Tuesday: Hand in Sketch book/Portfolio
FINAL DRAWING
PORTFOLIO DUE: April 28
Saddle/texture (macro)
NASR (Museum)
Black Paper
Model
Landscape
Sketchbook
There should be many drawings in your sketchbook beyond the
assigned to show you have taken the initiative to draw – including the assigned
of gesture, 3-d, self portrait, Internal
landscape, animal/veg/tree, etc., fav. thing over break, etc.
Thursday: Critique
if you want to bring some munchies in to share, we can have a party-critique.
reminder what you are suppose to have on your final critique:
(email me for any questions)
FINAL ASSIGNMENT
DRAWING
The final assignment in the class will reveal your growth as
a student in Drawing I.
Hopefully it will be the culmination of all of your
understanding of rendering in drawing.
Objective: to
choose one of the following as your final project. You should research the suggested names of artists to do
your rendering for the critique on the Tuesday. One paragraph
of the person you researched is due on critique day – just to indicate why
you liked the artist or what part you liked and how you incorporated that into
your final project in the end – and if you were successful in the end.
Critique: April 30 Thursday
-All will be done on large
paper – your choice of graphite or charcoal or pastel
-You will meet with me to inform me what you are doing and I
can give you mentorship in your process. (email or meet with me in or outside
of class)
You must inform me
your intention by next Thursday (April 2)
1.) The Portrait
You will draw a portrait of
either someone (or pet) that you love.
In this you will do the process in a step procedure:
Step 1. Have the individual sit
for you while you sketch them roughly for at least 4 rough drawings in your
sketchbook. At this time
photograph your subject. Remember
the photos must be a good one to get the necessary understanding of who you are
drawing. A good idea is to
photograph outside out of the sun and black and white. Take a few photos to get the best one.
Step 2. Practice the pose if you
are drawing the person from the photo and then have them sit for you for
another half an hour or so to give you more understanding of what you are
drawing. *remember the pose is gleaned from your research!
Research Suggestions: These are suggestions – taken from the
library ARTSTORE , If there is
someone you like under portrait drawings in ARTSTORE that you like please tell
me so I can approve.
a.
Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth
b.
Susan Hauptman
c.
Colleen Browning
d.
Winslow Homer, e. Gehard Richter
THE HITCH: Once you find the person whose drawings
you like, print out the drawing and utilize something similar to the artist
chosen. It could be tonal quality,
line quality and say, having your person pose in the same way. Use the drawing as a reference to glean
from the artist
2.) The Landscape
You will draw a landscape in either
graphite or charcoal. This landscape
c be of an area in Port Huron that you perhaps pass every day. This landscape is one where you can
draw a few sketches of in your sketchbook, and take photos of it. Look for an artist in ARTSTORE that you
respond to the technique and value of the landscape and do your landscape in
the similar fashion.
Research ideas: Carlo Bonovio, Winslow Homer, Leon Bonvin,
Gerhard Richter
THE HITCH: When you find a landscape you are drawn
to (PUN) draw it in the similar fashion as your artist of choice – utilizing
similar styling or value, etc.
3.) The Still Life
You will create your own still life – with
the possessions similar to the reference drawing you have sought from
ARTSTRORE. They don’t have to be
totally the same but in the similar fashion setup and rendering.
Research ideas: William Baley, Gustave Courbet, Georgia OKeefe,
4.) The Collective
You chose this because you like
the combination of many things.
Once again you require a reference. If it is a collective of your mom in a field say, first take
many photos of your mom as in the portrait above, draw her and follow the
portrait aspect as above. Then get
research a field like Andrew Wyeth’s field in
“Christina’s world” and print it off ARTSTORE and draw it in. **REMEMBER BLACK AND WHITE is much easier when you are drawing from a photo.
“Christina’s world” and print it off ARTSTORE and draw it in. **REMEMBER BLACK AND WHITE is much easier when you are drawing from a photo.
Make this a spectacular
piece for yourself – an achievement that indeed, you are an artist!! YES!
peaceout duders,
M.
