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

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

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 โ€œMaking 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

12.10 ยทย ย  placing elements in a layout, adapting layouts for other modes of display

 

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

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