"A" Day Class:  (per. 3) 11:13 - 12:41 - Lunch 

THERE IS DRAWING HOMEWORK IN YOUR SKETCHBOOK EVERY NIGHT.  IF I DO NOT ASSIGN A SPECIFIC SUBJECT YOU WILL MAKE A DRAWING OF YOUR OWN CHOICE.  EACH PAGE MUST BE DATED. 

REMEMBER ALL AP ART III AND AP ART IV STUDENTS OF MR. STANFORTH: ATTENDANCE AT THE ART ACADEMY of Cincinnati  PORTFOLIO DAY IS A REQUIRED AND GRADED ASSIGNMENT FOR YOUR CLASS.  This years Portfolio Day is Saturday October 4, 2007 from 1:00 to 5:00PM.

Lesson #1: Introduction to 2-D Design

DESIGN : Arrangement of shapes and the other basic building blocks of the visual arts into a visually effective organization to express an idea.   A term used mainly in the Applied Arts.     In the Applied Arts DESIGN also implies a well thought out and accurate idea or plan, committed to paper, that can be read and produced by a trained technician. (As in a blueprint by an architect for a contractor)

COMPOSITION: Arrangement of shapes and the other basic building blocks of the visual arts into a visually effective organization to express an idea.  A term used mainly in the Fine Arts.

The elements of Design and Composition comprise the formal structure of a work of art.   As the rules of grammar provide a structure for other languages, Design and Composition provide the basic principles or guidelines for the visual arts.  

Lesson #1

Intro Aug 19

Course Introduction, supplies, responsibilities, duties and requirements.

THE IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT: Required for all students.  It is expected that before the assignment is begun all details of the assignment will be worked out in the sketchbook.

THE OUT-OF-CLASS ASSIGNMENT: All odd numbered Out of Class assignments are required for all students.  (The even numbered Out of Class assignments are reserved only for the best students.  For the average and poor students these assignments are optional.  A thorough explanation will be given today.)

DRAWING and DESIGN: The foundation of this course.

THE CONCENTRATION: Developing a long term in-depth project that concentrates on a single idea; a body of work evolved over time that shares all three of the components below. 

Discussion of the three basic components of a work of art. 

1.  Subject: (The "what") A person, a place, a thing or an Idea. The obvious visual component of the image.  

2.  Composition or Form: (The "how" or "structure") Arrangement of shapes and the other basic building blocks of the visual arts into a visually effective organization to express an idea.  In the Fine Art the term composition is usually used while in the Applied Arts the term design is used.  In the Applied Arts DESIGN also implies a well thought out and accurate idea or plan, committed to paper, that can be read and produced by a trained technician. (As in a blueprint by an architect for a contractor)

3.  Content: (The "why") The emotional or intellectual message of an artwork. 

Intro 2 Aug 21 Success: Creative People, Artists and The Creative Process.
Day 1 Aug 25 In-Class Assignment: Warm-Up Work  Due: Day 7 Lesson #1

Out-of-Class Assignment: College Application / Scholarship Information Notebook, Résumé, and Photoshop Résumé Cover (may be a scanned drawing).  Two (2) two page spreads of your summer experiences.  Due: Day 7 Lesson #1

Concentration Work: Concentration Proposal  Due: Day 7 Lesson #1

Day 2 Aug 27 Design Experience: The Golden Mean: A tool of composition Painting in tempera and acrylic of flat objects in a structured space.
Day 3 Aug 29 Design Experience: Value and form in space: A basic B&W composition in charcoal of simple objects; their value, light and shade
Day 4 Sept 3 Design Experience: Value and form in space: A basic composition in pastel or oil pastel of objects; their value, light and shade.
Day 5 Sept 9 Design Experience: Color as a tool to define space: Painting quickly in tempera or acrylic of objects in a 3-D space.
 Day 6 Sept 11 Figure Drawing:  B&W tempera paint and charcoal on manila paper.  Sketchbook Due.
Extra Sept 15 Wind Day - No Power - No Classes
Extra Sept 17 Wind Day - No Power - No Classes
Day 7 Sept 19 In-Class Assignment: Warm-Up Work , Design Experiences Due.

Out-of-Class Assignment: College Application / Scholarship Information Notebook, Résumé, and Photoshop Résumé Cover (may be a scanned drawing).  Two (2) two page spreads of your summer experiences. 

Concentration/body of work update.  Typed Concentration Proposal Due for discussion.  

