Advance Painting: Mixing Media

Some of the artists we discussed who combine painting with other media:

Jessica Stockholder

Merlin James

Ryan McGinness

William Kentridge

Takeshi Murata

FINALS FOR ALL NORRIS CLASSES

Drawing III: Monday, December 9, 8am

Folio 3
3.1 Final In-Class
3.2 Final Homework (Two Figures in Interior Space)


Drawing 1: Monday, December 9,  10:15am

Folio 2: 
2.1 Value Scale (5 Objects)
2.2 Value Relationship Still Life
2.3 Drapery Study
2.4 Final In-Class
2.5 Final Homework 


Advanced Painting: Tuesday, December 10, 5:30pm (tentative)

Final Project Due

Gaela Erwin Gallery Talk TOMORROW, Thurs Oct. 24, 3pm

Hi All:

Gaela Erwin's Gallery Talk will be tomorrow at 3pm in the Fine Arts Center Gallery. It should be a great one! Also, check her work out in the new Face to Face Exhibition opening next week at the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock.

DRAWING 1 - 1033 - Folio 1

Drawing 1 – 1033 – Norris
Folio #1

1.1 HW: 6-8 Object Simple Still Life

1.2 First In-Class Still Life

1.3 Complex Geometric In-Class Still Life

1.4 Large Line Variation Still Life

1.5 Natural Object Studies (4-6)

1.6 Final Folio 1 Still Life (Natural and Geometric Objects)*

DUE Tuesday, OCTOBER 8

Have Folio assembled and ready to turn in at the beginning of class. All drawings should be labeled in corner or on back with number and last name.

*Most Important Drawing Grade-wise

Gaela Erwin at Fine Arts Center Gallery

Louisville, Kentucky based artist Gaela Erwin's exhibition, titled Mothers and Daughters: Family Portaits, is up now at the Fine Arts Center Gallery. A great show for figurative painting and drawing students!

Be sure to make it to her gallery talk at 3pm on October 24th.

www.gaelaerwinart.com

ADV PAINTING - SCALE

Artists who employ extreme scale...

Ron Mueck

Ai WeiWei

Marcel Dzama

Jenny Saville

Claude Monet

Yayoi Kusama

Drawing 3 – 3033 – Norris Folio #1

Drawing 3 – 3033 – Norris
Folio #1

1.1 Skeleton Study (Craft)

1.2 First In-Class Figure (Craft)

1.3 Beautiful Scribble Drawing (Arches)

1.4 HW: Self-Portrait with Head & Torso

1.5 Value Figure (Arches)

1.6 Five Best Gestures

DUE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3

Have Folio assembled and ready to turn in at the beginning of class. All drawings should be labeled in corner or on back with number and last name.

Good Luck!

4063 - ADV PTG - Artists Using Text

Joseph Kosuth

Claes Oldenburg

Nancy Dwyer

Steven Powers

Erik Parker

4063 - Adv Ptg - Syllabus, Fall 2013

ART 4063: ADVANCED PAINTING –

CONTEMPORARY PROJECTS

Fall 2013 – 3 Credit Hours, CRN: 62393

Section 001: T/R 5:30-8:20pm, Fine Arts Building 104

Instructor: John Norris, Assistant Professor of Art

Office Hours: T/R: 3pm-5pm and by appointment

E-mail: jnorris@astate.edu     Phone: 972-3050 ext. 3755

Blog: norrisartclass.blogspot.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Individual work for advanced students. It is expected that students will spend a minimum of three additional clock hours per week on work outside the scheduled class time for each studio class. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite, ART 3063, 3863, and ART 3330 or permission of instructor. Fall, Spring. 3.000 Credit hours, 3.000 Lecture hours.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will pursue individual bodies of work that seek to define a personal visual vocabulary and conceptual continuity. However, this semester individual work will be framed within specific class projects intended to expand, challenge, and diversify working methods and approaches. In the process students will become aware of prominent trends in contemporary painting as well as the expectations and practical concerns of maintaining a professional studio practice. Students will also become articulate in speaking formally about their own work as well as that of their peers. This is a STUDIO CLASS; one which requires that students be actively involved in daily exercises and contribute during critiques.  Thus, students must be present and punctual in order to fully participate.

