained in class:

- Materials Tests

- 2 color wheels

- 2 master studies (one in new palette)

ON 18 X 24" WATERCOLOR PAPER (WILL BE PROVIDED):

- Multiple Views of Pikes Peak: incorporate color; choose a location you can return to at three different times of the day. Paint the same landscape three times, in different light.

WEEK TEN

3/25 SPRING BREAK

3/27 SPRING BREAK

WEEK ELEVEN

4/1 STUDIO DAY- WORK ON ASSIGNMENT 3 IN CLASS

homework:

- TAKE HOME TEST DUE WEDNESDAY 4/3 

(THIS IS 5% OF YOUR GRADE... LATE TESTS GRADED DOWN ONE LETTER GRADE PER DAY LATE)

4/3  FIELD TRIP-- Aaron Cohick Exhibition at Coburn Gallery, Colorado College

- Readings on shape & pattern (to be determined)

- ART & TEXT / INTERDISCIPLINARITY- readings from Cabinet Magazine

WEEK TWELVE 

4/8  IN-CLASS EXERCISES: Notan, interaction of light and dark

- Introduction to Assignment 4 (Color & Pattern)

4/10  IN-CLASS EXERCISES: Notan Studies continued; COLOR & PATTERN/ GEOMETRICAL DRAWING

- Introduction to Final Project

WEEK THIRTEEN

4/15 Studio Day: work on color & pattern;

Color Exercises Due today: NO CRITIQUE. I will check off your sketchbook and landscape assignments. Nothing collected.

- for next class: bring your presentation in progress in whatever format you're preparing it in (bring a thumb drive, laptop, etc)

(LATE COLOR EXERCISES WILL BE GRADED DOWN ONE LETTER GRADE PER DAY LATE.)

4/17  Studio Day: work on color & pattern

- Prep for Artist Presentations- we will test run your presentations to make sure tech is compatible

WEEK FOURTEEN

4/22 Artist Presentations

4/24 Artist Presentations

WEEK FIFTEEN

4/29 Studio Day- finish assignment four

- DUE TODAY BY 9PM: EMAIL FIRST DRAFT OF EXHIBITION REVIEW

5/1 GROUP CRITIQUE: Selections from Assignments 3 and 4

- Introduction to Final Project

WEEK SIXTEEN 

5/6 STUDIO DAY- WORK ON FINAL -- NO MARINA 

5/8 STUDIO DAY -- WORK ON FINAL -- NO MARINA

- DUE TODAY BY 9PM: EMAIL FINAL DRAFT OF EXHIBITION REVIEW 

WEEK SEVENTEEN

5/ 13  Final Critique; Final Portfolio and Sketchbook Due.

ALL HANDED IN. NO LATE PORTFOLIOS OR SKETCHBOOKS ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS.

5/17 Pick up portfolios and sketchbooks; Grades Posted on Blackboard