Basic Drawing, Still Life – Reflection and Glass, Colored Pencil.
Outcomes: Learning the basics of creating the illusion of form on a two dimensional surface, observational drawing, basic one and two point perspective. Class view with Melissa, Rebecca and Shannon, Xoey.
Anatomy and Figure Drawing, drawing from life and the skeleton.
Outcomes: learning the basic structure of the human skeleton, muscle system, gesture and longer poses of the figure. Hazel, Tian, Takashi.
Drawing Concepts, students on site drawing at the Waterworks Museum, Boston.
Outcome: developing and studying machinery that pumps water, this drawing will lead to an Idea and Abstraction art work. Miranda, Kyle, Mikala, Amber, Christina.
Drawing Concepts, Series: Idea and Abstraction.
Outcomes: Ideation, Visualization of Ideas, Series, making a Series of relatable images. Amber, India Ink, Marker, Colored Pencil.
Drawing Concepts, Reading Response, Read an Article on Seeing and the Brain.
Outcome: Be inspired by the reading and respond in a visual medium of choice, composition, creativity, material use. Chris Lenzi, paint, paper, collage, drawing, gluing, cut outs.
Drawing Concepts, Museum of Fine Arts Trip 1, Research and response to an artist’s work or works.
Outcome: create an idea from inspiration, use of exploration of idea, material use, composition. Chris Lenzi, final triptych, sketches leading up to final idea.
Drawing Concepts, Watch a video and Respond, Video- The Communication of Trees.
Outcome, create a work inspired by the video, experiment with ideas, materials, decide on direction, evolve the idea. Use of research, experimentation, final composition, creativity. Chris Lenzi, Final piece and experimental process, paint, printing, paper, board.
Drawing Concepts, Final Project, Personal Response, Outcome, Research and exploration of a personal idea, creating an idea from the previous research and influence from the semester learning, Hannah Doherty
Drawing Concepts, Final Project, Personal Response, Book Form, Outcome, Explore personal identity with research and idea building, Chris Lenzi, Sarah Mavrelis
Two Dimensional Design, Studies in Line, kinds of line. Outcome: compositional balance with line, varied line, value.
Two Dimensional Design, Shape, Notan, Positive/Negative Space, Overlap/Transparency.
Outcome: kind of shape, space, balance, composition, value. Amanda, Crystal, Sarah.
Two Dimensional Design, Shape and Space, Composition.
Outcome: successfully organized composition using, shape, value, space. Justin, Imo, Chris, Sultan.
Two Dimensional Design, Shape, Positive/Negative, Overlap/Transparency.
Outcome: successful composition in space of overlap and transparencies using black, white, grays. Rebecca.
Two Dimensional Design, Shape and Pattern.
Outcome, successful creation of pattern using shape and/or line and repetition. Adrienne, Jennifer, Karen.
Two Dimensional Design, Shape and Visual Idea.
Outcome: successful idea exploration and composition using shape, value, texture, and meaning. Medium; found paper, paper, found image, paint, vellum, leaves, graphite. Elizabeth, Melanie, Jordain.
Two Dimensional Design, Interpreting the Master work in line and shape, with value, texture.
Outcome: Learning composition, successful reinterpretation of a master work using linear weight and shape, value, texture. Medium: paint, paper, graphite Indian ink, sand. Leger, Moma, Ayumi Sato, Milk Maid, Vermeer, Yuta Amikura.
Two Dimensional Design, Painting and Visual Idea, Space and Visual Idea, Fantasy or Abstraction.
Outcome: Research, find a personal vision, execute it using everything learned about form, use of materials, paint application skill, idea evolution. Alex, Kate; Digital Painting, Sarah, Yvonne, Sarah; gouache, acrylic.
3 Dimensional Design, Line in Space, Sculpture in the round, composition, craft, the piece must use any type of line and exist fully in space with no base and no front or back, Rachel, Hazel, Gabrielle, Robert, Casey, Miranda, Gabrielle, Anna, Austin, Tanner
Three Dimensions, Planar Sculpture/Structure in Space.
Outcome: Create an independent planar structural form that exists in space freely with no base and works completely in the round. Medium: paper, vellum, found paper, foam core, balsa wood, fabric, cardboard, playing cards, paint. Team, Jennifer, Rachael, Sultan, Katherine, Sean, Tyler, Kay, Caitlin, Casey, Sarah, Isaac, Nick, Team, Ana, Barry.
Two and Three Dimensional Space, Personal Exploration, Final Project.
Outcome: Experimentation and influence of a Master artist, Gabrielle was interested in light and space, influenced by James Turrell, she looked at his early works and reinvented one of his first experiments using a slide projector.
Perception and Space, Two and Three Dimensional Space, Real and Illusional Space.
Outcome; students must alter the experience of their surroundings in some way to influence the public reaction to the building space, choice of space must match the idea, thoughtful composition and use of materials. Medium: vinyl, tape, found materials, paper, fabric. Student Teams: Team 1, Colby, Chris; Team 2 Rylan, Brett, Team 3; Team 4 Sergio, Nicole; Team 5; Team 6, Jillian, Victoria; Team 7; Team 8, Julie Smith; Team 9, Yuta; Team 10, Heather; Team 11, Andrea.
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