12/7/11 Drawing I

Today's Class- Today we did our final still life drawing of the semester, which serves as the class Final Project. A few minutes were also spent filling out the course evaluation forms.

How to make this up- Set up a still life. Place two low boxes on a table, drape with a white or light colored cloth. Arrange 5 objects on and around the boxes and light with a directional light to create patterns of light and shadow. For the objects, choose one each from among the following list:

a bottle

a hat

a shoe

a power tool

a large sports ball (basketball, football, etc)

a piece of sports related equipment (baseball mitt, golf club, etc)

For the drawing, you may use your choice of charcoal (vine or compressed), ink wash, or conte crayon (black, red, or combined). Spend up to 5 hours working on it. Above are a few examples from a previous semester.

Homework- Nothing new, so use the opportunity to catch up on any back homework you may have missed, or get that museum paper done.

**************2nd Half Portfolio******************

The following items are expected to be part of your 2nd half portfolio. The dates indicate where those things can be found on this blog.

11/2/11- Ink wash drawings of white objects (2)

11/16/11- Black Conte Crayon still life

11/16/11- Red Conte Crayon still life

11/23/11- Monotype prints of still life objects

11/23/11 (most students did 3 to 4)

11/30/11- Mixed red and black conte crayon

11/30/11- One from mannequin, one from live model

For next class 12/14/11- Our final meeting of the semester. We will have a detailed critique of all the final project drawings, and then everyone will be dismissed temporarily while I grade the final drawings, the museum papers, the 2nd half portfolios, and the sketchbooks. If you don't bring in the museum paper, portfolio or sketchbook, I can't grade them and you will get a zero for those items. No art supplies needed. All student work will be returned by the end of class that day.