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Jan. 13-19
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All 6 class assignments are due: Wednesday, February 1st
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Jan. 23 -
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The Final Poster is due: Wednesday, February 8th
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Feb 21-Mar 07
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Designing My Own Poster
Students will learn to design and create their own posters during this reporting period. All of the "mini/class assignments" will build to this final poster assignment DUE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 07, 2012.
Before investing time and money into a major art project, almost all great artists plan out and design their artwork. A common way in which artists plan out various designs is by creating thumbnails. Like your thumb, these thumbnail designs are very small and allow artists to quickly see how their designs will turn out on paper. Look at the slideshow below. These images were taken from a book published by James Jean. Notice how the artist works through various designs before completing his finished piece.
Download the file above called (thumbnail_blank_1.pdf). You are to create at least 6 different thumbnail designs of your poster. You may use either a pen or pencil to do this assignment. Before you invest time and materials into your poster it is a good idea to plan out what you will do first. That is why you are drawing quick a rough thumbnail drawings. February 23-24 I will be taking photos of your head based off of YOUR design. You are going to choose your favorite design and the photograph I take of you will help you create this finished poster.
Drawing a basic head for your 6 thumbnails
Think of an ice cream cone. Use any of these head drawings to help you design your poster! Notice how simple these head drawings are. Even though they lack eyes, hair, and all of the other tiny details of a normal head you can still tell which direction the head is turning. This is the information I need when I photograph your head for your poster design.
When this poster is complete you should have your face AND your country/continent/state of origin drawn on a 12" x 18" sheet of watercolor paper (provided by me). You are to blend/incorporate your HAIR into an overall design that depicts where you came from. Look at the example on the left. Can you see the shape of Africa? This image tells a story that incorporates a location with the person. Be prepared to:
1) Research where you/your family came from. 2) Pencil sketch at least 6 different ideas onto (thumbnail_blank_1.pdf). 3) You will choose one of your BEST designs that you will eventually enlarge onto a 12" x 18" sheet of watercolor paper. 4) On February 23-24 I will ask you to bring up your 6 thumbnail sketches. You will choose your favorite design. Depending on how you want your head drawn I will position you and photograph you so that it matches your design. Getting Ideas For Your 6 Thumbnail Drawings
Look through the slideshow below. Look at the ways in which the
artists "broke the picture plane" in some of the pictures. In other words, Sergio Toppi
did not always keep a standard box frame around the art pieces. Think about
this while you get inspired to sketch out thumbnail ideas for your final project.
Teacher Examples of Thumbnail Sketches
Look at the sideshow below. I have included 10 different designs to help you. Note how I use the entire space of the "poster". In some cases I made the design in portrait mode (tall) and in others in landscape mode (wide).
Drawing Better Faces Faster and With Accuracy
When we look in the mirror we see tons of details and all of which makes drawing faces a very daunting task. The following technique will help you be a better portrait artist by training you to see (and draw) only the basic shadow shapes of the face. REMEMBER: "I tried my best" means you attempted this assignment MULTIPLE TIMES until you got it right
Download ONE COPY the file (face_original_1.pdf) above. Download TWO COPIES of file (face_blank.pdf) above. Redraw each face onto a blank grid as best you can. Focus on each rectangle of the grid. Do NOT draw "cockroach eyes", "glove noses" or "hamburger mouths". Instead, focus on drawing the dark connected shapes that you see. Do NOT draw what you THINK you see.
Teacher Samples
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Apr 11th
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Learning How To Draw Portraits
Due Wednesday, April 11th students must complete their poster by in the following ways:
Assignment 1. The poster must have pen lines in the shaded portions of the country of origin AND the face. Assignment 2. The poster must have two colors using watercolors as shown in class. Use only analogous colors. Looking at the color wheel below, you must choose one and one other color that is directly next to it. For example, if you choose the color blue you can either choose green OR purple. 
Also due April 11th are these other portrait assignments. Please do not draw the "cockroach eyes, glove nose, or hamburger mouths" covered in the previous lessons.
Using your in-class notes (Your notes are Assignment 5) you are to draw the other side of these portraits. Please follow the rules above by not drawing "cockroach eyes, glove nose, or hamburger mouths". The purpose of this lesson is for you to observe how parts of your face line up to one another. I will only accept drawing that have the "lines" drawn on the faces. Again, use your in-class notes to see what those lines are.
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