Drawing 1: Vanitas: The Transience of Earthly Pleasures

I recently came across an excellent show of contemporary takes on the Vanitas, titled Vanitas: The Transience of Earthly Pleasures. These images may come in handy to my Drawing 1 class in the not too distant future (that's a hint by the way for the fact that you're about to make a vanitas drawing of your own).

How Long Does it Take to Look at a Painting?

There are many series geared towards beginning to look and think seriously about painting and drawing floating around these days. I've already posted about James Mcmullan's Line by Line Series in the New York Times. Art Critic and Historian James Elkins also has a new series on the Huffington Post which deals specifically with how to look at painting in a more nuanced and informed manner. The first in the series, How to Look at Mondrian, deconstructs a Mondrian painting down to its core. The newest article, How Long Does it Take to Look at a Painting?, explores what paintings can reveal to us over long periods of time. I recommend these articles to any beginning drawing students.

DRAWING 1: a resource for your latest HW

STILL LIFE QUICK HEART is a still life blog that you may find useful when determining the subject matter for your upcoming homework assignment:

Link to the STILL LIFE QUICK HEART image archive

DRAWING 2: Susanna Coffey

link to Susanna Coffey's website

NORRIS FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

DRAWING 1: MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 10:15am-12:15pm

DRAWING 2: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2:45pm-4:45pm

DRAWING 3: MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2:45pm-4:45pm

Drawing 2: Wayne Thiebaud, Repetition

Portfolio 1: Drawing 1, 2, & 3

PORTFOLIO #1 IS DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 11TH FOR ALL CLASSES. PORTFOLIOS MUST BE LABELED, IN ORDER, AND PROPERLY ASSEMBLED. OTHERWISE 5 POINTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE TAKEN FROM YOUR PORTFOLIO GRADE.

*indicates most heavily weighed drawings in terms of grading

DRAWING 1:
1.1 HW: 1 point perspective city
1.2 cube and sphere still life
1.3 complex geometric still life
1.4 HW: 12 object line variation still life*
1.5 bananas
1.6 final linear still life*
1.7 open

DRAWING 2:
1.1 large object value still life
1.2 in-class interior
1.3 HW: interior*
1.4 exterior
1.5 HW: repetition*
1.6 open

DRAWING 3:
1.1 skeleton study - craft
1.2 long torso study - value
1.3 HW: self-portrait - head/torso - optional alternate identity*
1.4 long arm/torso study - value*
1.5 open
1.6 open
1.7 5 best gestures