COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS FALL 2009
DRAWING 2 (ART 124B) 69998 Tu/Th 11:10-2:10
DRAWING 3 (ART 224A) 69999 Tu/Th 11:10-2:10
Instructor: Rebecca Edwards Room; MENH 301
Recommended prerequisite of DRAWING 1or 2D Design
Rebecca.edwards@canyons.edu (661)362-3650 Office: M311
Office Hours: M/W: 7-8:00 A.M. T/TH 9-11:10 A.M.
No Text Required: You may purchase an anatomy book or use library resources.
2 students’ phone numbers.
1)_______________________________2)______________________________
All cell phones and pagers are to be turned off during class time.
Course Description: Drawing the human figure from live models. Emphasizes structure, proportion, form and composition through use of linear and tonal concepts. Different media will be explored including, charcoal, conte, pencil, pen and ink.
Course Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Students will be able to develop and sustain a drawing of the human form from compositional planning, structure and sighting to suggestion of volume, value and depth.
2. Students will be able to produce drawings of the figure in several media and select appropriate media to produce specific effects.
3. Students will be able to analyze and make aesthetic judgments about their own work, the work of their peers and notable artists using correct terminology.
4. Students will be able to effectively integrate technique, craftsmanship, content and inventiveness in a composition.
Class Activities: Studio work, visual presentations, demos, individual and group critiques along with outside homework in a sketchbook and a field trip! Problems will be presented orally and discussed prior to beginning work from the model. Demonstrations will be done when necessary to understanding technique. Homework will be a recap of what has been covered in class and is needed to reiterate what has been presented. All homework is to be done from live models. This means do not work from photos.
Grading/Evaluation: The instructor will use the following:
1. The degree of successful resolution of projects or problems. Assessment will involve understanding of concepts, technical facility, visual effectiveness, inventiveness and creativity.
2. Classroom participation, which may include studio activities, critiques presentations, discussions.
3. Weekly homework assignments as well as a minimum of 2 portfolios, mid-term and final drawings with a final critique.
Overall grades for the semester: 65% portfolio assignments, 15% participation (see above 2), 10% sketchbook (this is weekly
homework), 10% final project.
Grading Scale: A 100-93, A- 92-90, B+ 89-87, B 86-83, B-82-80, C+ 79-77, C 76-73, C- 72-70, D 69-65, F 64 or below.
No late work will be accepted.
Attendance: Attendance is required. It is your responsibility to see me to make up missed classes in a timely manner. Please exchange phone numbers with other students so if you are absent you can come to class prepared. Participation is an important part of this course. If you come late, leave early or don't have your supplies you can't participate to the best of your abilities and you distract others from participating too. Do not enter or leave the class while the model is in session. A large amount of work is done in each class. It is impossible to contribute to class discussions if you do not attend and your work will suffer every time you miss a class. Therefore if you miss more than three classes you should expect a final grade of C- or lower. If you miss 4 classes you will be dropped although it is your obligation to drop before the W deadlines listed below. Excessive tardiness, early departures and lack of supplies will add up to unexcused absences.
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism, an unlawful act that is designed as the misrepresentation of the ideas or words of another as one's own, will not be tolerated in College of the Canyons. At the discretion of the professor, plagiarism will be punishable either by an F for the assignment or an F in the course.
In order to allow the maximum creative environment we need to have respect for each other, tools and the classroom itself. Please treat all with care. Many students pass through this classroom so help each other to remember to take supplies and to clean up after themselves. There will be a mandatory clean up of the studio space at the end of each class.
If you have any special needs in order to participate in this course please let me know by either speaking with me personally or through a counselor at the beginning of the semester. There is a writing center on campus to help you with paragraph structure, spelling, grammar and proofing. This is FREE for your use. Every effort will be made to help you achieve success!
Deadlines to drop: Without a W: ________ With a W:________
There may be changes made to the syllabus as the semester progresses. It is your responsibility to note all changes to syllabus. The Advanced groups’ assignments may be different than the following semester plan.
Week 1 Intro to class, syllabus and supplies.
Action line. Gesture, contour, structural analysis.
Week 2 First Model!
Gesture, contour, structural analysis. Cross contour and mass.
Week 3 First model. charcoal
Using the skeleton. Drawing through.
Week 4 Model. conte
Sighting. Mass gesture and cross contour.
Week 5 Model. Planning the composition
Planning, ink and sticks, gestures on each other.
Week 6 Model. Wire gestures.
Value, charcoal dust. Dry brush for Draw 3
Week 7 Model. Graphite. Portfolios due.
Planar analysis. Hands and feet.
Week 8 Full figure, sighted. MIDTERM
Week 9 Mid-Term Critque, full figure, sighted model
Full figure anatomy layover. Foreshortening
Week 10 Model.
Portrait.
Week 11 Model.
Cropping and foreshortening
Week 12 Model . Second portfolio due
Black & white on toned paper. Drawing 2 pencil Drawing 3 DB
Week 13 Model
Ink wash and hatching.
Week 14 Model
color as mood
Week 15 Final Model 1.
Outdoor drawing.
Week 16 Final model 2.
Final critique.
You must bring your supplies to every class unless specifically told not to. These supplies are carried in the campus bookstore.
*18" x 24" drawing pad 100 sheets minimum suggested
*18" x 24" drawing pad, Newsprint, rough is nicer to draw on than smooth
*Sketchbook 81/2” x 11” or larger ringed or hard backed for your homework.
*Woodless pencils or graphite sticks several 2B, 4B or 6B
2B or 4B pencils. Drawing pencils only, no #2 school pencils with erasers!
* erasers, one White plastic eraser and one Kneaded eraser.
sharpener and a utility or Xacto knife
*vine or willow charcoal several sticks
* black Alpha Color stick charcoal several sticks
Variety of charcoal pencils in HB, 2B, 4B and a white
Conte’ Crayon at least 3 sanguine(red) or brown to start. One white.
Chamois, (must be real suede)
Large bamboo brush or round watercolor brush.
Permanent thin tip black marker or a roller ball black pen
*box to carry art supplies
2 or 3 sheets of toned 19x 25 Canson Mi-Tientes
A sheet of sand paper for sharpening.
Can of spray fixative, permanent or workable clear. (optional)