Final Changes

Due to our unexpected snow day, all finals will be held on Monday, December 20 through Wednesday, December 21. Here is the new exam schedule:

• Monday, December 20^th – periods 4, 1 and 2       
• Tuesday, December 21^st – periods 5, 3 and 7
• Wednesday, December 22^nd – periods 6 and 8

Drawing and Painting will have the same exam as has been explained in class. Here are the objectives of the exam drawing:

With the drawing paper provided, draw the still life and cast shadows. Create a full value drawing using either pencil or charcoal. You will be graded on the following criteria. 

Composition. Did you take into consideration placement on the paper, the cast shadow, and the negative space? Since you had such a simple subject, did you create an interesting drawing?
Value to model form. Did you correctly create a full value scale from 0-9 without too many 0 or 9 areas? How controlled is your transition from 0-9 values?
Technique. Did you demonstrate and good understanding of how use the medium you chose to draw the still life with?
Perspective. Did you sightlines and measurements to make sure your still life was in perspective and in proportion including the shadows?

Gesture Drawing Journal Assignment

This assignment was handed out on Thursday, December 9.

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December 13-16

Studio Projects: Gesture Drawing in an Environment

• Monday-Thursday: Work on creating a finished gesture drawing with value in an environment.
• Thursday: Gesture Journal pages due! (you had two days to work on them last week!)

Final Exam Schedule: (You will complete a small drawing in class for the final)

• Friday, Dec. 17 - 1st Period
• Monday, Dec. 20 - 2nd Period

VVJournal Assignment: Create 2 full-page spreads (that is 4 half pages if you are counting; or 2 pair of facing half-pages – think that covers it!) using the gestures from our first days of gesture drawing.

1. Develop the gesture drawings – add clothes and objects for the gestures to hold. Be creative! Have the gestures interact.
2. Develop a background! Give the figures somewhere to be. Make the background go with the figures and their clothing. Be creative – yes, again!

Materials you can use? Watercolor, tempera, scrap construction paper, india ink (your favorite), charcoal pencils, colored pencils (in the table boxes); tissue paper; magic marker washes. Be inventive!!

Gesture drawing Power Point

This is the power point from Friday's (Dec. 3) class.

Gesture drawing

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December 6 - 10

Studio Projects: Gesture Drawing in an Environment

• Monday: Continue gesture drawing from models in class. Work on using sightlines to get figure in proportion.
• Tuesday: Gesture drawing is continued with seated poses and foreshortening. Perspective Journal is due on Ms. Dreher's last day. You can bring in treats to celebrate her last day.
• Wednesday-Thursday: We will begin drwing longer poses focusing on creating value.
• Friday: Journal Day! We will work on creating an environment for our gesture drawings in our journal.

VVJournal Assignment: Exploring and Practicing Perspective (Aerial and Linear). This journal is broken down into 3 parts, so you will essentially have 3 complete pages on perspective. The first page explores different terms and vocabulary related to perspective, the second page explores famous artists and artworks that use perspective, and the third page will be your own perspective still-life drawing. Due Monday 12/6 or Tuesday 12/7 (depending on which day you

November 29-December 3

Studio Projects: Charcoal Self-Portraits

• Monday: Extra Credit Journal Assignment Due Today! New Journal Assignment-3 pages on Perspective. Work on Self-portraits. Use careful measurement to get accurate proportions and perspective. Drawing hair.
• Tuesday: Work on self-portraits. Adding clothing, background, and "icing on the cake" details. New HW Assignment.
• Wednesday: Work on self-portraits-Due Thursday December 2.
  
• Thursday: Self-portrait Drawings Due today! Work on Perspective Journal assignment-due Monday or Tuesday 12/6-12/7 (EOCT Schedule)
  
• Friday: Finish Perspective Journal assignment. Introduce Gesture TBD
  

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday November 30 your homework will be to draw 5 boxes from different perspectives, or eye levels. You will need only 1 box (shoe box, cereal box, tissue box, jewelry box, etc) to draw from observation! Place the box on a table, sit in 5 different places for 5 minutes each to draw the box from different perspectives. (Hint: Sit directly in front of the box, Stand over the box looking down at it, Sit on the floor and look up at the box, Turn the corner of the box toward you, etc) Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Remember this is modified contour drawing – all will be in line. Drawings due on Tuesday December 7th .

