Date | Agenda | Homework |
8.30 | ยทย ย review syllabus and supply list | Buy required materials, bring phone and/or camera to next class |
9.3 | ยทย ย lecture: figure/ground and negative space
ยทย ย assign Broken Into Parts project ยทย ย assign Lost and Found homework ยทย ย take photos for project |
Lost and Found (post to OpenLab) |
9.6 | ยทย ย review Lost and Found homework
ยทย ย lecture/demo: compositional movement, balance, and geometry |
Choose image for project, thumbnail sketches of designs |
9.10 | ยทย ย check and share thumbnail sketches
ยทย ย prepare paper for painting, mark outlines |
Finish outlines/painting prep |
9.13 | ยทย ย PAINTING DAY
ยทย ย basics of working with acrylics ยทย ย paint a value grade with each primary ยทย ย apply prime coat/base washes |
Begin work on project, paint base/background colors |
9.17 | ยทย ย PAINTING DAY
ยทย ย outlining, texture, fixing mistakes ยทย ย demonstrate how to attach to presentation board with spray mount, and making cover from tracing paper |
buy presentation board, have it cut at the store |
9.20 | ยทย ย Studio day, review projects, students may be excused to print or acquire mounting materials after showing completed work. | complete Broken into Parts |
9.24 | ยทย ย Broken into Parts project DUE
ยทย ย assign Rainbow Dance project ยทย ย lecture: color wheels and schemes |
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9.27 | ยทย ย PAINTING DAY
ยทย ย begin painting scientific color wheel ยทย ย lecture: color associations and psychology |
sketch illustration ideas for color wheel |
10.1 | ยทย ย PAINTING/STUDIO DAY
ยทย ย check color wheel progress, correct issues ยทย ย start adding your own illustrations ยทย ย demonstrate use of classroom scanners |
complete color wheel, scan/photograph and upload to OpenLab |
10.4 | NO CLASS SCHEDULED | |
10.8 | ยทย ย review Color Wheel homework (real and digital versions)
ยทย ย introduction to Photoshop: interface, resolution, saving and exporting ยทย ย lecture: digital image formats |
capture image sequence for Rainbow Dance |
10.11 | NO CLASS SCHEDULED | |
10.15 | ยทย ย share and review image sequences
ยทย ย demonstrate methods for transferring/recreating digital image on paper ยทย ย lecture: optical mixing and process color |
work on project, begin rough layouts of individual frames |
10.18 | ยทย ย PAINTING DAY
ยทย ย Swatch Game โ color mixing and matching |
continue work on project, progress to be reviewed the following week |
10.22 | ยทย ย Photoshop file management best practices
ยทย ย demonstrate process for scanning images and combining into an animated GIF ยทย ย explanation of GIF format/animation |
buy presentation board |
10.25 | ยทย ย Studio day, review projects, students may be excused to print or acquire mounting materials after showing completed work. | complete Rainbow Dance project, mount physical images and upload GIF to OpenLab |
10.29 | ยทย ย Rainbow Dance project DUE
ยทย ย assign First Album project |
Begin work on band identity for presentation |
11.1 | ยทย ย PAINTING DAY
ยทย ย Synesthesia/music interpretation exercise ยทย ย assign Music Interpretation homework |
Music Interpretation homework (post to OpenLab), complete band identity presentation |
11.5 | ยทย ย review Music Interpretation homework
ยทย ย present band identities for First Album ยทย ย lecture: photomontage and the photo as graphic ยทย ย begin collecting materials for photomontage |
source materials beyond those provided in class |
11.8 | ยทย ย Photoshop: adjustment layers, color correction
ยทย ย demonstrate scanning, placing compositions in Illustrator ยทย ย preparing files for print ยทย ย continue work on project |
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11.12 | ยทย ย Studio day, review projects, students may be excused to print or acquire mounting materials after showing completed work. | complete First Album project |
11.15 | ยทย ย First Album project DUE
ยทย ย assign Pattern Portrait |
source portrait for next project |
11.19 | ยทย ย review portraits, do image trace
ยทย ย making and editing patterns in Adobe Illustrator ยทย ย Making Faces exercise and homework |
complete and post โMaking Facesโ homework, trace portrait for next step of project |
11.22 | ยทย ย review homework
ยทย ย demonstrate select-by-color to apply patterns ยทย ย work on pattern designs in class, share in small groups |
buy presentation board, complete pattern designs |
11.26 | ยทย ย Studio day, review projects, students may be excused to print or acquire mounting materials after showing completed work. | complete Pattern Portrait project. |
11.27 | ยทย ย WEDNESDAY – CLASS FOLLOWS FRIDAY SCEHDULE
ยทย ย Pattern Portrait project DUE ยทย ย assign Living Room project ยทย ย show examples of mood boards and related layout styles ยทย ย Lecture: tessellation and patterns |
research and post chosen room to OpenLab |
11.29 | NO CLASS SCHEDULED | |
12.3 | ยทย ย review interiors for Living Room project
ยทย ย discuss visual research and discovery methods ยทย ย demonstrate Illustrator pathfinder and path-manipulation tools |
collect inspiration images and sketch 10 unique pattern ideas to present next class |
12.6 | ยทย ย present inspiration images and pattern ideas, refine and critique
ยทย ย begin digital illustration of final pattern |
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12.10 | ยทย ย placing elements in a layout, adapting layouts for other modes of display
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12.13 | ยทย ย Studio day, review projects, catch up on missing/incomplete work | complete Living Room project |
12.17 | ยทย ย Living Room project DUE
ยทย ย Critique projects, watch Brunchsquatch |