FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 16

Week 16 Recap - Final drawing labs and sketchbook reviews.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 16

Samantha Smith

Week 16 Recap - Final working lab and Final Critique...See you all next year!

FA 106 Color Theory Week 16

Zombi self portrait impressionist demo

Week 16 Recap- This week we finished up the final projects for critique on Thurs the 6th. Have a colorful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 16

Daniel Adel - Artist Research Style Copy

Week 16 Recap - This week students finished their assignments for our final critique on wednesday. Have a Happy Holiday!

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 15

Week 15 Recap - this week students focused on the portrait and the features of the face.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 15

Abstract Landscape Demo

Week 15 Recap - This week students should have began their final paintings for the semester.  Critique is on Thurs Dec 6th.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 15

Artist Analysis Exploration

Week 15 Recap - This week students should have completed parts A (Still Life) and B (Artist Analysis) to the final project so that part C (Interpretation) can be finished for critique on Thursday.

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 15

Week 15 Recap - This week students worked on completing final projects for the semester. Demonstration centered on a collaborative paint/drawing for the final based on a Frankenstein's monster theme.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 14

Week 14 Recap - students should finish their final palette project piece before starting their final piece. Cast/Portrait will count this semester as extra credit.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 14

Observation Still Life Demo - Beer

Week 14 Recap - This week students began their final project. Three stages are: A. Observation Still Life, B. Artist Analysis, C. Interpretation. Students should have parts A and B finished by the end of next week.

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 14

Veteran - Faces Demo

Week 14 Recap- This week students created their final Faces drawing for this semester. Our final theme was veteran recognition. Steve Mazza our regular model served in the Army corps in the late 60's.

FA 103 Figure Drawing 1 Week 14

Scaling Drawing Demo

Week 14 Recap - This Mon students created a dual pose drawing using a scaling strategy. Student will make a second drawing in this style next week.

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 13

Rubens hand studies

Week 13 Recap - This week guest instructor Jim Vitale helped demonstrate the arms anatomy lecture and drawings.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 13

Portrait Demo - Ethan

Week 13 Recap - Student should be finishing up their palette project pieces and starting on the Portrait and Final projects. Demonstrations included an abstract landscape and an Incamminati style portrait.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 13

DeSpain Robot example

Week 13 Recap - This week students worked on finishing up the Pixel and Ribbon projects.  Critique was used to show what work has been done.  Students should start their final project on Tues.

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 13

Barrel of Monkeys paint Demo

Week 13 Recap - After a short baby hiatus we were back to finish up working on the final projects of the semester. Demonstrations will include: Daniel Adel artist style copy, Baby + toys growth drawing/painting and a final piece most likely to be Frankenstein's monster theme. On Monday we will conclude the Faces of the Mohawk Valley project.

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 10

Week 10 Recap - Students began the leg anatomy on Tuesday while visiting the MVCC cadaver lab on Thursday to make drawings from the specimen.  The Arm anatomy will be started next week.

Dissected Foot specimen

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 10

Wet in Wet - Mud Palette - Portrait Copy

Week 10 Recap - This week student worked on finishing painting 1 of the palette project.  Students should look to plan out the other two as time in the semester is short.  Students were also invited to begin their final project which has only the requirement that it is 18"x24" or larger.  Students will choose the subject, style and palette.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 10

Lincoln Ribbon Demo

Week 10 Recap - This week students began working on their Color Ribbon project.  Students should have started painting their piece with the project being due next Thurs.

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 10

Owl 3 Growth Draw Demo

Week 10 Recap - This week students continued working on both the growth drawing and chose their group artist research project. With five weeks left students should also consider starting their final drawing.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 10 Glazing

Check out Thomas Penrose glazing demonstration

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 10 Homework

Students will copy one of the following knee pictures in their sketchbook full page size

Due Thurs Nov 1st

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 9

Long Pose Torso Demo - Venus de Medici

Week 9 Recap - This week we began the anatomy section of the course by refreshing the structure of the torso.  Students are asked each week to bring their sketchbooks for note taking about the muscle groups and drawing strategies.  On Thursday student made a long pose drawing of the torso.  Next weeks focus will be the legs.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 9

Palette Project #1 - Shellac, Glaze, Vanitas

Week 9 Recap - This week students finished up their Color Box paintings while being introduced to the Palette Project.  Students are tasked with creating 3 paintings using the Style, Palette, Subject Matrix.  One choice from each column are required as follows (Style - Shellac, Palette - Mud, Subject - Vanitas). Demonstration #2 will be a Wet in Wet, Mud Palette, Portrait.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 9

Ribb-Linc-on Demo Stage 2

Quixote Demo Stage 4

Week 9 Recap - This week student finished up their Faces of the Mohawk Valley Pixel portrait, while starting to design the Color Ribbon.  Demonstrations showed process for designing and painting color strips on the ribbon.  Students should have their ribbon drawn out by the end of class on Tues.