VVJournal Assignment: Exploring and Practicing Perspective (Aerial and Linear). This journal is broken down into 3 parts, so you will essentially have 3 complete pages on perspective. The first page explores different terms and vocabulary related to perspective, the second page explores famous artists and artworks that use perspective, and the third page will be your own perspective still-life drawing. Due Monday 12/6 or Tuesday 12/7 (depending on which day you come to Drawing and Painting on EOCT Schedule) See assignment sheet below.

Extra Credit Journal Assignments

These assignments are due on Monday, November 29th! No late exceptions will be made.

Fa2010 dp ap_extra credit journal

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November 22-23

Studio Projects: Charcoal Self-Portraits

• Monday: Work on Self-portraits. Use careful measurement to get accurate proportions and perspective. Drawing ears.
• Tuesday: HW: 5 self-portrait contours due today. Work on self-portraits. Anatomy of neck and shoulders, adding clothing. Journal extra credit assignments.
• Wednesday-Friday: Thanksgiving Break!

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday November 16 your homework will be to draw 5 Modified Contour Self-portraits. You will need to look at yourself in the mirror because you should be drawing from observation! Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Remember this is modified contour drawing – all will be in line. Drawings due on Tuesday, November 23 .

Facial features eye structure

This is the presentation on eye structure we went over in class on Monday.

Facial features eye structure

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November 15-19

Studio Projects: Charcoal Self-Portraits

• Monday: Introduce Self-portrait project, Demo on Measuring with the "perfect eye".
• Tuesday: HW: 5 socks due today. Mini-lab Assignment-Facial Features Due Today. Use measuring and proportion techniques to work on Charcoal Self-portraits.
• Wednesday: Work on Self-portraits-proper use of black and white charcoal on gray paper.
• Thursday: Work on Self-portraits.
  
• Friday: Finishing techniques for charcoal self-portraits.

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday November 16 your homework will be to draw 5 Modified Contour Self-portraits. You will need to look at yourself in the mirror because you should be drawing from observation! Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Remember this is modified contour drawing – all will be in line. Drawings due on Tuesday, November 23 .

Mini-lab Assignment – Cut-out parts of large parts of faces from magazines and paste in your journal (these should be as large or larger than life-size). You should cut-out eyes, nose, mouth, ears. You will then draw all of these in your journal on the same page as the pasted image as realistically as possible! Eyes, nose, and mouth should all be from a frontal view. You should have 2 ear drawings, 1 where you can see the whole ear, and another where the ear is partially covered by hair. Due on Tuesday, November 16.

November 8-12

Studio Projects: Color Value Drawings

• Monday: Continue Color Value Fruit Still-life Drawings on Felt paper.
• Tuesday: HW: 5 pants due today. New Mini-lab Assignment-Parts of the Face Drawings. Last day in-class to work on Color Value Fruit Still-life drawings (because we're using real fruit!)-Due Friday.
• Wednesday: Introduce Self-Portrait Proportions and new studio project. Use measuring and proportion techniques to begin drawing portraits.
• Thursday: Use mirrors and measuring techniques to draw self-portraits.
  
• Friday: Color Value Fruit Still-life Drawing Due Today. Work on Self-Portrait Drawings.

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday November 9 your homework will be to draw 5 pairs of socks. You may not finish the entire sock, but you should be looking at all the folds and details and drawing from observation! Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Remember this is modified contour drawing – all will be in line. Drawings due on Tuesday, November 16.

Mini-lab Assignment – Cut-out parts of large parts of faces from magazines and paste in your journal (these should be as large or larger than life-size). You should cut-out eyes, nose, mouth, ears. You will then draw all of these in your journal on the same page as the pasted image as realistically as possible! Eyes, nose, and mouth should all be from a frontal view. You should have 2 ear drawings, 1 where you can see the whole ear, and another where the ear is partially covered by hair. Due on Tuesday, November 16.

Green rubric 2010

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Green rubric 2010

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Color Value Spheres Mini-Labs

This is the value spheres mini-labs handed out on November 2nd.

Dp color value minilab assignment (3)

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Using Color to Create Value and Form

This is the power point to introduce our move to color. It was shown on Monday, November 1st.

