You will be given a final grade for your juries that will count for 1/3 of your grade as well as all your sketchbook assignments and you will also have an overall class grade for appropriate deadlines being met on time over the first semester as well as quality of work and performance. Please bring your sketchbooks from summer and any additional sketchbooks you are working on.
Two completed Paintings for Coconut Grove Arts festival must be presented as well. January 9, 2017
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you need a minimum of 18-20 individual pieces for 2-d art, and present your 2 coconut grove paintings So you're given feedback on both paintings. You are welcome to do additional work a well.
ALL assignments are on the blog so look back for specific instructions. no excuses.
- line weight projects: total: 3 - ink on paper - (1 in 4 sections in 1 sheet, 1 geometric, 1 organic sheet)
- Value studies in graphite pencil - Pencil self-portrait. you are welcome to do more.
- Grayscale portraits in Paint. total: one. but you can do more using other hues and their values.
- 1 formal Grayscale value scale with 10 values in : total of 10 1"x2" mounted on strip in equal increments of approx 10% from black-white. mounted on 4x12 white page with 1" borders all around.
- Platonic solids sculpture color theory project
- 2 value scale compositions: select 2 out of the following hues: red, blue, violet, orange, green and create 2 well composed and resolved compositions on 9x12 cut paper. Subjects can be creative still life with values in color blocking different the areas, or selecting and creating composition from close up in nature. Interpret and create. Cropping, deconstructing details in nature or still life... be creative in your solutions.
- Design an additional 3 6x7 color relationship compositions (use that same composition repeated 3 times using different color relations) choose from analogous, split-complimentary, double complimentary, triad, monochromatic.
- Must present your 2 paintings for coconut grove in juries as well for review and feedback. you will be graded on this as well. must be pretty far along in order to give feedback.
- IN YOUR SKETCHBOOKS Use two full pages for painting value scale layouts at least 11 values. select two of colors and fill each page with either: blue-white, red-white, Violet-white, orange-white, green -white. 1 page per color. Neat. DO NOT USE BLACK!
Using the colors u selected, Paint two compositions using one 9"x12" page for one color and it's applied values, on page. second one... same thing but using differnt color you selected.
Create an original composition from... either creative Still life, interpret natural elements. deconstruct, BE CREATIVE! Important to consider Framing your arrangement. use hierarchy, cropping, diagonals. off the page! push your values!
You should have 18-20 completed pieces in total and your 2 coconut grove paintings and any additional work you would like to present.
You are also encouraged to create additional works relating to the class and present any work that you may have done that you would like us to look at. But all class assignments and additional assignments related to my class will be considered over the extra work.
IF you are behind in my class, I expect to see all finished projects. If I don't see all projects fully resolved and presented, you will be graded according to the missing projects.
All Projects must be presented. That means, from the first ones assigned at the beginning of semester through the final ones.
Below is the sample of the GRID for the Value scales. you need to be sure and cut the 2"x10" support strip to glue your swatches and also mount them on the 4"x12" thicker mounting board with a 1" border all around as we had discussed in class. if you have questions please communicate with your classmates during the break.
