Schedule

Exercises/Assignments/Readings/Exams

Week 1
Aug 16, 18

Introduction and Overview of Class

Materials and Textbook

Gesture and Contour Drawing

Slide Show: Gesture and Contour

massing and modeling

Week 2
Aug 23, 25

Gesture and Contour Drawing

Modeling techniques: Massing, stippling, non-sequential forms

Week 3
Aug 30, Sep 1

Modeling techniques: Massing, stippling, non-sequential forms

Studies in Line: Hatching, cross hatching, plane hatching, contour hatching.

Sequential drawing

Slide Show: Cross Hatching

Week 4
Sep 6, 8

Film : Leonardo Da Vinci
The da Vinci Code: Proportional Drawing
Slide Show: Proportions and Planar Analysis
Art 105 Textbook: pp 9-20
Drawing the skelton

Week 5
Sep 13, 15

Proportional Drawing from the live model
Art 105 Textbook: pp 21-36

1st Sketchbook Evaluation
Due beginning of class on Thursday

Week 6
Sep 20, 22

Proportional Drawing from the live model

Week 7
Sep 27, 29

Hands
Art 105 Textbook: pp 45-54, 174
Art 105 Textbook: Review pp 9-11

Heads and Portraits

Week 8
Oct 4, 6

Heads and Portraits

Week 9
Oct 11, 13

Heads and Portraits

Week 10
Oct 18, 20

Feet

Midterm Sketchbook
Due beginning of class on Tuesday

Week 11
Oct 25, 27

Drawing draped fabric

Tutorial 1

Tutorial 2

Midterm Portfolio Evaluation
No class after submitting portfolio on Thursday

Week 12
Nov 1, 3

Prud'hon method Drawing from the live model

Week 13
Nov 8, 10

Prud'hon method Drawing from the live model

Week 14
Nov 15, 17

Prud'hon method Drawing from the live model

3rd Sketchbook Evaluation
Due beginning of class on Thursday

Week 15
Nov 22, 24

Prud'hon method Drawing from the live model

Thanksgiving Holiday
No class Thursday

Week 16
Nov 29, Dec 1

Free Composition

Week 17
Dec 6, 8

Free Composition

Week 18
Dec 13

Final Sketchbook and Portfolios Due by end of classPick up portfolios/sketchbooks at 10:30 am, Tuesday