FUNDAMENTALS October 5th, 6th (Day 10)

WARM UP

This session will mark our 9th Art Synectic Trigger investigation. When you enter class, as usual, you will acquire your accordian book and open to the next available page. The following image will be on the screen:

This drawing by Mary Cassat is in line with our previous examples of LINE from the history of art. Today you will experiment with this image through the act of DISTORTION.

You will, on today's page, alter the image through some form of DISTORTION. You are being asked to spend 10 minutes copying and changing the image by DISTORTING the elements in order to develop an interesting image. Consider the following in preparation for this activity:

LESSON FOR THE DAY

For our studio activity you will need to review the following information on POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE:

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THIS INFORMATION?

HOW WILL YOU ORGANIZE AND DEVELOP ARTISTIC IDEAS AND WORK?

HOW WILL YOU DEVELOP AND REFINE ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES AND WORK FOR PRESENTATION?

You have a picture plane to fill. You will fill it with drawings of chairs in a variety of sizes and orientations. The criteria for this drawing are as follows:

• 5 different views
• 4 positive chair drawings
• 3 negative chair drawings
• 2 different chairs
• 1 chair of emphasis

See the image below as an example for clarification:

AFTER PARTY

Towards the end of our session we will pause for SMALL group critique of the works produced. You will have time after this session to finish should you need it.

Remember to come prepared for class with a sharpened pencil.

Mr. Voelker