Today's Class- Today we looked at the proportional room/installation projects, where students were asked to build a room to house one of the pair of figures from the proportional figures exercise from a few weeks ago. The design of the room could be made to reflect the artist's view of what might make sense for the figure. They were graded and returned.
Otherwise, students could continue work on the book project started last week. Some have already finished, while some will continue to work on it until they are due next Tuesday morning.
The first museum paper came in today, even though they are not due until next week.
Homework- The book carving project will be due on Tuesday, December 1, 2015. The Museum paper is also due on December 1st. Any reasonably complete paper turned in that day will be considered on time. I will quickly review them that day, let the student know if there are any obvious omissions, and allow them to fix and resubmit them again for full credit by the end of the semester.
For next class 12/1/15- At the request of several students, I gave a bit of a preview today of next week's project, which will be the final project of the semester. I will go into much more detail next week, both in class on here online, but for now here's the basic information and a few examples from previous semesters.
You will be creating some large scale inflatable pieces, using thin plastic drop cloth sheets (sold in home improvement stores and anywhere house paint is sold) and clear plastic sealing tape (home improvement stores and anyplace that sells packaging materials). They will take the form of animals, at least 8 feet in one dimension. The finished pieces will be blown up with a hair dryer or a shop vac in reverse on the final day of class. Below are several examples from previous semesters.
The first step will be to create a 6 to 8 inch model of the creature using bristol board, and then to use that to figure out the size and shape of the clear plastic pieces that will be used to build the inflatable animal. I will bring some animal books to class next week, although you may also provide your own reference materials as well. All students will be asked to do pencil sketches of 5 different ideas, and then to turn one of them into the small 3 dimensional paper model. Students will have the option to work individually or in groups of up to 3 people on the inflatable piece. Groups will have to choose one of the models to expand into the large inflatable piece.
For the first week you will definitely need a sketchbook or loose drawing paper, pencil and eraser, scissors or a knife to cut paper, and glue. That is as far as most people get the first week, but if you wish to be prepared past that, have a clear plastic drop cloth and at least one roll of clear plastic sealing tape. You will have the last three weeks of class (next week plus the two more) to complete the project.
