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.