Today's Class- With the course evaluations now completed, we were able to deal with actual class stuff today. We opened by looking at all the comic strip projects, thus learning what each was about. These will be graded and returned to the students next week. I also had students select slips of paper from hats, with nouns and modifying words/phrases, creating new combinations that will be the subjects for the last project, our 3D final. The morning class saw a set of slides, a very shallow overview of the history of sculpture, including prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Renaissance, Baroque, and various modern and contemporary approaches. By the afternoon the slide projector bulb had burned out, but this gave us time to look at examples of photographs students had taken as part of that assignment.
How to make this up- The last new project of the semester got a start today when students randomly selected topics for the 3D final project. From one hat students drew nouns, from the other modifying words or phrases, and together these created concepts, which the students are asked to use as the subject for a three dimensional work. Samples from previous semesters are posted in the previous blog entry from earlier this morning.
Here are some additional student examples:
Homework- The 3D final project started today will be due on December 21, 2018, our last day of class. Like everything else, it must be turned in that day by the end of class time. If you were not here today, you will need to get your subject from me. You may e-mail me and ask me to choose out of the hats for you, or you can choose them yourself next class.
The final version of the museum assignment is due on December 21, 2018, our last day of class.
The semester portfolio, the total of all artwork not otherwise graded this semester, will be graded at our last class meeting on December 21, 2018. Here is what will be expected to be part of that, and the day on this blog that the assignment was done:
Sep 14 contour line (shoes)
Sep 21 negative space (chair, bottles)
Sep 28 value drawing (charcoal)
Oct 5 mosaic collage
Oct 12 color wheel and complement mix
Oct 19 photography
Oct 26 visual rhythm (music)
Nov 2 collagraph plate
Nov 30 two point perspective
For next class Wed 12/12/18- Our next class meeting has been moved by Kean University to Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at the standard time for the class. We will not be starting anything new, so bring whatever materials you need to work on whatever class related item you plan to work on. It can be the final 3D project, something from the semester portfolio, or the museum assignment. On that day I will return whatever student work I have collected so far, including the comic strip projects, printed collagraphs, and completed museum papers.
Materials are whatever you choose to work with to create the sculpture. The piece can be modeled, carved, or assembled from whatever you want to use. Posted student examples (all from today on this blog) will show you some of the things students have used in the past, and if you are not sure, e-mail me and ask questions. Because you have to bring the materials and finished piece to class, I recommend something not too heavy, and a maximum of 12 inches in any direction.
The next week after that, our last meeting of the semester, we will be back on Friday, December 21, 2018.