Dp Color Value Lesson Slide Show

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November 1-5

Studio Projects: Color Value Drawings

• Monday: Introduce drawing Value using Color. Mini-lab: Color value spheres and practicing new medium-chalk pastels and felt paper. EXTRA CREDIT: BRING IN RED APPLES AND/OR GREEN PEARS FOR FRUIT STILL-LIFE!
• Tuesday: Journal Assignment Due Today. Homework: 5 Shirts Due today. Review setting up a composition. Complete at least 3 contour sketches of still-life for compositional planning.
• Wednesday: . Finish value spheres mini-lab and contour composition planning sketches BEFORE Beginning color value still-life drawing on felt paper using chalk pastels.
• Thursday: Work on Color Value Still-life drawings.
  
• Friday: Value Still-Life Drawing Due Today. Work on Color Value Still-life drawings.

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday, October 25^th, homework assignment will be to draw a shirt hanging on a hanger. Each day you should change the shirt. Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Remember this is modified contour drawing – all will be in line. Drawings due on Tuesday, November 2.

Journal Assignment – Make 5 full page spreads (a half page). Your decide the concept. A good place to look for inspiration is to open up your language book and point to a sentence. Make it the basis for the concept. For technique – choose a different technique from the “Stuck? Need a new idea?” Journaling technique pages in your folder. Include writing with each paqge. Due on Tuesday, November 2nd.

October 25 - 29

Studio Projects: Pencil Value Drawings

• Monday: Work on Still Life. 
• Tuesday: Homework drawings are due. Work on Still Life. Today you should be moving from mid-state into the finishing stages of the drawing.
• Wednesday: Work on Value Still Life. Last day in class. Still Life Drawing is due on Wednesday, November 3rd. 
• Thursday: TBA
• Friday: TBA

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday, October 25^th, homework assignment will be to draw a shirt hanging on a hanger. Each day you should change the shirt. Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Remember this is modified contour drawing – all will be in line. Drawings due on Tuesday, November 2.

Journal Assignment – Make 5 full page spreads (a half page). Your decide the concept. A good place to look for inspiration is to open up your language book and point to a sentence. Make it the basis for the concept. For technique – choose a different technique from the “Stuck? Need a new idea?” Journaling technique pages in your folder. Include writing with each paqge. Due on Monday, November 1^st.

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DP 3

• Studio Projects: Work on your giant Value Drawing.
• Homework – follow the assignments for DP1.
• Journal Assignment – 8 full-page spreads (1/2 pages)  like DP1.
• Home Project – Choose one of your Full-Page Spreads and develop it into a completed piece.

October 17-22

Studio Projects: Pencil Value Drawings

• Monday: Should begin breaking down your values today. You set the 0s and the 9s – decide which pencil will give you the best light and dark values. Begin sculpting the objects in value. Don’t get distracted by details. Environments Journal pages are due! Mini-Labs will be graded along with the environment pages.
• Tuesday: Homework drawings are due. Discuss how to decide what are the best techniques to use for the creating the values on each object.
• Wednesday: Work on Value Still Life. Next Journal Assignment will be introduced. Students may work on the journal during the value project.
• Thursday- Friday: Working value project or journal assignments.

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday, October 18^th, homework assignment will be to draw a shirt hanging on a hanger. Each day you should change the shirt. Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Remember this is modified contour drawing – all will be in line. Drawings due on Tuesday, October 27^th.

Journal Assignment – Make 5 full page spreads (a half page). Your decide the concept. A good place to look for inspiration is to open up your language book and point to a sentence. Make it the basis for the concept. For technique – choose a different technique from the “Stuck? Need a new idea?” Journaling technique pages in your folder. Include writing with each paqge. Due on Monday, November 1^st.

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DP 3

• Studio Projects: Work on your giant Value Drawing.
• Homework – follow the assignments for DP1.
• Journal Assignment – 8 full-page spreads (1/2 pages)  like DP1.
• Home Project – Choose one of your Full-Page Spreads and develop it into a completed piece.

October 12 - 15

Studio Projects: Pencil Value Drawing

• Monday: Teacher Workday – no school.
• Tuesday: Homework drawings are due. Begin modified contour drawings of your still life in your journal – you will need 3 drawings. Discuss what makes a well-planned composition.
• Wednesday: PSAT – no class.
• Thursday: Complete your still life drawing plan. Discuss how to begin the still life drawing.
• Friday: Work on your still life drawing. Journal assignment due today.

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday, October 19^th, homework assignment will be to draw a coffee cup on different surfaces. Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted drawing. Drawings due on Tuesday, October 12^th.

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DP 3

• Studio Projects: Create a large still life drawing of the Asian still life in class.
• Journal Assignment – Environments, due on Friday, October 15^th.
• Home Project – Coming soon!

