Friday, September 24, 2010

Project Progress, Friday, September 24

Next Critique Day -- Monday, October 4th
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3D Design --- Projects you should be working on:
  • Breadth #2 - armature should be complete. Work with the aluminum cans and decide how best to recreate your animal using the outside designs and the silver of the insides. You need to have a photo of your animal from several views to complete this work. Should be completed by next Critique, 10/4.
  • VVJ Planning page #1 due for Breadth #2 on Monday, Sept. 27 (should have both a photo of your animal for the sculpture and your thumbnail planning drawings)
  • Home Assignment (Studio Night continuation) -- Complete your figure sculpture you began during studio night, due in greenware by October 7th.
  • VVJ Planning #/1/2 for Home Project -- complete with a figurative artist reference and a mid-state photo; verbally decide how you plan to finish this project, due September 30.
  • Any Home Projects - Multiples not completed is now considered late.
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2D Design --- Projects you should be working on:
  • Breadth #2 -- Either the Still Life Project or the Invented Interiors. Should be completed by next Critique, 10/4.
  • VVJ Planning #1 for Breadth #2 due on on Monday, Sept. 27 (should have both a photo of your artist reference for the piece and your thumbnail planning drawings).
  • Home Assignment (Studio Night continuation) - use your drawings of body parts to create a complete piece with an activated background and foreground images of the body parts. You can use a new model if needed. Here is your artist reference:  http://www.kinseyvisual.com/?id=14 Due on October 7th.
  • VVJ Planning #/1 for Home Project - Studio Night Completion -  complete with artist reference and planning thumbnail is due on Sept 30. Remember what is your background and how does the foreground figure relate.
  • Any Home Project - High Contrast Self-Portrait is now considered late.
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Drawing --- Projects you should be working on:
  • Breadth #2 -- Still Life Project. Should be completed by next Critique, 10/4.
  • VVJ Planning #1 for Breadth #2 due on on Monday, Sept. 27 (should have both a photo of your artist reference for the piece and your thumbnail planning drawings).
  • Home Assignment (Studio Night continuation) - Make a completed figure drawing from one of your drawings you worked on during studio night. Find a figure artist to reference for an idea of how to complete this piece. You can work directly on your drawing, or recreate it or part of it on another piece of paper. Due on October 7th.
  • VVJ Planning #/1 for Home Project - Studio Night Completion - complete with artist reference and planning thumbnail is due on Sept 30.
  • Any Home Project - High Contrast Self-Portrait is now considered late.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

September 20-24


  • Monday: Critique day. We will look over your Home Project and the first Breadth projects.
  • Tuesday: Journal Day. We will talk about expectations of journaling and about finding other artists as references.
  • Wednesday: Gesture. Work on projects.
  • Thursday: Gesture. Work on projects. Studio Night, 4-6, we will have models for figure drawing.
  • Friday: Home assignment will set based on drawings from our studio night.

Next Breadth:
Drawing - Still Life
2D - Still Life or directed studies
3D - Aluminum can animals

Sunday, September 12, 2010

September 13 - 17

We are working on projects in class. Here are the upcoming due dates and things to think about:

  • Tuesday, September 14. 2D and Drawing Breadth 1 is due.
  • Thursday, September 16. Home assignment is due.
  • Monday, September 20 is CRITIQUE DAY. The following is due:
    • 3D Breadth #1 is due completed.
    • 3D Breath #2 armature is due.
    • 2D and Drawing Breadth #2 is due.
Our next STUDIO NIGHT is Thursday, September 23. 

We are hoping to go to the Dali show at the High Museum with the IB students on Friday, October 1st.