COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS
ART 17 - DRAWING Office: CA 127, Phone #: 476-4320
Meets: TTH 2-5pm e-mail: cindy-hooper@redwoods.edu
Instructor: Cindy Hooper Office Hours: TTH 12:30-1:45 or by appointment.
Fall 2006 Websites: www.redwoods.edu/departments/art/hooper/
www.cynthiahooper.com
Course Objectives This course will introduce you to all the fundamentals for drawing with a wide variety of inventive and challenging assignments. With diligent effort, you'll gain greatly improved skills at (mostly) representational drawing, and also gain a greater sensitivity to the visual world in general.
Course Calendar
8-29 Introduction to gesture and contour. (Materials will be provided for today’s assignments.) Reading: Contour and Gesture from your reader.
8-31 More work with gesture and contour: Your Shoe. Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, vine charcoal, graphite pencils and eraser.
9-5 More work with gesture and contour: Plastic Toys. Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, drawing pen point and nib holder, black ink, brushes and paper cup.
9-7 Introduction to composition and negative space: Chairs ‘n’ Stuff. Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, pencils, kneadable eraser, box of soft pastels. Reading: Positive/Negative Shape from your reader.
9-12 More composition and negative space: More Chairs ‘n’ Stuff. Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, pencils, eraser, scissors, glue stick, several sheets of colored construction paper or old gift wrap.
9-14 Introduction to value: Spheres. Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, kneadable eraser, black charcoal pencil. Reading: A Few Pointers on Value and Chiaroscuro from your reader.
9-19 More work with value: Skulls. Materials needed: white paper, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, kneadable eraser, black charcoal pencil.
9-21 More value: Graphite Hatching Techniques. Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, graphite pencils and eraser. Reading: A Few Pointers on Ellipses from your reader.
9-26 More value: Drape Study. Materials needed: newsprint, gray Canson paper, vine charcoal, kneadable eraser, black charcoal pencil, white charcoal pencil.
9-28 More value: Skeleton Study. Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, pencils, eraser, drawing pen point and nib holder, black ink, brushes, paper cup.
10-3 Introduction to space and scale: Fruits on the Floor. Materials needed: newsprint, gray or white paper, pencils, kneadable eraser, box of soft pastels.
10-5 Introduction to perspective: One and Two Point. Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, pencils, eraser, and 24” to 36” ruler. Reading: The Invention of Perspective and One and Two-Point Parallel Perspective from your reader.
10-10 Observational perspective: The Hallways of the Science Building. Materials needed: white paper, pencils, eraser, and 24” to 36” ruler.
10-12 More observational perspective: The Hallways of the Science Building. Materials needed: white paper, pencils, eraser, and 24” to 36” ruler.
10-17 Midterm Critique and Portfolios Due.
10-19 Collaborative Video Drawing Project: Materials needed: Compressed charcoal, vine charcoal, kneadable eraser.
10-24 Landscape (weather permitting): Materials needed: green Canson paper, kneadable eraser, black and white charcoal pencils, box of soft pastels.
10-26 Landscape (weather permitting): Materials needed: green Canson paper, kneadable eraser, black and white charcoal pencils, box of soft pastels.
10-31 Insect Study: Materials needed: an actual insect, newsprint, white or colored paper, media of your choice. Reading: The Parts of an Insect and What is an Insect? from your reader.
11-2 Insect Study: Materials needed: an actual insect, newsprint, white or colored paper, media of your choice.
11-7 Flower Study: Materials needed: an actual flower, white or colored paper, color media of your choice (pastels work best).
11-9 A Perceptual Drawing Project: Materials needed: black paper and color media of your choice (pastels work best).
11-14 A Photo-Distortion Project: Materials needed: white paper, 24” ruler, media of your choice, a good quality photograph of a subject that interests you.
11-23 Thanksgiving Holiday (no class).
11-28 Self-Portraits: Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, kneadable eraser, black charcoal pencil, hand-held mirror.
