Week 09
Feedback on homework. Short and long poses. Your choice of mediums.
Let's talk a little about process. Earlier in the quarter I talked about how I separate my illustrations into 3 stages, line, value and color. The reason I do that is that I like to make a decision about which medium I intend to use when I shift to a different stage. Essentially, what I am doing is playing with my process. What I want you to do in class today is play with the process by which you make your drawings. Try some different things like different techniques or different mediums. Change up how you start or how you end your drawings. There really isn't a right or wrong here, but rather what we want to discover methods which work and methods which fail.
Homework: Bring in 5 color studies of your final project (no bigger than 4 x 5).
Week 09
Week 9: 5 Fives. Feedback on homework. Long poses. Your choice of mediums. Homework: Bring in 5 value studies of your final project (no bigger than 4 x 5).
Week 08
Week 8: 5 Fives. Feedback on homework. Brief lecture on composition(Dean Cornwell). Brief lecture on Leyendecker(drapery). Brief lecture on depth of field. Long poses with clothed model. Your choice of mediums. Homework: Final Project will be assigned: A composition of 3 to 5 figures. Final is due on the last day. Next week, have a line drawing for your composition. Just in line, no values.
Week 07
So last week was a real crash and burn. In addition to over half the class not showing up, no one had any homework to speak of. Granted, this is an older syllabus where we were trying to give students some exposure to painting, but I would have liked to have seen a little more of an effort.
5 Fives. Brief lecture on perspective and depth of field. 20 minute poses. Draw the model in extreme perspective as if looking through a wide angle lens. Draw the model and distort proportions. Draw the model morphing into an animal or draw the model with an animal. Homework: No Homework.
Week 06
Week 6: 5 Fives. Feedback on homework. Demonstration of invention combined with a model. 20 minute poses. Draw the model and invent another person or thing interacting with the model. Invent a costume for the model. Invent props and environments for the model.
Week 05
Week 5: 5 Fives. Feedback on homework. Head drawing lecture. Draw the model(s) but the focus on the head/portraiture. Invent your own lighting. Invent a story. Homework: Two small paintings (any medium, no bigger than 4 x 5), using a figure model, one painted with natural light, one painted with artificial light, to explore differences in color at various times of the day.
Week 04
Week 4: 5 Fives. Feedback on Master copy homework painting. Brief lecture on color and toned paper. 10 and 20 minute poses, but still starting out with the same process as the quick sketch. Toned paper optional.
Linkage: Color Scheme Designer.
Homework: An expressive self-portrait any medium (except digital), life-size, and from life (looking at yourself in a mirror) - no photos.
Week 03
5 Fives. Feedback on Master copy homework painting. Discussion of the concept of the first read. Continued focus on the quick sketch. Homework: Copy master painting from the same reference the week before, using colored gouache or acrylic only on illustration board (no bigger than 4 x 5). Due next week for critique.
We are going to work on our visual memory and drawing from our heads to visualize the model from various angles.
Week 02
Hello Everyone,
I realize how awkward it is to change instructors in the middle of the term but the room simply cannot handle all of you in one section.
I'm not a fan of ecompanion, but I will be using it to record grades and comments on your in-class drawings.
We will start the class with a quick demo on pencil sharpening and roll into some quick gesture drawings. The focus of this class is to quickly get back up to speed where you left off from your last figure class. I will be covering some techniques for charcoal quick sketches.
At the end of class, I will take a photo of your best drawing for your in-class grade.
Your homework is to copy master painting from reference, using black and white gouache or acrylic on illustration board (no bigger than 4 x 5). Due next week for critique.
