Friday, January 28, 2011

SA 300 London Paris Week 2

Week 2 Recap - Trip and Course update week of Jan 24th.
The trip will run in reverse going from Paris to London and we will not make it to Rome. Other colleges going on the trip are from New Mexico, Massachusetts and Texas. Other students may be added to the trip this week which might bring our group to 10-11 enrollees! Meeting on Feb 2nd will be with Dave Nackley and will focus on reading and interpreting poetry.

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 2

Week 2 Recap - This week we focused on foreshortened pose. Starting with gesture drawing then working into foreshortened poses. Next week we will start Figure in space drawings.

FA 218 Painting 2 Week 2

Week 2 Recap - This week we continued working on Projects 1 (three paintings of 1 subject in any style) and 2 (portrait). A tentative date of Feb 24th was set for critique. Painting 1 students should have completed their Grisaille (Black and White) painting and will start the Transparent Inprimatura next week using only Burnt Umber. Various demonstrations were done for Painting 1 projects.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 2

Week 2 Recap - This week we spent both classes mixing colors for the Color Match project. Students will match 30 color swatches and then create a thematic display. Next week we will discuss presentation techniques and students will turn in their projects at the end of class on Thursday.

FA 226 Printmaking Intaglio Week 2

Week 2 Recap - This our first full week, we introduced project #1 drypoint with the theme of "the persistence of time and memory/ceci n'est pas une pipe". Students will execute a design that refers to the theme in three identical edition prints.

Friday, January 21, 2011

All FA Classes

Week One Recap - Looking forward to a new semester, each class we read through the syllabi and began working on the first projects. More in depth posts of each courses progress will follow starting next week.
FA 106 Color Theory - Color Match
FA 218 Painting 2 - Object and Portrait
FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 - Joints and Movement
FA 226 Printmaking Intaglio - Intro to Drypoint to come Monday

Happy Learning,
Jed