Week #1
Objectives: What is Art?
Make marks on paper.
Introduction to design and principles of organization.
Refine observation skills.
Learn to look and to think about the world around you.
Apply those observational skills to looking at
other people's art and to the artwork that you do.
Agenda
Tell everything you know about art. Discuss syllabus and direction of class.
Practice drawing; introduce the “Elements of Art”.
Draw lines, draw shapes, add value, add texture, a little color, identify form.
First practice drawing contour drawing of your hand.
Homework- in your sketchbook, produce six contour drawings of your hands. Arrange these drawings on one full page in your book. Vary the size, pose and position of your drawings. This assignment will be assessed as part of your sketchbook evaluation which counts as a major component of your class participation grade.