You may choose a painter from the list below. If you want to paint from someone else not on this list, let me know.
| Dean Cornwell Norman Rockwell J.C. Leyendecker Alphonse Mucha Nicolai Fechin Sergei Bongart Dan McCaw Joachin Sorolla Kazuhiku Sano Robert Hunt |
Anders Zorn Gustave Klimt Maxfield Parrish N.C. Wyeth Gregory Manchess Steve Huston Drew Struzan Thomas Blackshear Bob Peak Frank Frazetta Howard Pyle |
John Singer Sargent Rembrant Sebastian Kruger John Asaro John LaGatta Saul Tepper Ilya Repin Burt Silverman Morgan Weistling Dan Gerhartz Scott Burdick |
Now let me begin by saying I do not abide laziness. All of you are here for training and I take that seriously. I expect that you take the work that you do in this class seriously. The only obstacles for most of you to overcome in order to become great artists are your own fears. Leave fear at the door. There are many people who are far worse off who have accomplished great things. Look at these guys and realize what an opportunity all of you have in front of you.
The Eyewriter from Evan Roth on Vimeo.
What we want is to start moving away from line and start moving toward shapes. Look at how powerful shapes can be:
Week 1: (Skipped) 5 Fives. Review Syllabus. Lecture, demonstration on quick sketch charcoal techniques. If necessary, lecture on the lay-in and/or proportions. 2, 5, 10 minute poses for the rest of the class. Homework: Copy master painting from reference, using black and white gouache or acrylic on illustration board (no bigger than 4 x 5). Due next week for critique.
Week 2: 5 Fives. Review Syllabus. Lecture, demonstration on quick sketch charcoal techniques. If necessary, lecture on the lay-in and/or proportions. 2, 5, 10 minute poses for the rest of the class. Homework: Copy master painting from reference, using black and white gouache or acrylic on illustration board (no bigger than 4 x 5). Due next week for critique.
Week 3: 5 Fives. Feedback on Master copy homework painting. Discussion of the concept of the first read. Continued focus on the quick sketch. Homework: Copy master painting from the same reference the week before, using colored gouache or acrylic only on illustration board (no bigger than 4 x 5). Due next week for critique.
Week 4: 5 Fives. Feedback on Master copy homework painting. Brief lecture on color. 10 and 20 minute poses, but still starting out with the same process as the quick sketch. Toned paper optional. Homework: An expressive self-portrait any medium (except digital), life-size, and from life (looking at yourself in a mirror) - no photos.
Week 5: 5 Fives. Feedback on homework. Head drawing lecture. Draw the model(s) but the focus on the head/portraiture. Invent your own lighting. Invent a story. Homework: Two small paintings (any medium, no bigger than 4 x 5), using a figure model, one painted with natural light, one painted with artificial light, to explore differences in color at various times of the day.
Week 6: 5 Fives. Feedback on homework. Demonstration of invention combined with a model. 20 minute poses. Draw the model and invent another person or thing interacting with the model. Invent a costume for the model. Invent props and environments for the model. Homework: Compose an environment, using reference AND objects from your head, in any lighting situation desired. (If you’re using photo reference you must bring it in along with your homework or lose points!)
Week 7: 5 Fives. Feedback on homework. Brief lecture on perspective and depth of field. 20 minute poses. Draw the model in extreme perspective as if looking through a wide angle lens. Draw the model and distort proportions. Draw the model morphing into an animal or draw the model with an animal. Homework: Create a scene from your head, using either 1, 2 or 3 point perspective and populate with at least 2 people. Bring in an example of your favorite visual artist.
Week 8: 5 Fives. Feedback on homework. Brief lecture on composition. Long poses. Your choice of mediums. Homework: Copy your favorite illustrator, or copy another master painting. Bring a copy of your source! Final Project will be assigned.
Week 9: 5 Fives. Feedback on homework. Long poses. Your choice of mediums. Homework: Bring in 5 value studies of your final project (no bigger than 4 x 5).
Week 10: 5 Fives. Feedback on homework. Long poses. Your choice of mediums. Graduating students, all homework and final projects are due. Homework: Execute final and be prepared to present it next week. It should be matted and or mounted. This matted piece is worth 25% of your final grade.
Week 11: 5 Fives. Final projects must be up on the crit rail by 1:00PM for group critique on final project. Bring your completed sketchbook and best drawings from class. Long poses. Your choice of mediums. I will be meeting with each student individually to discuss their sketchbooks, drawings and final grades for the class.
Schedule subject to change according to classroom needs
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