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 9

Toy Growth Drawing Demo - Owls

Week 9 Recap - Students were treated to a few PowerPoint presentations on Artist Style copies and Term B Final Drawings (Growth, Artist Research, Final).  The Growth drawing demonstration moved into the toy concept phase. Further Daniel Adel was chosen as the Artist Research subject for demonstration. Due to the lack of available material, I was able to email the artist directly and will hopefully receive process information.

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 9 HMWK

This week students were asked to make two anatomy drawing copies from the text book. One from page 136 and the other is students choice from the torso section.

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 8

Figure in Space Midterm Demo

Week 8 Recap - Students continued to finish their figure in space Mid-term project.  Anatomy lectures will start next week, beginning with the Torso.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 8

Limited Earth Palette - Sam Smith

Week 8 Recap - This week we held critique for painting projects 1-5.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 8

Quixote Ribbon Fall 12'

Week 8 Recap - Students continued working on the Faces of the Mohawk Valley Pixel Portrait project.  By classes end students were asked to have 3 hues with a six value range.  The Color Ribbon project was introduced as the next project.

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 8

Leonardo Cartoon

Week 8 Recap - Tues was a Mon schedule and students worked to complete drawings for midterm.  Wed was our midterm critique where students presented 3 drawings and sketchbook for grading.

SA 300 Amsterdam Paris and London!!!

Amsterdam Paris and now London

This week we held an information meeting about trip sign up and adding London to the trip. Check out our tour site HERE

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 7

Figure in Space Mid-Term Day 1

Week 7 Recap - This week students began their mid-term Figure in Space drawing.  Students are asked to do the following: place at least 7 figures, create at least 2 overlaps, full value representation and create a background for the figures.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 7

Color Box Demo

Week 7 Recap - This week students began painting #6 Color Box.  Students were asked to now use a full compliment of primary and secondary colors to highlight the color influence created by placing objects in a color box still life.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 7

Faces Pixel Demo Week 7 95% finished

Week 7 Recap - Students worked on the Faces of the Mohawk Valley Pixel Portrait Project.  For Mid-term grading students should have a full value range in three different hues.

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 7

Week 7 Growth Draw Demo

Week 7 Recap - Students were asked to show progress towards Mid-term assignments of drawing and sketchbook work.  Next week critique will be Wednesday.  Demonstration included the start of the Growth Drawing assignment.

SA 300 Amsterdam Paris Spring 2013

Study Abroad Poster 2013

Hello potential travelers here is a link to the course and to EF College Study Tours Trip

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 6

Inside Outside Figure in Space Demo

Week 6 Recap - This week students focused on dynamic gesture poses on Tuesday and adding a landscape background to their figure in space drawing on Thursday.  Students will begin their Mid-term Figure in Space drawing on Tues Oct 2.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 6

Limited Earth Palette finished Demo

Week 6 Recap - This week students worked on project 5 Limited Earth Palette.  Students using only the 4 colors (IB, RS, AC, TW) created a still life painting of simple subjects.  Next week students will begin project 6 Color Box.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 6

Face Fall 12' - Stage 3 Demo

Week 6 Recap - This week students began the Faces of the Mohawk Valley Pixel Portrait Project.  In collaboration with other courses in the Arts and Humanities Center students will create portraits of fellow MVCC cohorts while telling the models cultural background and celebrating diversity. Demonstration video HERE.

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 6

Samantha Smith - Faces of MV Fall 12

Week 6 Recap - On Monday students continued preparing final drawings for Mid-term critique Oct 10th.  During this time a demonstration video by Bob Kato was shown on Adult Male Portrait in color Gouache. Wednesday students began the Faces of the Mohawk Valley (Artist Portion) by drawing and interviewing fellow student Samantha Smith.  The next Face drawing day will be in mid October.

Fa 104 homework week 5

 

Robert Liberace Website

Figure Drawing 2 and Painting 1

Looking at our homework assignments this video can help to explain how to see the shading and edges of the forms you choose to create. Scott Video 

Scott Waddell Demonstration Videos

Norman Rockwell Museum Trip

On Thursday September 20 MVCC art department made a field trip with students to the Norman Rockwell Museum to view the Howard Pyle show.