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

Drawing II

Overview This is a one-week course (3hrs/day). The primary subjects relate to style, developing ideas, preparation, and practice in art. Working with pen, pencil, and charcoal, participants expand on what was learned in Drawing I (or similar experiences). This class will be best for people who have some experience drawing but want to take it further. Objectives Develop the tools to make beautiful/interesting drawings. Get the fundamentals down and use them to draw from life and photo references. Days 1. Intro & Types of Art (Gesture – Fast Drawing, Non-Representational). 2. Harmony, Rhythm, Pattern, Unity, Movement, Variety, Contrast (Style/ Techniques: cross contour, eraser drawing, and using the side of the charcoal). 3. Ideas, Content, Subject and "varying levels of completion" (Sketchbooks, Thumbnails, and Drafts). 4.  Prep and Patience (Final Drawing Layout/Blocking In, Draughtsmanship). 5.  Finishing Touches (Final Drawing Completion). Outcome At the end of these classes, participants will have undergone the steps used to make a large charcoal drawing (and several smaller drawings and preliminary work). A further understanding of the elements and principals of drawing will have been developed through application and discussion.

Drawing II Intermediate Materials Compressed Charcoal, Vine Charcoal, Kneaded Eraser, Rubber Eraser, Basic 8x11 Sketchbook, 2-3 Pieces of Large Charcoal Paper (and drawing board?) 2 black pens (Jelly Roll), Pencils

Part 1

Types of Art

Click Here for Link

Blind Contour - (Draw While Only Looking at The Subject)

Some interesting Examples:

http://contourism.blogspot.ca/

http://i0.wp.com/jamesculleton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/JC06-Schwartz-Deli-2005-copy.jpg

Line Weight + Varied Thickness

Measuring

Sighting:

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/T3PGcMxEHM0

Triangulation:  https://www.youtube.com/embed/L3gzCTolMwc

Grid:  https://www.youtube.com/embed/mQK_tsrjXDU

Tracing:  https://www.youtube.com/embed/RMEHnupm2no

Projector:  https://www.youtube.com/embed/vom4LuZ12ZQ

combined:

DAY 2

Shape (continued lesson on blocking In)

Contour + Inking & Line Variation/Calligraphic Line Excercise 

"Ink Le Baton".

Composition and Framing (Discussion/ {new}Video)

Recap Stages of Drawing, Emphasize LIGHTLY Drawn Preliminary Work
(No one ever goes light enough at the start! =P )

From Still life or Photo:

-Rough In Largest, Most Basic Shapes, with Whispy, Sketchy, Searching Lines (Pencil)

-Correct Mistakes (don't bother erasing - prevent redrawing in same spot)

-Inking (Follow pencil line with a pen/contour line or transfers and Ink le Baton)

-Try to Find Natural Posture/body radius to Draw Graceful, Calligraphic Lines

-Thicken Lines Strategically (Lines Closest to You) To Make Dynamic and Imply Depth or on bottom to imply shadow.

Composition

And more in depth:
https://youtu.be/O8i7OKbWmRM

Shapes and Blocking In

 (Start at 4:10)

Draw a still life. Start with most basic shapes and draw very lightly!

Contour

Here's what blind Contour looks like with unlimited "cheating" (looking at paper).
I put it here because it is interesting to see how many times this lady turns her head (looking back and forth between object and drawing).



This is the kind of contour drawing we are going to try to do with the still life set-up in class:



Thicken Lines Strategically (Lines Closest to You) To Make Shadows, Make Dynamic and Imply Depth:
https://youtu.be/MldkhPOf10o

Day 3 Shape to Form (Developing Preliminaries)

With Still Life or photo preliminary:

Basic Shapes to Form:

Cross Contour

Mapping Light and Shadow

Shading Techniques:
Blending (Gradation) - Drawing with Side / End of Charcoal
Hatching, Cross Hatching, Stippling - Texture Patterns

With (Black and White) Photo Reference
Begin on Large Paper:

1. Carefully Block in Light Preliminary with Willow

2. Mapping Light, Shadow, Negative Space

(Probably Next Class)

3. Eraser Test and Base Values /w Compressed Charcoal

4. Refine