Today's Class- Today we looked at art that had narrative, or stories to tell, as a common element. We went back as far as cave painting and Ancient Rome, through the Renaissance, and up to the 20th century. I also showed a few slide examples and actual examples of the art project that relates to this lesson, a narrative autobiographical comic strip. Student examples from earlier semesters can be seen above and below.
How to make this up- This is our first individually graded project of the semester. You will be creating an autobiographical comic strip, chronicling some true story that happened in your life. You must come up with symbolic characters to represent you and other people in the story, based on either personal associations with the people involved or the nature of the story itself. The final artwork will be colored with pastels, though you may draw it out in pencil first and use a pencil or marker to do the dialog lettering. Another student example and full details about the project can be found here.
You will be given almost all of next week's class to work on this, and additional time on your own after that, so students who missed today's class should have ideas for a story and characters before next week, but don't need to have it fully drawn by then.
Homework- The completed comic strip graded project is due at the beginning of class on April 20, 2011. We will look at all the finished comics at that time.
For next class 4/13/11- We will continue work on the comic strip project. We will also be printing the collograph projects started last week. Bring your 18" x 24" pad, pencil and eraser, pastels, and the completed collograph plate. If we did not yet see your photographs in class, bring them as well so everyone can see how you handled the assignment. We may also make a quick visit down the hall to check out the new grad student art show.
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