Master Painting Value Study, due Mon. 3/4

Make a photocopy or printout of a master painting in black and white. Using this photocopy, break down the shapes of value and light in the painting and make a collage out of black, white, and grey papers. The paper values can easily be made using various materials, printed out from a computer, or purchased. Then, working solely from the collage you have made, make another drawing using charcoal and ink. If desired, you can mask off a border with your masking tape.


Materials:

COLLAGE-(can be done in your sketchbook)
Photocopy of master painting
Black, white and grey paper
Glue or tape

DRAWING-
22”x30” WATERCOLOR paper--can be purchased at Blick Art Supplies, I'll be showing you some different types during class. (Some recommended brands include Stonehenge, Rives BFK, Strathmore and D’Arches.)
Ink--I will be showing some tips on how to use ink during class also.
Charcoal

Homework for Wednesday 2/27

For Wednesday I want you to complete two 8-value scales in your sketchbooks, 1 in a combination of your charcoal mediums, and 1 in a combination of your graphite mediums.

Be sure that you are defining 8 distinct values ranging in steps from dark to light (black to white)--(see the 'Value' power point for examples).

Link to Value lecture 10/1

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8S6WX-p8zmBT3Q4ZUo0MXotZk0

Sighting and Measuring Assignment due Mon. 2/25

In class we did a drawing from a projection of rigid forms, so over the weekend I want you to complete a drawing from observation of a 4-object still life of mainly organic forms (i.e. fruit, bottles, drinking glasses, any household objects, etc.).

Practice the same method of sighting we used in class while drawing your still life. Normally sighting lines become absorbed into the final drawing, but for this assignment I want you to leave evidence of the sighting and measuring. These can be light pencil lines, but I want to see that you're practicing this method.


Materials:
18”x24” DRAWING paper
Graphite pencil/compressed graphite

Remember to spray fix your drawings before turning them in if necessary!

Sighting and Measuring lecture--Wed. 2/20

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8S6WX-p8zmBQVRrc05DYmZKZnM

Negative Space lecture--Monday 2/18

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=df3rs8t3_994qsd7tgp

Animal Assignment due Mon. 2/18

Natural History Museum Animal assignment (Descriptive Textures)
Due Monday, February 18

We will be preparing for this assignment during Wednesday's class by drawing from observation in the Natural History Museum Hall of Mammals. You will choose one animal or scene of animals, and begin your drawing initially from observation. Focus on describing texture by using various line qualities or mark-making styles.

For Monday, you will need to further develop your drawing by placing the subject matter in a broader context. Think about the state these animals are in; they are preserved via taxidermy, in an attempt to look life-like. This attempt can often fall short, and drawing a deceased, taxidermied creature can raise some interesting concepts.

Ultimately, I want you place the animal(s) in a setting that reveals its falsity. You can work from an observed landscape, observed interior space, photographic material, or pull from your imagination. If you create an imagined setting, I would still encourage you to work in some way from observation, whether it be photographic imagery or a still life setup at home, etc. Think about the false nature of these animals and choose a setting that enhances this quality.

If you find yourself needing to spend more time in the museum outside of class time, below are the museum hours between now and the deadline:

Thursday 10 AM to 8 PM
Friday 10 AM to 5 PM
Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM
Sunday: 1 PM to 5 PM
Monday: CLOSED

Materials:
18”x24” DRAWING paper
Graphite pencil/compressed graphite

Remember to spray fix your drawings before turning them in if necessary!

Homework due Wednesday 2/13

Complete 5 individual texture studies in your sketchbook using any combination of charcoal or graphite mediums.  Each study should take up a full page in your sketchbook.  Choose any textures that you find in your dorm, apartment, house, outdoors, etc.  The studies can be of an object or simply a close-up rendering of a texture, i.e. a wooden surface, a carpet, a blanket, a window screen, your flip-flop, etc.

Link to Line Quality & Mark-Making Lecture

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=df3rs8t3_36c3nrbddm

Master Study handout

Master Study (Mark Making)—due Monday, Feb. 11

For this assignment, you will need to go to the art library and find an artist whose mark making style you respond to. Find a book of drawings and check it out of the library (you will need to bring the actual book to the critique, no printouts or photocopies). Below is a list of artists for you to begin with, but do not feel obligated to use one of my examples. From the book you’ve checked out, pick one drawing that you like in particular and make an interpretation of that piece. Drawings should emulate the style of mark making as closely as possible. Your objective is to reinterpret the subject matter at hand and make it your own.

Materials:

18”x24” drawing paper (NOT newsprint)

any combination of graphite pencil, charcoal pencil, vine or compressed charcoal

**don’t forget to use your spray fixative to ensure that your finished drawings aren’t damaged in transport or by handling them during critique, etc.

Here are some artists to get you started:

Jheronimus Bosch, Francis Bacon, Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Caspar David Friedrich, Artemisia Gentileschi, Francisco Goya, Philip Guston, Gustav Klimt, Claude Monet, Alphonse Mucha, Odd Nerdrum, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt van Rijn, Egon Schiele, Jan Steen, JMW Turner, Vincent Van Gogh, Johannes Vermeer, James Abbott McNeill Whistler