Drawing II:
Introduction to the Figure
ARTS 205.001—Spring 2014
Instructor: M. Cornelia Oliver
mco7827@unm.edu, office hours by appointment
Rm: ART 353. M/W 11 AM-1:45 PM
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SCHEDULE:
Subject to change, as needed,
by instructor.
WEEK 1: Line,
Structure, and Proportions
January 22- Introduction to
class, 10 Experiments, and 50/4 Drawing. Go through syllabus, begin with
skeleton. THIS IS A WORK DAY!
WEEK 2: Mark-Making,
Line Quality, Pivot Points
January 27- Continue with
skeleton. Assign Internet research project.
January 29- Introduction of
model for proportional study, talk about mark making
WEEK 3: Reductive
Measuring, Blocking, Finding Weight
February 3- 50/4 Drawings DUE!
Continue with model, points of reference, reductive study.
February 5- Introduce plumb
line, look for points of contact, weight, body blocking.
WEEK 4: Gesture
February 10- Introduce
gesture, studies from model
February 12- Continue with
model. Gesture through detail points.
WEEK 5: Observation,
Movement and Immediacy
February 17- Continue with
model, short poses.
February 19- Field gesture
study, Return to model, extended poses
WEEK 6: Value,
Shadow Blocking, Positive & Negative
February 24- Mid-tone
introduction, reductive mark-making (erasure). Introduce Scratchboard
Assignment.
February 26- Mid-tone
introduction, reductive mark-making (grey paper). Bring in images for Scratchboard
Assignment.
WEEK 7: Light
and Shadow, Implied Line
March 3- Introduction of
positive/ negative space, reflectivity (black paper).
March 5- Questions about Scratchboard Assignment. Study of hands &
feet
(b & w contè on mid-toned paper)
WEEK 8: Lighting,
Portraiture, and Detail
March 10- Mid-tone paper
compositions, study of face (conte)
March 12- Scratchboard Assignment DUE & Experimental
Drawings 1-5 DUE, Bring in images for Portrait of Elder
WEEK 9: SPRING
BREAK
March 17- NO CLASS
March 19- NO CLASS
WEEK 10: Narrative/
Psychology in Image Building
March 24- Portrait of Elder DUE, Begin “Stripes” Project
March 26- Art Critic (TBA) in
class to discuss “the articulation of art making”
WEEK 11: Color,
Layering, and Composition
March 31- “Stripes”
April 2- “Stripes” DUE! COLOR!
Introduce Poetic Color Assignment
April 3- Graduate Studio Reviews (1st Year), EXTRA
CREDIT
WEEK 12: Color
and Audience
April 7- Bring in images for Poetic Color Assignment. COLOR! lecture cont.
Poetic Color work
day.
April 9- Poetic
Color
WEEK 13: Delving
into Abstraction and Conceptual Art
April 14- Poetic Color DUE. Introduce Observation/ Abstraction Series. Experiment
with watercolors.
April 16- Observation/
Abstraction
WEEK 14: The
Figure Abstracted
April 21- Observation/ Abstraction Series DUE. Introduce
Figurative Abstraction.
April 23- Figurative
Abstraction.
WEEK 15: Building
Conceptual Art
April 28- Figurative Abstraction DUE. Introduction to FINAL
PROJECT
April 30- FINAL
PROJECT. Portfolio reviews!
WEEK 16: Building
Conceptual Art (cont)
May 5- FINAL PROJECT. Portfolio reviews! (cont)
May 7- FINAL projects DUE. & Experimental Drawings 6-10 DUE. Hang Show!
WEEK 17:
FINALS WEEK
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