September 8 - 11

Unit 1 - Contour and Composition

Current Project: Introduction to Drawing Techniques

Objectives: Create a 18 x 24 composite design with the following:

• An object drawn using the following techniques: mass gesture; contour; cross-contour; hatching; cross-hatching; value drawing; stippling; value collage; high-contrast
• Use proper drawing techniques and media for each drawing
• Compose the nine 6 x 8 drawings to create pattern and rhythm in the overall design

Homework for the week: Make 3 2-minute modified contour of a paper bag. (Each day crumple the bag.) These drawings should be in your journals.

• Monday: HOLIDAY.
• Tuesday: Homework is due (15 drawings total). Complete the final drawings.
• Wednesday: Discuss how to compose the 9 drawing composition and how to mount the drawings.
• Thursday: Class critique of Intro to Drawing Techniques. Introduce next project - contour hand drawings. VVJ pages for drawing techniques are due (3 pages).
• Friday: Journal Day. Complete Webquest Journal pages using the last two remaining activated pages.

VVJ assignment: Using your last two activated double-page spreads, complete the webquest journal entries. (1) For the first research, create a page using a journal example and an artist's work example within the page. Make the images a part of the background. Include your research and reflections about the connections between journaling and finished work. (2) For your second page, choose one of the three pages you critiqued and create a response page to the artist. You can RECREATE an image, but CAN NOT use the actual images. Recreate a mixed media technique from the artists' pages. Include your INTERPRETATION and JUDGMENT statements from your second research. Pages are due on Thursday, September 17.