 

Lesson #2, Color and Structure

Lesson #2

Day 1 Sept 23 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience Color and Structure:  Design the structure and a color scheme to define and create the illusion of yourself in a space: Self-Portrait Painting (in the art room).  Acrylic or oil pastel.  Due: Day 7 Lesson #2

Out-of-Class Assignment: Structure and color: Self-Portrait in a Reflective Object   Due: Day 7 Lesson #3

Concentration Work: First Concentration Work  Due: Day 7 Lesson #3

Day 2 Sept 25 Design Experience: Color and Structure: Self-Portrait in the art room
Extra Sept 29 College Visit: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago SAIC
Extra Oct 2 College Visit: Ringling College of Art & Design
Extra Oct 6 College Visit: Rochester Institute of Technology RIT
Day 3 Oct 8 Design Experience: Color and Structure: Self-Portrait in the art room
Day 4 Oct 10 Design Experience: Color and Structure: Self-Portrait in the art room 
Extra Oct 14 College Visit: Cleveland Institute of Art CIA 
 Exam Oct 17 1st Quarter Portfolio due for grading.
Extra Oct 21 College Visit; Art Academy of Cincinnati AAC
Day 5 Oct 23 Design Experience: Color and Structure: Self-Portrait in the art room 
Day 6 Oct 27 Figure Drawing: Figure Drawing: pencil on paper. Sketchbook Due.
Day 7 Oct 29 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Color and Structure

Out-of-Class Assignment: Structure and color: Self-Portrait in a Reflective Object   

Concentration/body of work update.  One piece due for critique. 

 

Lesson #3, Using Color to Define Space

Lesson #3

Day 1 Oct 31 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Color (value, hue, and saturation) and Structure (the golden mean, regular or irregular grid): Design a structured grouping of objects with a specific emphasis (create depth).  You choose the object and or objects.  One painting,  Due: Day 9, Lesson #3

Out-of-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Frame the outside world from your window: What I see outside of a window at home and/or What I see in my future. Due: Day 9 Lesson #3

Concentration/body of work update.  First Concentration Work.  One piece, Due: Day 9, Lesson #3

Day 2 Nov 5 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Color (value, hue, and saturation) and Structure (the golden mean, regular or irregular grid)
Day 4 Nov 10 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Color (value, hue, and saturation) and Structure (the golden mean, regular or irregular grid)
Day 5 Nov 12 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Color (value, hue, and saturation) and Structure (the golden mean, regular or irregular grid)
Day 6 Nov 14 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Color (value, hue, and saturation) and Structure (the golden mean, regular or irregular grid)
Day 7 Nov 18 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Color (value, hue, and saturation) and Structure (the golden mean, regular or irregular grid)
Day 8 Nov 20 Figure Drawing:  B&W tempera and charcoal on paper, flesh in color acrylic. and Sketchbook Due.
Day 9 Nov 24 Concentration/body of work update.  First Concentration Work.  One piece due.

In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Color (value, hue, and saturation) and Structure (the golden mean, regular or irregular grid).  Due:  One Painting.

Out-of-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Frame the outside world from your window: What I see outside of a window at home and/or What I see in my future.

 

Lesson #4, The Illusion of Space

Lesson #4

Day 1 Dec 1 In Class work: Perspective - Creating the illusion of space.  Create an imaginary 3-D space using either 3-point or 4-point perspective.  Acrylic Paint.   Due Day  Lesson #4

Out of Class Assignment: From the back seat of the car looking toward the front.  Due Day  Lesson #4

Concentration/body of work update. Concentration Work.  One piece, Due: Day 9, Lesson #4

Day 2 Dec 3 Perspective - Creating the illusion of space.
Day 3 Dec 5 Perspective - Creating the illusion of space.
Day 4 Dec 9 Perspective - Creating the illusion of space.
Day 5 Dec 11 Perspective - Creating the illusion of space.
Day 6 Dec 15 Perspective - Creating the illusion of space.
Day 7 Dec 17 Film: American Masters Series: Norman Rockwell
 Exam Dec 19 2nd Quarter Portfolio due for grading
Day 8 Jan 6 Figure Drawing: B&W Tempera and charcoal on butcher paper and Sketchbook Due.
Day 9 Jan 8 Concentration/body of work update: Concentration Work.  Due: One Piece. 

Out of Class Assignment: From the back seat of the car looking toward the front.

In Class Assignment: Perspective

 

Lesson #5, Objects in Motion.

Lesson #5

Day 1 Jan 13 In-Class Assignment: Rhythm, Movement, Irregular Pattern: Objects in Motion.  Mixed Drawing media with paint: Due: Day 7 Lesson #5

Out of Class Assignment:  Three Two page spreads in Sketchbook based on your experiences at Moeller or at Moeller Activities.  Due: Day 7 Lesson #5

Concentration/body of work update.  Concentration Work.  One piece, Due: Day 7, Lesson #5

Day 2   Rhythm, Movement, Irregular Pattern: Objects in Motion.  Mixed Drawing media with paint
Day 3   Rhythm, Movement, Irregular Pattern: Objects in Motion.  Mixed Drawing media with paint
Day 4   Rhythm, Movement, Irregular Pattern: Objects in Motion.  Mixed Drawing media with paint
Day 5 Jan 15 Rhythm, Movement, Irregular Pattern: Objects in Motion.  Mixed Drawing media with paint
 Day 6 Jan 20 Figure Drawing: Form and folds with 4-H pencil and Tempera and Sketchbook Due.
Day 7 Jan 22 In-Class Assignment: Rhythm, Movement, Irregular Pattern: Objects in Motion.  Mixed Drawing media with paint: Due: Day 7 Lesson #5

Out of Class Assignment:  Three Two page spreads in Sketchbook based on your experiences at Moeller or at Moeller Activities.  

