3033 - Drawing 3 - Folio 1

Folio 1 - Due Tuesday, March 4

1.1 Skeleton Study (Craft)
1.2 HW: Self Portrait (head and torso / value)
1.3 First In-class Life Drawing
1.4 Beautiful Scribble Drawing
1.5 Five Best Gesture Drawings

3063 - Painting 1 - Folio 1

Folio 1 - Due Thursday, Feb 27

1.1 First Painting (Pear)
1.2 Weird Veggie Still Life
1.3 HW: Small Still Life
1.4 In-class Grisaille
1.5 HW: Grisaille
1.6 16 x 20 Direct Still Life
1.7 Color Shape Painting

Painting 1: instructions for the coming week

Hello Painting 1 Students:

As you all know, I will be out of town Thursday and next Tuesday for an exhibition. In class today, I intended to supply you with outside assignments to work on during my trip. However the weather had different plans, so I am going to give you these assignments via email. Essentially, your assignment is simply to finish the two paintings you began last week. We began 1.2 (in which each arrangement had some odd vegetable) in class last Thursday and you began 1.3 (your homework still life of 3-5 objects) over the weekend. I would like you to put in two color sessions on each painting and have both finished by Thursday, February 13. We will take a look at them in class.

For the first color session, proceed as we did in class on our first painting. Continue to add some liquin and make your goal to simply cover the entire picture plane with color, providing yourself with a color context. Also, think about cooler colors and transparent paints for the shadows. For your second session, use little to no liquin. The paint will therefore be thicker ("impasto"); it will have a consistency more akin to peanut butter than, say, syrup or honey. This is the natural progression of this layered, "thick over thin" manner of working that we've been exploring (indirect painting).

Also, your palette will be the same as the last painting with two additions: Viridian (transparent) and Cadmium Yellow Hue (opaque). A palette list is posted in the room. Also, you can find the set-ups for your in-class paintings on the bottom shelf of the saw table. For those of you working on the set-up closest to the saw, remember that you all also had a spotlight on your still life. I recommend you simply go in and work during our regular meeting time, as the room will be available then.

So again, you will have two things due on Thursday, February 13:
-1.2 in-class "strange veggie" still life
-1.3 Homework still life
-You will also need a new 9 x 12" gessoed panel ready to paint on as well as ivory black and titanium white paint.

Thanks and please feel free to email me with any questions, John

P.S. This email will also be posted on the blog: norrisartclass.blogspot.com

Drawing 1: instructions for the coming week

Drawing 1 Students:

As you all know, I will be out of town Thursday and next Tuesday for an exhibition. In class today, I intended to supply you with outside assignments to work on during my trip. However the weather had different plans, so I am going to give you these assignments via email. I would like you to make three drawings in your sketchbook (in graphite, on separate pages), each of which offer a different arrangement of 6-8 cubic (or box-shaped) forms. You may choose your own or use still life objects in the class room for your drawings. Try to come up with three very distinct arrangements and compositions, despite the fact that you are using the same objects in each drawing. Remember to consider proportion, space, and structure. Use sighting and measuring and draw structural lines to build these forms. Also, remember our discussion of one and two point perspective. I've included three pictures of arrangements from cubic objects I found around the house as an example of what to draw. These will be due next Thursday, February 13.

Also on Thursday, February 13:
-Your previous sketchbook assignment should be completed (originally due today)
-We will begin the class by taking our one and two point perspective quiz (also originally planned for today)

Thanks and please feel free to email me with any questions.

P.S. This email will also be posted on the blog: norrisartclass.blogspot.com

Drawing 3: instructions for the coming week

Drawing 3 Students: 

As you all know, I will be out of town Thursday and next Tuesday for an exhibition. In class today, I intended to supply you with outside assignments to work on during my trip. However the weather had different plans, so I am going to give you these assignments via email. I initially planned to prepare you for your first major portfolio homework assignment, which will involve self-portaiture. However, because I didn't have the chance to prepare you with a selection of images as well as a refresher on the head, we are going to wait until I return for that assignment. For now, I am going to give you a sketchbook assignment of 3 drawings out of Gordon, which address anatomy of the head, neck, and torso. 

The sketchbook master study assignments are: 
pg. 43 (top drawing)
pg. 47 (bottom left drawing)
pg. 55 (right drawing)

Remember to LABEL all, and also please read pg. 40-59. These drawings will be due on Thursday, February 13. You will not need to bring any special paper for Thursday. I have also attached images of the assigned Gordon pages to avoid any confusion - you should draw the one with the red check mark on each page. 

Thanks and please feel free to email me with any questions. 

P.S. This email will also be posted on the blog: norrisartclass.blogspot.com