Welcome to the Fall 2015 Semester

This is the blog site that I have set up for my classes at OCC.  Each week I will post information about my classes.  This semester I am scheduled to teach a section of ARTS 183-04 Basic Drawing, and everything specific to that class will be appear in green text.  Anything that is outside the class will appear in black text.  

The posts usually go up later in the day after each class meeting.  The title will include the name of the class and the date it was held.  The post will include a brief overview of what we did that day, and a detailed description of any exercises and projects done in class, along with photos of student examples from previous semesters.  I will also include the homework assignments for the week, and a list of materials that will be required for the following meeting.  About a month's worth of posts will appear on the home page, but everything from the semester will be accessible by using the archive function in the column on the right hand side.  

This is not an online class and this blog is not a substitute for attending class.  You will learn as much from interaction with me and your classmates as from this site.  However it does make it easier for people who miss the class meeting to make up the work, which some do even before the next meeting.  Even a student who never misses a class may find it useful to see more student examples of a project or medium, or to get a reminder of something that is due, or just to check what to bring in.  It's available 24/7, without having to wait for me to reply to e-mail.  If you have any questions that are not answered by this site, you are always welcome to send me e-mail and I will probably get back to you within a day.