Concentration/body of work update: Concentration Work.  Due: One Piece. 

 

Lesson #6, Composition and Style

Lesson #6

Day 1 Jan 26 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Composition and Style: Emulating a style from your History of Art studies, create a composition of A Stack of Books and one other object.  Due Day #7 Lesson #6

Out-of-Class Assignment: Photoshop Self-Portrait.  Due: One Color glossy 8.5x11".   Due: Day 7 Lesson #6

Concentration Work  Due: Day 7 Lesson #6

Day 2 Jan 28 A Stack of Books (and one other object)
Day 3 Jam 30 A Stack of Books (and one other object)
Day 4 Feb 3 A Stack of Books (and one other object)
Day 5  Feb 5 A Stack of Books (and one other object)A Stack of Books (and one other object)
Day 6 Feb 9 Figure Drawing Detailed Ink drawing, watercolor painting and Sketchbook Due.
Day 7 Feb 11 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Composition and Style: Emulating a style from your History of Art studies, create a composition of A Stack of Books and one other object.  Due Day #7 Lesson #6 

Out-of-Class Assignment: Photoshop Self-Portrait.  Due: One Color glossy 8.5x11". 

Concentration/body of work update: Concentration Work.  Due: One Piece. 

 

Lesson #7, Foreground, Middleground, Background.

Lesson #7

Day 1 Feb 13 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Force the viewers eye; creating a hierarchy of space: Use color (Hue, value, and saturation) and emphasis to force the viewers eye to the Foreground, Middleground, or Background. (Painting - color)  Due: Day 7 Lesson #8

No Out of Class Assignment this lesson

Concentration/body of work update: Concentration Work.  Due: One Piece.  Due: Day 9 Lesson #7

Day 2 Feb 18 Design Experience: Force the viewers eye; creating a hierarchy of space: Foreground, Middleground, Background.
Day 3 Feb 20 Design Experience: Force the viewers eye; creating a hierarchy of space: Foreground, Middleground, Background.
Day 4 Feb 24 Design Experience: Force the viewers eye; creating a hierarchy of space: Foreground, Middleground, Background.
Day 5 Feb 26 Design Experience: Force the viewers eye; creating a hierarchy of space: Foreground, Middleground, Background.
Day 6 Mar 2 Design Experience: Force the viewers eye; creating a hierarchy of space: Foreground, Middleground, Background.
Day 7 Mar 4 Design Experience: Force the viewers eye; creating a hierarchy of space: Foreground, Middleground, Background.
 Day 8 Mar 9 Figure Drawing B&W Prismacolor pencil on middle tone paper and Sketchbook Due.
Day 9 Mar 11 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Force the viewers eye; creating a hierarchy of space: Use color (Hue, value, and saturation) and emphasis to force the viewers eye to the Foreground, Middleground, or Background. (Painting - color)

No Out of Class Assignment Due.

Concentration/body of work update: Concentration Work.  Due: One Piece.

 

Lesson #8, Individualized Assignment

Lesson #8

Exam Mar 13 3rd Quarter Portfolio Due for grading.
Day 1 Mar 17 In Class Assignment: Individualized Assignment for each student.

Out-of-Class Assignment: Self-Portrait at home in the room where you work.  Due: Day 7 Lesson #8

Concentration Work  Due: Day 7 Lesson #8

Day 2 Mar 19 In Class Assignment: Individualized Assignment
Day 3 Mar 23 In Class Assignment: Individualized Assignment
Day 4 Mar 25 In Class Assignment: Individualized Assignment
 Day 5 Mar 27 In Class Assignment: Individualized Assignment
Day 6 Mar 31 Figure Drawing: (pen and ink) Sketchbook Due.
Day 7 Apr 2 In Class Assignment: Individualized Assignment for each student.

Out-of-Class Assignment: Self-Portrait at home in the room where you work. 

Concentration/body of work update: Concentration Work.  Due: One Piece.

 

Lesson #9, Pattern

Lesson #9 Day 1 Apr 6 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Pattern: Design a regular or irregular pattern as a structural element of your image.  Subject of your choice.  Due: Day 7 Lesson #9

Out-of-Class Assignment: Photoshop Graphic Design  Due: Day 7 Lesson #9

Concentration Work:  Due: Day 7 Lesson #9

Day 2 Apr 8 Design Experience: Pattern
Day 3 Apr 20 Design Experience: Pattern
Day 4 Apr 22 Design Experience: Pattern 
Day 5 Apr 24 Design Experience: Pattern 
Day 6 Apr 28 Design Experience: Pattern 
Day 7 Apr 30 In-Class Assignment: Design Experience: Pattern: Design a regular or irregular pattern as a structural element of your image.  Subject of your choice.  

Out-of-Class Assignment: Photoshop Graphic Design

Concentration/body of work update: Concentration Work.  Due: One Piece.

 

Final

Extra May 5 Extra
Extra May 7 Extra
Extra May 11 Extra
Extra May 13 Extra
Exam May 15 Final Portfolio Due for Grading