Composition and Design. Class on Wednesday October 15th.
Approximate Outline of Class on Wednesday, October 15
COMPOSITION, DESIGN AND YOUR ARTIST’S “HANDWRITING”
Bring:
A. TOMBO pens, watercolor paper.
B. Also, please bring an image or two by the artists you are writing about. You will work with these today.
C. Subjects you may wish to draw.
D. Collection of exemplar drawings and journal entries to hand in (see below) and your third paper draft.
E. A view finder (index card with rectangle cut out of the middle – about 1.5 x 3 inches).
Sequence of activities:
1. Presentation by Marjorie Scarff from the Writing Center will start at 3:30 p.m. sharp. Do not be late and walk in after the presentation begins. This will be followed by a question and answer period, and you will learn about the forms which will be submitted to document your visit with the Writing Center. When I receive this documentation of your visit to the center, I’ll add 10 points to your grade total.
2. I will hand back your quizzes on Perspective.
3. You will then hand in:
a. Your stapled collection (Xerox) of 5 best drawings, or parts of drawings, with a title, date and signature on each. This collection should have a cover page with a list of the five titles, and your name at the top. These pages should be 8.5 x 11 (standard letter sized paper).
b. Your stapled collection (Xerox) of 5 best journal entries, with a title, and date on each. This collection should also have a cover page with a list of the five titles, and your name at the top. These pages should be 8.5 x 11 (standard letter sized paper).
c. Your paper draft. I’ll grade this, as well as your drawing and journal submissions and hand them back to you on October 22, the day Bert Dodson visits. (total points possible: 50 (drawings) + 50 (journal writing) + 60 (draft of paper) = 160 possible.
Odd sized scraps of paper stapled together are not acceptable. Unstapled collections of folded sheets are not acceptable.
4. We will then review homework for the following class on October 22: (Read Chapter 7 in Dodson and do exercises 7A and 7B, work on your paper, writing and drawings. Bring exercises 7A and 7B to class next time, October 22.)
5. Lecture/Discussion on Composition, Pattern and Design. This will involve some writing exercises.
6. You will then have a short quiz on Composition.
7. The most extensive part of our class will be drawing exercises with specific attention focused on composition and style using your artist’s “handwriting” You will be doing drawings of subjects of your choice (I’ll have the usual, as well as some new ones, and you should bring some of your own – i.e., how would Degas, Matisse or Warhol draw Kermit the Frog, a Teddy Bear, a pumpkin or a cup and soucer?) . The drawings you do in this session can be used in your papers, so this time will be very useful for making significant progress in that regard.
We will also do some transposition of styles exercises. I will elaborate this in class.