Spring Break!!!

2/26/15

Complete at least 5 of these drawing prompts during class, and use the remainder as prompts to fill your sketchbook over Spring Break. 

Be mindful of the page and always consider your composition before beginning a drawing. 

1. Complete a greyscale in pencil that is 9” long with 9 tones (each tone being a 1” x 2” rectangle), the rectangles on each end should be extremes (lightest possible grey, and darkest possible grey) the rectangle in the middle should be 50% grey, and every other rectangle should fall in line to form a gradual shift in tone. 
2. Complete prompt #1 using line with the brush pen or the micron pens.
3. Complete prompt #1 with China pencil
4. Self portrait in the mirror with directional line (pencil or brush pen)
5. Self portrait in the mirror with tone (pencil)
6. Set up a still life and draw it from 3 different angles
7. Set up a still life and draw it with 3 different types of lighting
8. Complete a collaborative drawing with someone, taking turns responding to each other’s contributions. 
9. Draw a foreign landscape from Google Earth
10. Draw a landscape involving extreme repetition
11.  Draw the same landscape in different types of perspective: Linear perspective, isometric (or axonometric) perspective, aerial perspective
12. Do multiple master studies based on the pen and ink, charcoal, and pencil drawings of Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Courbet, Durer, Van Gogh, Matisse and Rembrandt.
13. Make a drawing that contrasts straight lines using a ruler with very gestural mark making. 
14. Pause a movie or TV show and draw from the screen. 
15. Glue some ephemera from your Philly travels in to your sketchbook in an interesting way. 
16. Draw quick (2 minute) full body gestures of people in class, or people in a public place. Try to capture the movement and pose of the figure with loose, gestural marks. 
17. Draw a still life over the course of 2 hours. Set a timer. Draw the same still life in 2 minutes. Set a timer. 

MIDTERM REVIEW

On Thursday we will be meeting in our classroom at Tyler at 12:30. We will be working in class and meeting individually to go over assignments and prepare for the midterm review (Tuesday March 10, the first class after returning from Spring Break).

For the midterm review:
- Approx. 1 sketchbook full of drawings in various mediums. 
- Go back through previous assignments and make sure they are the best that they can be (do not edit blind contours- those should stay as-is). Have fun with it! Make your sketchbook stand out. Please leave drawings in black and white unless color is necessary for conceptual reasons. 
- You should have the following assignments, in addition to studies completed on your own, from observation:

• Looking Carefully, Memory Reflection @ PMA
• Blind Contours, Asian Arts @ PMA
• 5 full page blind contours of interiors, homework
• Scale drawing of Chair(s) @ Perelman, Vitra show
• Scale drawing of furniture, homework
• Blind contour portraits, in-class assignment
• Drawing research @ Moore
• Response to piece from Moore + statement, homework
• Drawings @ Locks Gallery
• Drawings @ Jules Goldman
• Imagined history of object from Jules Goldman, homework
• Drawings @ Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
• 5 objects larger than life, homework
• Wagner drawings, day 1
• Wagner collection with directional line and considered composition, Day 2
• Drawings with directional line and considered composition @ Mutter Museum
• 5 hand studies with directional line, homework
• In-class drawings from Thursday Feb 26

Homework due 2/26

5 hand studies from life, incorporating tone with directional line or shading. Use units of measurement to compare proportions.

My Drawings from the Wagner

Thought I would share some drawings I made at the Wagner back in 2011. Pencil on 11" x 15" paper.

Next Tuesday 2/24 at the Mütter Museum!

We will be meeting in the front lobby at 1:00 sharp. I will pay for the group, but IF YOU ARE LATE YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR YOURSELF (It is $8 for a student). Please don't be late!

We will be drawing in pencil only.

The museum is located on 22nd St between Market and Chestnut.

This is the Mütter's visitation policy:

Self-Guided Tour

  

Please note the following strictly enforced policies:

NO photography of any kind is allowed in the museum.

NO large bags, tote bags, book bags, backpacks or shopping bags are permitted in the museum: 

do not bring them.

NO foods or drinks are allowed in the museum.
NO Smoking in our building or on or around our property.

Strollers are not permitted in the museum, but may be stored in our coatroom during your visit.

Cell phones must be turned to silent or vibrate mode.

Chaperones are required to supervise groups at all times and are responsible for group behavior.

The Journals of Dan Eldon

Dan Eldon created most of his journals between the ages of 15 and 22, although several small notebooks created previously are included here among his earliest books. He started his more formal journals in 1985 for a school anthropology trip and an English class. At the same time, Dan was beginning to travel around Kenya more often and to take more photographs. Both his adventures and his images made their way into his books. You can read more about the journals in this excerpt from Dan Eldon: The Art of Life, by Jennifer New.

http://www.daneldon.org/about/journals/

SCHEDULE CHANGES!

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE CHANGES:

Week 6

Tuesday, February 17

Wagner Free Institute of Science

Thursday, February 19

Wagner Free Institute of Science

Week 7

Tuesday, February 24

Mutter Museum, $10

Thursday, February 26

Tyler classroom: Drawing assignment, individual meetings

Week 8

Spring Break: All studios and shops will be closed

Week 9

Tuesday, March 10

Tyler classroom: mid-term peer review, sketchbooks collected 

Thursday, March 12

Tyler conference room: Film Screening: Urbanized

Wagner Free Institute of Science

Hey All- this post was scheduled to go up Wednesday, and for some reason it didn't work. Sorry for the delay...


Homework due Feb 17:
Read Wagner info to prepare for Wagner visits Feb 17 & 19 (12:45- 3:00)
5 drawings of small objects drawn larger than life. Any medium.

Jules Goldman Books & Antiques

Today we will be meeting in Old City at Jules Goldman Books & Antiques. We are starting off the "History in Philly" section with a place that is full of treasures from the past.

Homework Due Tuesday Feb 10.
In your sketchbook, create a drawn fictional history for an object that you discovered at Jules Goldman. Speculate about it's past and future through drawing. You may use any medium and are encouraged to fill multiple pages with drawings, labels, notes and ephemera.

Consider the following:
Who did it belong to?
Where did it belong?
What did it once look like?
What is it's significance?
How did it end up here?
Where will it end up?


On Tuesday we will be meeting at Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N 11th St. It is very easy to get there from the 23 bus that leaves from right outside Tyler on 12th st. When you arrive at Vox, ring the buzzer on the door, and you will be buzzed into the gallery- take the stairs to the 3rd floor and meet in Vox Populi's lobby. We will be reviewing your homework assignment at Vox.