11-30 Self-Portraits: Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, kneadable eraser, black charcoal pencil, hand-held mirror.
12-5 Life Drawing: Materials needed: newsprint, white paper, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, kneadable eraser, black charcoal pencil.
12-7 Final Critique and Portfolios due.
12-12 Lecture on my work and portfolios returned (2-4pm).
Course Requirements: There will be 6 full hours per week of lectures, demonstrations, critiques, and intensive art making. Your total involvement in each of these activities is absolutely required. In addition to in-class work, you will need to spend several hours per week outside of class finishing projects. You are also required to submit a portfolio of all work for a midterm and final portfolio review (the dates are indicated in boldface on your course calendar.)
Course Grading:
Midterm Portfolio review: 40% (of your grade)
Final Portfolio review: 40%
Participation and Involvement
in classroom projects, lectures,
demonstrations, and critiques: 20%
100%
Participation/Involvement: Attendance is critically important for this course as most of the work will be done during class time. It is absolutely crucial to your grade that you show up with all your supplies, participate fully, and work diligently for the entire class period. If you must miss a class, you’ll need to complete at least 3 hours of work per missed class, to be done either at home or during another one of my class times. You also must show me your makeup work before it is submitted for grading, so I can make sure it is done correctly. Remember, if you expect to receive an “A” in this course, all missed work must be made up completely and correctly. Another essential requirement for getting an “A”: miss no more than 4 classes throughout the semester.
Bringing Supplies: You must bring the required supplies to each class session, as I will not be providing any materials. If you come to class empty-handed, you will be counted absent for that day. Also, do not mooch supplies off of classmates! Please see me if you are missing a few items.
Class Conduct: I insist upon a professional and studious atmosphere in all my courses. If you consistently arrive late or leave early, chat during work sessions, distract other students, or somehow lower the concentration level of the classroom--you will be strongly discouraged from taking this course. This course is for serious students, but don’t worry if you feel you have little skill at art. Give me 100% of your involvement, be willing to do your best, and you should have no problem succeeding in this course!
Miscellaneous: Call me "Cindy". Also, should the calendar for this syllabus change due to extenuating or other circumstances, I will issue you an addendum so that you'll always know what we are doing on each day we meet. Additionally, you can download a copy of this syllabus on-line at http://www.redwoods.edu/departments/art/hooper/
MATERIALS LIST:
Soft vine charcoal, a handful
Drawing pencils: 2H, 2B, and 4B
Small hand held pencil sharpener
1 White "Magic Rub" eraser
2 Gray kneadable erasers
18"x24" pad of white drawing paper (Strathmore 400 series drawing, regular surface is good)
18"x24" pad of rough newsprint
Paper portfolio, at least 19"x25"
Tool box or cloth bag to hold your supplies
Drawing pen point and nib holder (Speedball nib #B-6) (finer pen points are optional)
Small bottle of black drawing ink (India is fine)
2 inexpensive watercolor brushes - one camel hair (or nylon or sabeline, about a #8) and
one 1" haki flat wash brush
A small paper or plastic cup
Compressed charcoal, 2 sticks (Alphacolor by Weber is good)
Small to medium set of colored chalk pastels (Alphacolor is inexpensive, or Rembrandt)
Scissors
Glue stick
Several sheets of colored construction paper or gift wrap paper, at least 9"x12"
24" ruler
Black charcoal pencil
White charcoal pencil
Gray charcoal paper, 2 sheets (Canson or Strathmore)
Colored drawing paper, 2 sheets (Canson is best - select one green one and one black one)
Glassine paper, 12 sheets of 18"x24" minimum dimension
A small set of colored pencils (please select Prismacolor or Derwent) (optional)
Conte pastel pencil set (optional)
Additional Materials Needed: Art 17 Course Reader.
NOTE: A few of these supplies may need to be periodically replenished throughout the semester.