Dp1 replacement project

If you are a student who wants to improve your first studio project grade, here is the assignment. There is one and only one due date for this one - Friday, October 15th. There will be no late work accepted - even if your cat ate your dog who ate your homework! :)

Dp1 replacement project

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October 6 - Pencil Value Power Point

This is the class presentation with the mini-lab images.

Creating form on a 2 d surface

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October 4 - 8

DP 1

Studio Projects: completing the Expressive Hands and will begin a pencil Value Drawing

• Monday: Work on Hands. New journal assignment will be handed out. REMEMBER: I removed the "windows" option under requirements.
• Tuesday: Homework drawings are due. Work on Expressive Hands and Journal.
• Wednesday-Thursday: Introduce value drawing and discuss different pencil techniques. Complete 6 mini-labs in your Journal by Tuesday, October 12.
• Friday: Critique Tool Composites and Expressive Hands.Complete the Pencil techniques and value sphere in journal.

Extra Credit – bring in Asian objects for a still life.

Homework – Beginning on Tuesday, October 5^th, homework assignment will be to draw your iPod or cell phone on different surfaces. Use pen, record the beginning and ending time. Draw for 5 minutes uninterrupted. Drawings due on Tuesday, October 12^th.

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DP 3

• Studio Projects: your artist research self-portrait is due on Monday, October 4^th.  Begin a large value drawing in pencil. Pencil Mini-labs due on Tuesday, October 12th.
• Journal Assignment – Environments
• Home Project – View down a street

September 27 - October 1

DP 1 - Expressive Hands - Project Objectives: Create a 18x24 drawing of hands made through direct observation of expressive poses. Use a dip pen to create a composition with visual movement. There must be more than 5 hands. Craftsmanship counts.

• Monday: Absolutely last day to work on your tool project in class. Drawing Technqiues Quiz. VVJournals are due.
• Tuesday: Introduce expressive hands and review outline contours. Discuss project guidelines.
• Wednesday: Tool drawing techniques are due. Composing the final composite will be discussed. Continue working on hand drawings.
• Thursday: Continue working hand drawing. Introduce journal entries for contour project.
• Friday: Work on hand drawings or journal entries.

Homework Assignment: This is the homework assignment we have never completed. Make a 15 minute drawing  of your hand holding a pair of scissors each day. Write the date and beginning and ending times. Use pen. Due on Monday, October 4.


Journal Assignment: Create three double page spreads about contour lines. One spread should be a drawing of a public place or environment, like a classroom. The second spread should be a space you share with someone else, like your table you work at or eat at. The third spread should be a space where only you spend time, like your backpack or your locker. All pages must be created in pen line and completed in color using watercolor, tissue paper, or pastels.

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DP 3 - Studio Project - Self-Portrait in bridging a connection to your artist research. Begin with charcoal and gesso washes. Project due on Monday, October 4th.

September 20-25

DP 1 - Unit 1 Studio Project - A Well-Composed Composite of Drawing Techniques of the Same Object

• Monday: Review the expectations for the studio project and due date. Work on Studio Project.
• Tuesday: Discuss journaling assignments and demo in class on journaling expectations.
• Wednesday - Friday: Work on studio projects and journal assignments. Studio Project is due on Friday at the end of class.

DP Weekly Homework: Beginning on Wednesday evening, make a 15 minute drawing  of your hand holding a pair of scissors each day. Write the date and beginning and ending times. Use pen. Due on Tuesday, September 28.


Journal Assignments Changes from the original assignment sheet:

1. Make Technique pages using all of the following mini-labs you have created in class. (use as many pages as necessary)

Stippling Sphere	Outline Contour
Value Collage Sphere	Cross-contour object
Hatching object	Cross-hatching sphere in pencil
Cross-hatching sphere in pen	Hi-contrast object

·       Make a main title and label each technique.

·       For each technique include a reflection statement about what worked and what didn’t with the technique. Leave yourself some information to look back on.

2. Object Research (full page or bleed)

·       Research your tool online. Find out who made, how it is used, and when was it invented.

·       Make a title.

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DP 3 

Journal Assignment: you should be finishing up your research for your journal pages. Journal should be completed by Friday, Sept. 24.

Studio Project Assignment: Assignment will be handed out in class and due date set.

Home Project: Assignment will be handed out and due dates set. Students will also have to find an artist who has completed this type of painting as a reference.