ATTENDANCE & CLASS PARTICIPATION: All late work will be counted off 10 points (aka one letter grade) for each class period late. For example: if your work merits a 93 but is 2 class periods late, then your grade will be a 73.  Participation counts as 25% of your grade and is based on the following considerations: 1. Being present, punctual, and prepared for class 2. Focus on and completion of exercises during class 3. Participation during critiques, discussions, and dialogues. After 2 absences, 10 points will be subtracted from your participation grade for each class missed. 20 points will automatically be deducted from your final participation grade if you miss the Final Critique.

GRADING: Grading will be based on the final outcome of each project (50%), preparatory works for each project (25%), and class participation (25%).

A: 90 - 100%   B: 80 - 89%   C: 70 - 79%   D: 60 - 69%   F: 0 - 59%

Individual Assigments will be based on the following elements: 1) Indications that the student has fulfilled the assignment as defined by their original proposal 2) a sense of quality showing that the students has invested a significant amount of time and focus into the assignment. 3) The overall success of the final image based on formal elements (composition, line quality, sense of light & volume, etc.) as well as innovation, experimentation, and creative thinking. AGAIN, TURNING IN ASSIGNMENTS LATE AUTOMATICALLY REDUCES YOUR GRADE.  IF YOU ARE CONFUSED ABOUT GRADING, FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

COURSE OUTLINE:

1. I will introduce a project framed around a specific concept, subject, process, or artistic movement.

2. We will define a schedule for the project complete with due dates for preparatory and final works.

3. We will turn in preparatory works and hold an in-process critique.

4. We will turn in final works and hold a final project critique.

5. There will be regular slide talks, film screenings, reading assignments and discussions to supplement each project and our general studio practice.

BOOK / BLOG:

There will be no book requirement this semester, but there will be individual reading hand-outs and we will regularly consult our blog.

Blog:

NORRISARTCLASS.BLOGSPOT.COM

You will be encouraged to check this regularly as part of your class participation. THE BLOG SERVES AS A SUPPLEMENT; IT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR BEING IN CLASS.

MATERIALS: As students will be working individually to define their own bodies of work, materials will be likewise be catered to each individual.  Students are responsible for acquiring the necessary materials for individual projects. Paper will be provided for our collaborative works on paper project.

BFA - STUDIO ART LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Students will have a fundamental understanding of the elements of design and a commitment to craft.
2. Students will possess skill and proficiency in using the materials, tools, and technologies pertinent to their focus area.
3. Students will be able to analyze artworks and express themselves critically in both written and oral forms.
4. Students will be able to place their studio practice within both contemporary and historical contexts.
5. Students will have an understanding of the processes and expectations consistent with a professional studio practice.
6. Students will produce a body of work that is conceptually and aesthetically consistent and exhibit it according to professional standards.

1033 - Drawing 1 - Syllabus, Fall, 2013

ART 1033 : DRAWING 1

FALL 2013 – 3 Credit Hours, CRN: 63004

Section 001 : T/R 11am-1:50pm

Instructor: John Norris, Assistant Professor of Art

Office Hours: T/TH: 3pm-5pm or by appointment

E-mail: jnorris@astate.edu     Phone: 972-3050 ext. 3755

Blog: norrisartclass.blogspot.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is the beginning drawing course. Students work on developing observation and the discovery of form from both real and imagined sources. Various materials and techniques are used to develop the technical means of expression. Drawings are in the form of exercises using clothed life models, still life, landscape, and imagined sources. Basic concepts of professional art ideals and practices. It is expected that students will spend a minimum of three additional clock hours per week on work outside the scheduled class time for each studio class. Additionally, the Art Major Core must be completed prior to the BFA Review. Students enrolled in the BFA programs must pass the BFA Review prior to enrollment in 4000 ART courses.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Drawing skills will be developed through technical exercises in class and homework assignments employing these techniques. The homework will allow students an opportunity to use their acquired skills creatively and to build off of the techniques they have learned in class.  This is a STUDIO CLASS, which requires that students be actively involved in drawing exercises and contribute during critiques.  Thus, students must be present and punctual in order to fully participate. By the end of the course, students will be well versed in various aspects of observational drawing, including line, value, space, form, and sighting/measuring.

ATTENDANCE & CLASS PARTICIPATION: More than 6 absences will result in a grade of F for the course. All late work will be counted off 10 points for each class period late (Example: if your work merits a 93 but is 2 class periods late, then your grade will be a 73).  Participation counts as 25% of your grade and is based on the following considerations: 1. Being present, punctual, and prepared for class 2. Focus on and completion of exercises during class 3. Participation during critiques, discussions, and dialogues 4. Maintenance of the shared studio space, including cleaning up after work sessions, respecting shared tools and resources, and storing work and materials appropriately. After 2 absences, 10 points will be subtracted from your participation grade for each class missed. 20 points will automatically be deducted from your final participation grade if you miss the Final Critique.

