4/23/15 2D Design

Today's Class-  The school hit us with a bit of a surprise yesterday, informing us that what is scheduled to be the last day of the spring semester, Thursday May 14th, isn't really a Thursday.  On that day, the college will be following the normal Monday schedule.  That means we won't be having class that day, making our last meeting day now on May 7, 2015.  As a result, I cancelled the plan to do a portfolio exercise in still life painting tonight and we just went straight to the Final Project of the semester, a board game based on the work of a painter from art history.

Painted Dreams

Vincent Van Gogh

How to make this up- Choose an artist of recognized art historical importance, such as inclusion in art history textbooks, museum collections, etc.  This artist must work in color and use representational images.  You will create a new composition by using elements from this artist's work, doing your best to match the original shapes, colors and textures, taken from multiple works by this artist.  Since this is a board game, you must have a theme that relates the chosen images, a goal for the players.  The game must have a title, which will be part of the design.  There must be some kind of game path, which can be a single start to finish path (as in Candyland), a repeated circuit until a goal is reached (as in Monopoly) or something that players can move through in any direction (as in chess).  The resulting composition is essentially a painting, so everything we have dealt with this semester should be taken into account- composition, color, shapes, proportions, text design, etc.  It should be on a heavy stiff surface that can fold like a classic board game board.  I have 20" x 16" pieces of mat board for everyone, so you can work out your ideas on paper until you see me next week, or cut a piece of mat to a similar size if you don't wish to wait.  Above and below are student examples from previous semesters, with the artist and game title with each.  Additional examples (a demonstration piece from me and more student work) and further instructions can be found here.

Love Story

Roy Lichtenstein

Victory Climb

Paul Cezanne

Homework-  The limited palette color studies (four images) piece is due at the start of class on April 30, 2015.

The mixed media collage from randomly chosen topics is due on May 7, 2015.

The Final Project (art historical Board Game) is now also due on May 7, 2015.

Any back projects that you owe me must be turned in by May 7, 2015, our last class meeting, to receive partial credit.  No work will be accepted after our last class meeting.

For next class 4/30/15- Other than reviewing the limited palette color studies pieces, the class will be a general work day that can be used for anything from the class that you need to work on.  Bring whatever materials you need to work on whatever you plan to do.  I will go over what is expected as part of the semester portfolio (exercises) that you'll be bringing to our final meeting the following week.