Compositional Techniques

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Compositional Techniques

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September 13 - 17

DP 1 - Unit 1 Studio Project - A Well-Composed Composite of Drawing Techniques of the Same Object

• Monday: Work on cross-hatching in pencil and pen and the value collage sphere.
• Tuesday: All techniques are due - outline contour, stippling, cross-contour, hatching, cross-hatching in pencil, cross-hatching in pen, and value collage are all due. High-contrast will be introduced.
• Wednesday: Work on journal assignments. 
• Thursday: Composition Power Point. Begin drawings for final composite piece.
• Friday: Work on composite pieces and journal pages.

DP Weekly Homework: Beginning on Wednesday evening, make a 15 minute drawing  of your hand holding a pair of scissors each day. Write the date and beginning and ending times. Use pen. Due on Tuesday, September 21.

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DP 3 Students --

First Studio project, home project, and journal assignments are due on Tuesday, September 14.

• New Projects - 
• Journal Assignment. Artist research must be completed first. Due on Friday, September 24th.
• Home Assignment. Due on Friday, September 24th.
• Studio Project. Due date is TBA.

DP1 Homework - due Tuesday, September 14

Make four drawings of your foot in a shoe with laces. Each drawing needs to be 15 minutes long, write the beginning and ending time as well as the date for each drawing. Use pen.

September 7 - 10

DP 1 - Unit 1 Studio Project - A Well-Composed Composite of Drawing Techniques of the Same Object

• Tuesday: Review techniques so far - outline contour, stippling, cross-contour, and hatching. Begin cross-hatched value sphere in pencil.
• Wednesday: Work on cross-hatched value sphere in pen.
• Thursday: Begin value strips for a value collage using ink washes.
• Friday: Work on Journal Assignments.

DP Weekly Homework: 

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DP 3 Students --

• Studio Project - Due Date for the Weird Perspective Drawing is Thursday, September 9th.
• VVJ Assignment - Due Date for the 5 pages on your favorite color is Thursday, September 9th.
• Homework Assignment - Due Date is Tuesday, September 14th.

August 30 - September 4 (First Week Information)

DP 1 - Unit 1 Studio Project - A Well-Composed Composite of Drawing Techniques of the Same Object

• Monday: Choose an object to draw. We will spend some time getting to know your object through blind contour and modified contour.
• Tuesday: Put your stippling value sphere into your journal with a title and reflect on the technique. Discuss the difference between CROSS-CONTOUR and HATCHING. Mini-lab is to perform both techniques on a portion of your object.
• Wednesday: Complete the Cross-Contour and Hatching mini-labs.
• Thursday: Discuss gesture massing with a pencil and then following up with an OUTLINE CONTOUR.
• Friday: Put all the mini-labs from the week into your journal. Work on the Research Journal assignment.

DP Weekly Homework: Make your "duck" hand, use a pen to draw your hand (fingers facing you). Draw for 15 minutes each night. You should have FIVE drawings to turn in on Tuesday, September 7th.

DP 3 Students --

• Studio Project - Due Date for the Weird Perspective Drawing is Thursday, September 9th.
• VVJ Assignment - Due Date for the 5 pages on your favorite color is Thursday, September 9th.
• Homework Assignment - Due Date is Tuesday, September 14th.

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Start up pages for your folder:

• Table of Contents
• DP 1 Syllabus & DP 3 Syllabus
• Art Room Expectations
• Creating a Visual Verbal Journal
• Criticism Cheatsheet
• Notebook Quotations Requirements
• Quotations Sheets

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Also from the first week...

Parent Acknowledgement Form

Lab Fee for Advanced Art Students

August 23 - 27

Drawing & Painting 1 - class this week will go something like this, but since it is the first week there will probably be changes.

• Monday: Introductions
• Tuesday: Pre-drawing of a tool. BRING A PENCIL AND ERASER!
• Wednesday: Syllabus and Class Expectations. We will set up your class folder (1st - orange and 2nd - purple). You need to have a two pocket 3-prong folder for Wednesday in your class' color. You can purchase your own, or one from me for 35¢ in class.
• Thursday: What is the purpose of a value sphere and how to make a correct one? Make a value sphere using stippling.
• Friday: Journaling in Drawing and Painting!

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Syllabus- Drawing & Painting 1, Fall 2010

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Syllabus - Drawing & Painting 3, Fall 2010

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