FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 9

This week students focused on the anatomy of the leg in two separate lectures on the upper and lower. This again culminated in a grades long pose leg drawing. 

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 9

This week students worked on their color box assignment. By creating a small space with intensely bright colors students are able to focus on color atmosphere and practice how to observe and paint the reflective light properties.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 9

This week both classes focused on finishing their pixel portraits. Themes are either 1. Family or 2. Literary (author, poet, play write etc.) Color Ribbon project is next.

Ayaka Kamasaki

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 8

This week began our anatomy section of the course with the torso. Students made copy drawings in their sketchbooks of the anatomy diagrams. Then students make short pose drawings focusing only on the torso. Thursday students made a long pose torso drawing on toned paper. Next week is the legs.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 8

Students worked on finishing the limited earth painting for mid-term critique next Tuesday. 

FA 106 Color Theory Week 8

This week students began work on the Faces of the Mohawk Valley pixel portrait project. The theme is Family again. Student focus on spreading out all hue families while placing the correct values in the correct place. 

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 7

This week class began our midterm drawing highlighting figures in pictorial space. 6 figures a background and full value will show an interesting take on creative problem solving. Next week will start the anatomy lectures with the torso. Student should bring their sketchbooks each and every class during the anatomy lecture unit. 

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 7

This week students finished work on the warm cool painting and began the limited earth palette. Using only ivory black, raw sienna, alizarin Crimson and titanium white. Mixtures between black, sienna and crimson will produce secondary colors citrine, russet and plum.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 7

This week the PM class finished working on the color vibration and two colors looking like the same color exercises for project 2. The AM crew finished color field theory and began the pixel portrait project with a choice of theme. Theme one is family or theme two is literary figure (author, poet, play write...)

FA 104 Homework 2 reference

Here is the post from the last years homework

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 6

This week students continued to work on practicing the figure in pictorial space unit. Next week the fig space mid term drawing begins. 

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 6

This week students continued working on the warm cool project - shifting from the first painting to the second of the pair.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 6

This week in both sections of color theory students layed out their designs for the examples a-d using the 2 face designs and 2 ink blot designs. Demonstrations for the color tests and exercises a-d. 

A - one color looks like two

B - high and low intensity with compliment

C - color vibration

D - two different colors look like one