Wednesday, September 21, 2011

working in a Series, starting with a Gesture

TO DO FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26.

2 drawings, related*= a series.

*related, by medium, content, size, etc.

Assigned Process=
1. Begin drawings by covering all -almost all white of page with gesture drawings of a live subject.
2. Use eraser to continue working into/on drawings, deductive step.
3. Follow where drawing wants to go, may continue to work deductively or additively
4. Keep drawing ALIVE
5. Have Fun
6. Stay aware, bring thoughts as well as pieces to crit on Monday

CHECK OUT GESTURE DRAWINGS:
http://www.google.com/search?q=gesture+drawings&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=M816TrizBKmFsgLznKGhAw&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1091&bih=615

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Back on Track

Due Monday September 19: A large drawing(18x24) on Drawing Paper,(Bristol)
An abstract space composed of lines 'found' from sound.

1. on a scrap piece of paper listen to 5 sounds, with each listening experience, try to translate the sound and possibly rhythm into marks. Invent and transpose rather than illustrate.

2. Use one, some or all of your found marks to create a composition .

3. How do the marks interact, relate to one another? Have you varied their size. What are the marks relationship to the outside edge of the paper?

4. What type of space are you building, ask the drawing what it sounds like?

5. Have Fun

make-up in- class for last week: Monday's class, drawing outside, 1 landscape view, concentrating on variation of mark, and 1 object from the landscape(close up. homework; 2 objects or two landscapes, landscapes could be made smaller than full page by drawing box/frame for drawing prior to beginning to draw.

Wednesday(from classtime), contour drawing of plant: 2 blind contour drawings, can do in notebook if making up, do not look at page, do not lift pencil, be the ant, become aware of your own pace. 1 long study of plant, including cross contour, the lines, or dotted lines or indication of the ant (and our eye traveling across the plane, the leaf, the arm, whatever the form may be.)

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

Sunday, August 28
3:00 pm
5:15 pm
Tuesday, August 30
7:00 pm
9:15 pm
Wednesday, August 31
7:00 pm
9:15 pm
Thursday, September 1
7:00 pm
9:15 pm

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

In 1994, one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of the decade came to light in a cave in Southern France, known as the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc: etchings estimated at around 30,000 years old. The date of origin made these some of the oldest remnants of humankind ever discovered. Unsurprisingly, these artistic remnants bore a precious fragility — experts asserted that overexposure, even to elements as seemingly harmless as human breath, could severely damage or destroy the drawings. For that reason, few obtained access to this area. One exception arrived in the form of maverick German filmmaker Werner Herzog, who not only obtained permission to film (with lights that emit no heat) but did so in 3D — a process that enabled him to convey the textured surfaces on which the figures are drawn, as well as the shape and depth of the cave’s stalagmites and other structures. This astonishing 3D documentary not only provides exquisite visual detail of the cave (as Herzog explores it) but uses the visuals as a springboard to broader philosophical questions about the nature of humanity itself and the transience of humankind.

“To call this movie fascinating is akin to calling the Grand Canyon large.” -Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

90 min, 35 mm

Trailer: http://www.ifcfilms.com/videos/cave-of-forgotten-dreams-2

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I hope everyone has set their eyes on this imagery.

HOMEWORK:

2 pages of "notes" in sketchbook

1 pg written reflection, "your connection to a figure in the film", who/what do you identify with?

1 large drawing (18x24 or larger) "inspired by" Herzog's film.

TERMS/SOURCES FROM CLASS:

George Nick(the great corrector) realist painter, google him.

Countour Line