GRADING: Grading will be based on assignments (which will be submitted in portfolio form), your sketchbook, and class participation. The portfolios will make up 50% of your grade, and your sketchbook and class participation will each make up 25%.

A: 90 - 100%   B: 80 - 89%   C: 70 - 79%   D: 60 - 69%   F: 0 - 59%

Portfolio and sketchbook grades will be based on the following elements: 1) Indications that the student has understood the assignment and is employing its specific techniques. 2) a sense of quality showing that the students has invested a significant amount of time and focus into the assignment. 3) The overall success of the final image based on formal elements (composition, line quality, sense of light & volume, etc.) as well as creativity. AGAIN, TURNING IN ASSIGNMENTS LATE AUTOMATICALLY REDUCES YOUR GRADE.  IF YOU ARE CONFUSED ABOUT GRADING, FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

COURSE OUTLINE: We will be investigating several concepts including line (contour/cross-contour), value, shape, space (1 & 2 point perspective), and composition (form, harmony, rhythm, etc.). In doing so, we will follow a pattern through which students will gain understanding of concepts, learn to put them to practice, and ultimately combine them to create successful drawings:

1. We will discuss a new concept and do several exercises based     

    on this idea. We may also do readings and/or have slide talks.

2. We will do a series of more extended drawings connected to the concept.

3. We will do a series of sketchbook drawings to further investigate.

4. We will work on an extended drawing inside/outside class that may take up

    to 2/3 weeks to complete.

5. We will critique the work and its relation to the concept as a class.

CLASS STRUCTURE (subject to change):

Contour Line – Geometric Objects – Sketchbook

Blind Contour Line – Complex Objects – Sketchbook

Space – Scale – Geometric Objects

Space – 1 & 2 Pt. Perspective – Conceptual Exercises – Sketchbook

Space – Perspective – Observational Exercises – Still Life

Line Quality – Light and Varied Line

Cross-Contour Line / Hatching – Observational Exercises – Sketchbook

Value – Chiaroscuro – Geometric Objects

Value Scale / Value Shape – Geometric Objects

Value – Intermediate Still Life

Value – Drapery Study

Value – Skull / Biomorphic Objects

Final – Complex Still Life

YOU WILL BE WORKING OUTSIDE OF CLASS VERY MUCH. BE PREPARED TO COME INTO THE CLASS ROOM OUTSIDE OF CLASS AND TO WORK ON DRAWINGS AT HOME.

BOOK / BLOG: We will NOT purchase a text for Drawing I. However, you will often be given information in the form of a class blog:

NORRISARTCLASS.BLOGSPOT.COM

You will be expected to check this regularly as part of your class participation. The blog will serve as a supplement; not as a substitute for being in class. It will provide images, examples, portfolio lists, etc.

MATERIALS: Students will be required to purchase the following materials. Most materials can be found at the ASU Bookstore and the Wolf Bookstore. Some will be available at Hobby Lobby and various hardware stores.

-9x12 Sketchbook (preferably Strathmore)

-18x24 pad of Strathmore Drawing Paper (preferably 400 series)

-18x24 pad of Newsprint

-drawing board with clips: a 25 x 28 piece of masonite will work

-vine or willow (soft is best) charcoal

-sandpaper for charcoal sharpening

-compressed charcoal

-charcoal pencil

-shammy cloth

-gray kneaded eraser and white Factis-type eraser

-graphite pencils: 2H, HB, 2B, 4B

-pencil sharpener

-small box to contain materials

-spray fixative

WE WILL DISCUSS THE PURCHASE OF OTHER MATERIALS FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS AS WE PROCEED.

BFA - STUDIO ART LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Students will have a fundamental understanding of the elements of design and a commitment to craft.
2. Students will possess skill and proficiency in using the materials, tools, and technologies pertinent to their focus area.
3. Students will be able to analyze artworks and express themselves critically in both written and oral forms.
4. Students will be able to place their studio practice within both contemporary and historical contexts.
5. Students will have an understanding of the processes and expectations consistent with a professional studio practice.
6. Students will produce a body of work that is conceptually and aesthetically consistent and exhibit it according to professional standards.