Drawing and Painting I
Week 1 |
Tuesday: Welcome to Art! Go over class expectations and material list.
Wednesday: Elements and principles of design. The STMA critique process. Thursday: Draw along (Line, Shape, value) Friday: Finish draw along |
Week 2 |
Sept.9-13 (The room will be rearranged – New seating chart)
Monday: Sketchbook assignment due (Assignment one – Illustrate your favorite poem or song). Intro to still life (space and line) Stool drawing. Tuesday: Viewfinder – Finish stool drawing Wednesday – Friday: Still life drawing. Line only |
Week 3 |
Sept.16 -20
Monday: Sketchbook assignment due. (Assignment two – Pick one: * Draw popcorn or Draw your favorite snack food * Draw an object melting or Draw a bowl of fruit, shade it) Monday – Gallery walk of line drawing. Demonstration of drawing fabric.
Tuesday – Work on still life drawing. Wednesday – Demonstration on drawing rope. More Rope and shading a skull.
Thursday – Friday: workdays |
Week 4 |
Sept. 23-27
Monday: Sketchbook assignment due (Assignment Three – Keyhole: what would you see through a keyhole? No eyeballs or space scenes. Monday – Friday: workdays on still life drawing. |
Week 5 |
Sept. 30 – Oct.4
Monday: Sketchbook assignment due (Assignment Four – Pick one: * Draw a grouping of leaves * Draw something you might find in a department store display * Draw a large jar and fill it up with something (candy, toys, rock, etc.) * Draw a mechanical object.) Monday – Critique of Still Life. Tuesday – Intro to Landscape and watercolor techniques. Wednesday – Friday Paint along. |
Week 6 |
Oct. 7 -11
Monday: Sketchbook assignment due. (Assignment Five – Study of your feet. Draw them in 4 different positions and from different angles and views.) Monday – Last day of paint along. Tuesday – Friday: Work on final landscape painting. (Video Link to samples and videos) |
Week 7 |
Oct. 14-15
Monday: The sketchbook assignment is due. (Assignment Six- Pick one: * Drawing of a house plant (real or artificial) * Draw an object with a surface texture. * Draw tools used in certain professions. * Draw the contents of a trash can) Monday-Tuesday: Work on landscape |
Week 8 |
Oct. 21-25.
Monday: No sketchbook assignment. Critique of Landscape. Tuesday: Harlem Renaissance Reading and questions. Wednesday: Gesture drawings with musical instruments Thursday: Refine one of your gesture drawings Friday: Final Drawing due. |
Week 9 |
Oct.28 -Nov. 1
Monday: Sketchbook assignment due. (Assignment Seven – Pick one: *Draw drapery and pattern: a shirt over a chair, a sheet around a banister, etc. *Draw in imaginary place- remember to show rich details) Monday: Color theory and Paint along. Tuesday: Finish paint along. Wednesday: Start Final Painting Thursday – Friday: Workdays. |
Week 10 |
Nov. 4 – 8
Monday: Sketchbook assignment due (Assignment Eight – Draw a portrait using light and shadow- place the light from different angles than “normal” -under the chin, behind the head, in front of the face.) Monday – Thursday: Painting days. Friday – Critique
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Week 11 |
Nov. 11 -15
Monday: Golden opportunity for sketchbook missing sketchbook assignments. Monday: Draw along – Head, structures, eyes, and more Tuesday: Draw along – nose and the structure of the nose. Wednesday: Draw along – lips/ mouth Thursday: Draw along – Hair / Time lapse portrait Friday: Start final portrait
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Week 12
Week 13
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Nov.18-22
Monday – Friday: Work on the final portrait
Nov. 25-26 A final critique of portrait and final assessment.
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Harlem Renaissance Resources below
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/harlem-renaissance.html
| Meta Warrick Fuller | 1877-1968 | African-American Sculptor |
| James Van Der Zee | 1886-1983 | African-American Photographer |
| Sargent Claude Johnson | 1887-1967 | African-American Sculptor |
| Palmer Hayden | 1890-1973 | African-American Painter |
| Archibald Motley | 1891-1981 | African-American Painter |
| Augusta Savage | 1892-1962 | African-American Sculptor |
| Dox Thrash | 1892-1965 | African-American Printmaker |
| Aaron Douglas | 1899-1979 | African-American Painter |
| Richmond Barthe | 1901-1989 | African-American Sculptor |
| William H. Johnson | 1901-1970 | African-American Painter |
| Lois Mailou Jones | 1905-1998 | African-American Painter |
| Charles Alston | 1907-1977 | African-American Painter/Sculptor |
| Allan Rohan Crite | 1910-2007 | African-American Painter |
| Romare Bearden | 1911-1988 | African-American Painter |
| Jacob Lawrence | 1917-2000 | African-American Painter |