Wednesday, February 10, 2010

gallery report

Gallery Report:

Due: Feb 16th: D block
Feb 17th B block
Feb 18th G block

requirements: 1 and 1/2 pages typed; uses the elements of art language ( line, color, movement, pattern, depth, etc.) includes the name of the artist
must send me a text or email a picture of you at the gallery or museum.
kboyd@ma.org
Must have supplemental materials: including brochure, card, or other image of artist work.


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Art Gallery Links for Gallery write up.

Please remember to call the gallery first to check when they are open!

Marin County:


http://www.marinmagazine.com/Marin-Magazine/About-Marin-County/Art-Galleries/

San Francisco:

http://art-collecting.com/galleries_ca_sanfrancisco.htm


Richmond: The Richmond Art Center
http://www.therac.org/

Oakland: Pros Arts Gallery
http://www.proartsgallery.org/

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Beginning drawing B block: Back pack drawing


Do a drawing of your backpack in pen or pencil. Emphasize overlapping shapes, detail and some shading. In your drawing emphasize line quality, focus on an object either spilling out of your back pack or placed infront ( as seen in this example). Be creative with angle, and your choice of still life selection ( you could place your waterbottle, ipod, favorite shoe, sports item, your hand holding your backpack.

Your drawing should fill the page and use the space in an interesting way... you can also draw the drawing across two pages.

You should plan on spending 1 hour on this drawing

Your drawing can be precise and clean or gestural and expressive... it should look observed and not "symbolic"

Due: Tuesday beginning of class.


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Two Point perspective tutorial B block

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMNG2xBq8dA


Your drawing: on 12 X 18 inch white drawing paper

8-10 buildings ( overlapping)
two -three intersecting streets
Graded on accuracy, erasing orthogonals ( lines to vanishing points 1 and 2), and completion
Due Wednesday... beginning of class.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

D block: Sketches for 1st painting still life Due Tuesday Jan 13th



at least 10 sketches for a paintings of objects. Due Tuesday 1/13

The images I am showing are Unfinished Oil paintings by professional artists.

Consider composition, and lighting as important elements of your sketches. ( nothing backlit!)
Keep it simple!!!! Even these two paintings are fairly complex. We are going to be doing underpaintings for this small painting, not a final painting.

onions by: Joann Brandy
Still life: Susan Spar

Thursday, January 7, 2010

B Block: Getting back into drawing!




10 gesture drawings of different objects ( hands, shoes, etc.)
in pen or pencil. Graded on gestural quality and observational drawing development
Spend three to five minutes on each one. Each drawing should be on a different page in your sketchbook full size ( filling the page.)

Due Monday B block
Due Tuesday, D and G blocks.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

G block Intermediate Drawing

D BLOCK ADVANCED INTERIOR /EXTERIOR

2ND QUARTER

IN CLASS SYLLABUS

Oct.21st critique black paper drawing/ intro next project

Oct. 23rd: sketch out concepts and media choices

Oct. 27th revise sketches/concepts and have source images for inspiration

Oct. 29th: Start layout of project and final revisions if necessary

Nov. 2/4th gridding and layout

Nov. 9th/11th/13th: Project started
Project 1/2 finished by Nov. 30th
Due date: Dec. 11th.