Class 1

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Class Info

• Date: Add date
• Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location

To-Do Before Class

• Familiarize yourself ahead of time with our Open Lab course and all its features.
• Complete the Student Survey
• Try to obtain all the Materials you need for this course. See Materials List.
• Today you will need:
  • Notebook
  • Sketchbook
  • HB and 2B drawing pencils
  • 18″ x 24″ newsprint pad
  • Drawing clipboard
  • Erasers
• Gather your supplies and be ready to work 15 minutes before class. 

Topic

Introduction to Figure Drawing & the Full-Frontal Face
Up Close & Personal: Beginning with the Human Face

Objectives

• To gain an overview of the many approaches to drawing the figure in art history 
• To be introduced to selected great master drawings 
• To understand how figure drawing benefits you as a communicator
• To learn the proportions of the “universal” full-frontal view
• To transform the universal diagram into the likeness of an actual individual

Activities

• Introductions: Introduce yourself and tell us a little something about yourself.
  • What’s your major?
  • What do you want to do when you graduate? 
  • Discussions: Introductions
• Course Overview
  • Course site and tolls
  • Expectations
• Slide show: An over view of the figure in art history through 100 artists’ self-portraits from 1484-today https://www.thedrawingsource.com/self-portrait-drawings.html
• Assignment 1: Up Close & Personal
  • Assignment 1: Up Close & Personal: Photo Study Guides

To-Do After Class

1. Class Drawings
   • Upload your in-class drawings to immediately after class.
   • Professor will provide Dropbox File Request link or similar
   • Review Class Drawings Instructions for instructions.
2. Introductions
   • Add comment introducing yourself to the class and respond to a fellow student’s introduction comment in the Discussions: Introductions post under Discussions.
3. Assignment 1: Up Close & Personal
   • Complete and upload Assignment 1: Photo Study Guides.
   • Review Assignment 1: Up Close & Personal: Photo Study Guides for instructions.
4. Sketchbook
   • Upload 6 sketches to Sketchbook Week 1 in Student Work.
   • Review Sketchbook Drawings for instructions.
5. Course Materials
   • Obtain your course materials.
   • Review the Materials List for details.
6. Reading
   • Read for discussion next week: “Self-Portraits Versus Selfies” on Canvas.