Posts by: Bryan R Melillo
Week 10: homework
Week 9: Vincent Van Gogh– vocabulary and sketchbook entry
week 9: self portrait inspired by Vincent Van Gogh
week 8: vocabulary and lesson reflection – sketchbook exercise on memory as a source for iterative drawing
Week 7 & 8 – intro to Collagraph Printing: collage, abstraction and the imagination
week 7: vocabulary and lesson reflection – sketchbook exercise on abstraction & imagination
Week 6 – Abstraction & the Imagination: aeropainting – landscape painting from above
week 6: vocabulary and lesson reflection – using shapes to create an imaginary aeromap of your home
week 5: vocabulary and lesson reflection – seeing value, contrast, emphasis and negative space in the world around you
Week 5 – contrast, emphasis, negative space
week 4: gesture, proportion, composition, shape, form, value,
Week 4: the figure – vocabulary and sketchbook entry
Week 3: vocabulary and sketchbook entry
Week 3: Computer Pixel Mosaic Drawing
Week 2: vocabulary and sketchbook entry
Please bring the following to our second class: 29 September
$75 deposit for supplies
Found object (this can be a stuffed animal or small toy or some odd thing that is interesting to draw)
wear clothing that you are okay getting dirty
Sketchbook
Warm-up: contour drawing
Please bring the following to our second class: 29 September
- $75 deposit for supplies
- Found object (this can be a stuffed animal or small toy or some odd thing that is interesting to draw)
- wear clothing that you are okay getting dirty
- Sketchbook
welcome!
ID distribution
syllabus review
the sketchbook/journal and homework assignment
the class resource site
the elements and principles of art & design
contour drawing
still life drawing
week 1: homework – drawing and vocabulary sketchbook/journal entry
The Elements and Principles of Art & Design
ELEMENTS OF ART/DESIGN: elements of art/design are the parts – they structure and carry the work.
- Line
- Form
- Space
- Texture
- Shape
- Color
- Value
PRINCIPLES OF ART/DESIGN: principles of art/design are concepts – they affect content and message.
- Emphasis
- Movement
- Unity
- Rhythm
- Contrast
- Scale
- Variety