FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 14

Durer - Melancholia I

Week 14 Recap - This week we began Final #2 based on Durer's Melancholia 1. This will continue next week for both class periods with a third and final pose starting the final week of class.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 14

Week 14 Recap - Students should be working now on both the Cast/Portrait and the Final pieces with two weeks left to go.  These plus the Palette project will be due for critique on Thurs Dec 8th.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 14

Week 14 Recap - Students should have begun work on the Final project.  The 3 parts to the project are A. Still life   B.  Analysis   C. Interpretation all due for critique on Thurs Dec 8th

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 14

Hydra - Stage 1

Week 14 Recap - Monday we continued working on the final projects. Final Demo the Hydra was started in burnt umber oil paint on canvas.

FA 105 2D Design Week 14

Ceci n'est pa une Poire

Week 14 Recap - Monday we held critique for the Symbolic Surrealism Project - students should now concentrate on the final project which will be due on the last day of class Wed Dec 7th for critique.

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 13

Cast Final

Week 13 Recap - On Tues we continued with the Final #1 after attending the Cittadino Italian Painting lecture.  On Thurs we visited the Anatomy Lab to draw from various examples of muscle, bone and interior organs.  Brains!

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 13

Self Portrait Geometric Demo Final

Week 13 Recap - Students continued working on the Palette project, Portrait or Cast and the Final.  Demo was the start of the Geometric Self Portrait. On Tues the 22nd students should have a thumbnail and idea for the final piece.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 13

Septicyclopus Rex with Bumble bee

Week 13 Recap - This week we worked on the Critter/Bot Tonal project with students evaluating each others projects on Thursday at the end of class.  Final project will begin next week, with the three components being A. Still Life, B. Master Palette Analysis, and C. Palette Interpretation. 

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 13

Hydra - Final Demo

Week 13 Recap - This week we continued working on the final projects. Monday each student went through a one on one evaluation of the current progress for each project, while on Wednesday student had Sketchbook check up #3.

FA 105 2D Design Week 13

Symbolic Surrealism

Week 13 Recap - This week we worked on the Symbolic Surrealism (Ultimate) Project.  Critique will be on Monday the 21st.  Upon completion students should begin the Final Project.

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 12

Final 1 - La Force

Week 12 Recap - Tues we worked on the 6 Parts of Light (HL, L 1/2 T, RL, CS, CA) and made a tonal pre-study before drawing.  Thursday we began our Final drawings #1 is instructors choice and the theme for the pose is La Force by A L Bayre.  We will continue the pose on Tues next week.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 12

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 12

Portrait Demo Tues

Week 12 Recap - This week student began wrapping up their Palette project paintings.  Demos included a portrait demo on Tues and a Cast demo on Thurs. Students will be asked to make one of the two on 16"x20" canvas and start their final piece (any subject, any style, any palette) on 18"x24". All three projects (5 paintings) will be due on the last day of class Dec. 8th.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 12

Septicyclopus Rex - Critter Fall 11'

Week 12 Recap - This week students created their robot or critter and made a study on Tues while on Thurs we entered the computer lab to make our color shifts.  Students will now place their critter-bot in it's environment and repaint with the tonal shift.

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 12

Growth - Wonderland theme

Week 12 Recap - This week students continued working on the four remaining projects: Growth Drawing, Research Technique Drawing, Final and Sketchbook.  Students will be required to turn in the sketchbook for review next Wed. and it should have approx 24 entries.

FA 105 2D Design Week 12

Symbolic Surrealism

Week 12 Recap - This week students submitted their Abstract Narrative pieces, and we planned the Ultimate Project.  Students as a group decided on what the parameters and rules for the project.  The decision was made to have any medium and any size with the theme of Symbolic Surrealism.  

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 11

Portrait #3 Charcoal

Week 11 Recap - This week we made two more Portrait drawings.  The second on Thursday being a Charcoal wipe-out drawing.  Next week we will focus on the 6 Parts of light and form rendering.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 11

Palette #3 - dutch, mud, vanitas

Week 11 Recap - This week students continued on the palette project, hopefully finishing painting 2 and starting painting 3.  Next week demonstrations of the portrait and cast painting will be done.  Students will be expected to have thumbnails and a rough sketch for the Final project (18"x24") on Tues Nov 22nd.  Five weeks remain, paint paint paint!

FA 106 Color Theory Week 11

Color Ribbon - Robert Langdon

Week 11 Recap - This week student turned in the color ribbon project and began work on the Harmony Compliment design project.  Students should remember to use the different opposites Harmony vs. Compliment, Organic vs. Geometric, Growth size vs. Visual Chords. Finally the Robot/Critter project was introduced.

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 11

Leestroy Style copy demo

Week 11 Recap - This week we continued working on the four remaining projects: Growth, Research, Final and Sketchbook. Next week more style copy demo.

FA 105 2D Design Week 11

 Week 11 Recap - This week students turned in the Tattoo Symbol project and began work on the Abstract Narrative project.  Monday students turned in the Key for their stories.  Wednesday students in their groups held critique for the look of the groups projects together. Next week students will turn in the project.

Julius Caesar - Abstr Narr