2/6/14 2D Design

Today's Class- Tonight we began our study of line, a useful tool in 2D design.  I showed about three dozen slides of historical art, ranging from cave painting to the 20th century, and we discussed how lines were used in each and the effects those lines had.  After that the class did a series of portfolio exercises all related to the concept of contour lines.

How to make this up-  Find yourself a shoe.  This works best with a closed shoe- dress shoe, sneaker, boot, but stay away from sandals and flip-flops.  You will use pencil to complete a series of exercises in contour line drawing using the shoe as a subject.  You may put multiple shoes on the same page, as in the student example above, and even use the back of the page if you like.  The specific instructions for the exercises and additional student examples can be found here.

These are portfolio exercises, that will be graded as part of your semester portfolio.  They must be made up by the end of the semester to receive full credit, however, with the amount of major projects coming in the later part of the semester, I recommend that you get to them sooner than that.

Homework- The stipple value drawing project begun last week is due at the beginning of class on February 13, 2014.  You must bring both the original photo and your drawn version of it.

For next class 2/13/14-  We will open with a group critique of the stipple drawings, which will be graded and returned by the end of class.  Then we will start our next graded project, a line drawing of a more complex subject than shoes.  Bring your 18" x 24" pad, pencils, and eraser.  I'll provide the subject of the drawing.