Class Schedule

Spring 2010 Class Schedule: 15 Weeks

Week 1 : Day 1 -Introduction to course, review syllabus
1/26/2010 -Class introduction, short discussion of “what is art?”

Week 1 : Day 2 -Presentation on line: show examples
1/29/2010 -Demonstration of stippling, hatching, cross hatching
-In class assignment: create 6 distinct shades of gray, once using pencil and once with pen
-Go over Line Assignment (due next class)

Week 2 : Day 1 -Assignment #2 Due (line): share with class
2/2/2010 -Introduction to Project #1
-Presentation on texture: show examples

Week 2 : Day 2 - Assignment #3 due
2/5/2010 -Work on Project #1 in class

Week 3 : Day 1 -Artist Response
2/9/2010 -Work on Project #1 in class

Week 3 : Day 2 -Work on Project #1 in class
2/12/2010

Week 4 : Day 1 -Project #1 due : Critique
2/15/2010





Week 4 : Day 2 -Demonstration of two and three point perspective
2/19/2010 -Begin in class still life
-Introduction to Assignment #4
-Examples of closed composition vs. open composition

Week 5 : Day 1 -Artist Response
2/23/2010 -Demonstration of shading
-Continue work on in class still life

Week 5 : Day 2 -Continue work on in class still life
2/26/2010 -Demonstration of subtractive drawing

Week 6 : Day 1 -Assignment #4 due
3/2/2010 -Artist Response
-Introduce Project #2
-Presentation on Self-Portraits

Week 6 : Day 2 *I will be out of town this day
3/5/2010 -Work on Project #2 in class

Week 7 : Day 1 -Work on Project #2 in class
3/9/2010

Week 7 : Day 2 -Work on Project #2 in class
3/12/2010

Week 8 : Day 1 -Demonstration of accordion books
3/16/2010 -Work on ideas for turning project #2 drawings into an accordion book in class

Week 8 : Day 2 -Presentation on color theory
3/19/2010 -In class assignment: hue, saturation, brightness

Week 9 : Day 1 -Project #2: Critique
3/23/2010 -Introduce Assignment #5

Week 9 : Day 2 -Artist Response
3/26/2010 -Individual Mid-term Critique
-In class assignment: Color weight

Week 10 : Day 1 -Artist Response
3/29/2010 -In class assignment: TBA

Week 10 : Day 2 -Assignment #5 Due
4/2/2010 -Introduce Assignment #6
- Presentation on 3D sketching of objects (Marcel Wanders)

Week 11 : Day 1 -Artist Response
4/6/2010 -Work on Assignment #6

Week 11 : Day 2 -Assignment #6 due
4/9/2010 -Introduction to Project #3
-In class assignment: working with trash

Week 12 : Day 1 -Artist Response
4/13/2010 -Review sketches for project #3
-Presentation on site-specific work in the natural environment and the use of found objects in art

Week 12 : Day 2 -Review as a class final ideas for project #3
4/16/2010 -Students should refine their ideas for further discussion

Week 13 : Day 1 -Artist Response
4/20/2010 -Work on Project #3, demonstrations as needed

Week 13 : Day 2 -Work on Project #3, demonstrations as needed
4/23/2010

Week 14 : Day 1 -Artist Response
4/27/2010 -Work on Project #3, demonstrations as needed

Week 14 : Day 2 -Work on Project #3, demonstrations as needed
4/30/2010

Week 15 : Day 1 -Artist Response
5/4/2010 -Work on Project #3, demonstrations as needed

Week 15 : Day 2 - Project #3 due : FINAL CRITIQUE!
5/7/2010