DAY 1

Intro / Line: 

Introduce myself and describe how I became an artist.

Imagination>Boredom>Story Telling>Art

Talk About Applications For Art: A Way of Thinking Visually, Design, Decoration, Expression, Communication (transcends language barriers)

Survey What Students Like About Art And What they Want to Learn

Explain Elements of Art (ingredients in a kitchen).

The Importance of Line (used to define shapes) and Kinds of Lines (how many can you think of)

Explain Drawing from Observation - and train to LOOK AT WHAT YOU"RE DRAWING

-Follow Along Drawing (Demo With Laser)
-Pure Blind Contour, Blind Contour (Video and Demo)
-Modified Blind Contour (Adding more "cheating" and Line Variation)

Proportion:

What People Use: Grid>Projector>Sighting>Triangulation>Tracing

-Simple How-To Drawing Using Shapes (Video)

-Looking for Shapes (In Newspaper)

Talk About Order of Drawing: 

Light to Dark>Top to Bottom>Left to Right>Background to Foreground>General to Specific