Thank you for a great semester.

I will be e-mailing you shortly with a recap of your semester and my assessment. I will also attach your final grade. I saw a lot of talent and hard work this semester and I am hoping that many of you will continue taking art classes while in school.

For those interested in studying art or taking future art classes and want to practice over the summer…

Recommended Exercises:

            Observational Drawing (environmental, still-life and figure)

            Study online tutorials on one and two point perspective and try hallway drawing

            Practice value drawings and negative space drawing to better understand the relationship between figure and space.

            Folded Cloth and crinkled paper bag drawings to improve the subtleties in your value contrast

Recommended Reading:

            Drawing from The Modern, Volume 1-3

            Art: 21: Art in the 21^st Century Series, Volume 1-3

            Vitamin P: New Perspective in Painting

            Art as Experience, John Dewey

            Relational Aesthetics, Nicolas Bourriard

            Bridgman’s Drawing Series, George Bridgman

          Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition by Josef Albers and Nicholas Fox Weber

            Chromophobia by David Batchelor 

Remainder of the Semester

Hello Class, Here is the layout for the last three class sessions.

Thursday 4/24 - Studio Night
We will be continuing to work with out Alternative Media Project. Please have the adequate supplies needed to work and the the right questions to ask. At this point you should have a strong idea of what you are creating and be in the midst of the process.

Tuesday 4/29 - Studio Night/Projects Due (Portraits, Diptychs & Public Space Project) 
This will be the last night of studio session before critique. Your should be putting the finishing touches on your projects in preparation for Thursdays class. All Drawing 1-3 projects are due at the beginning of class. Please be ready to submit your work.

Thursday 5/1 - Critique Night 
This will be out last class period and you will be presenting your Alternative Media Projects to the class for critique.

Worth a listen

Interesting conversation about understanding contemporary art making in relation to the past. Check it out -- http://mobilevideo.cbc.ca/u/ref~s-audio~~1~1~83931077~000020623622/1

Alternative Media

Examples of alternative media from ArtSoup

Tuesday the 15th

Last Night of work on this particular drawing. Introduction to our FINAL assignment tomorrow in class. Critique is May 1st.

Portraits (D1), Diptychs(D2) & Proposal Drawing(D3)

...today you will be continuing with current drawings - studio night.

Drawing 1

Please come to class with your printed image!!!!