| Date |
Agenda |
Homework |
| 1.26 |
- review syllabus and supply list
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Buy required materials, bring phone and/or camera to next class |
| 1.30 |
- assign Broken Into Parts project
- assign Lost and Found homework
- lecture: figure/ground and negative space
- take photos for project
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Lost and Found (post to OpenLab) |
| 2.2 |
- review Lost and Found homework
- lecture/demo: compositional movement, balance, and geometry
|
Choose image for project, thumbnail sketches of designs |
| 2.6 |
- check and share thumbnail sketches
- prepare paper for painting, mark outlines
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Finish outlines/painting prep |
| 2.9 |
- PAINTING DAY
- basics of working with acrylics
- paint a value grade with each primary
- apply prime coat/base washes
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Begin work on project, paint base/background colors |
| 2.13 |
- PAINTING DAY
- outlining, texture, fixing mistakes
- demonstrate how to attach to presentation board with spray mount, and making cover from tracing paper
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buy presentation board, have it cut at the store |
| 2.16 |
- Studio day, review projects, students may be excused to print or acquire mounting materials after showing completed work.
|
complete Broken into Parts |
| 2.20 |
- Broken into Parts project DUE
- assign Rainbow Dance project
- lecture: color wheels and schemes
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| 2.23 |
- PAINTING DAY
- begin painting scientific color wheel
- lecture: color associations and psychology
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sketch illustration ideas for color wheel |
| 2.27 |
- PAINTING/STUDIO DAY
- check color wheel progress, correct issues
- start adding your own illustrations
- demonstrate use of classroom scanners
|
complete color wheel, scan/photograph and upload to OpenLab |
| 3.1 |
- review Color Wheel homework (real and digital versions)
- introduction to Photoshop: interface, resolution, saving and exporting
- lecture: digital image formats
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capture image sequence for Rainbow Dance |
| 3.5 |
- share and review image sequences
- demonstrate methods for transferring/recreating digital image on paper
- lecture: optical mixing and process color
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work on project, begin rough layouts of individual frames |
| 3.8 |
- PAINTING DAY
- Swatch Game – color mixing and matching
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continue work on project, progress to be reviewed the following week |
| 3.12 |
- Photoshop file management best practices
- demonstrate process for scanning images and combining into an animated GIF
- explanation of GIF format/animation
|
buy presentation board |
| 3.15 |
- 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 |
| 3.19 |
- Rainbow Dance project DUE
- assign First Album project
|
Begin work on band identity for presentation |
| 3.22 |
- PAINTING DAY
- Synesthesia/music interpretation exercise
- assign Music Interpretation homework
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Music Interpretation homework (post to OpenLab), complete band identity presentation |
| 3.26 |
- review Music Interpretation homework
- present band identities for First Album
- lecture: photomontage and the photo as graphic
- begin collecting materials for photomontage
|
source materials beyond those provided in class |
| 3.29 |
NO CLASS |
| 4.2 |
- Photoshop: adjustment layers, color correction
- demonstrate scanning, placing compositions in Illustrator
- preparing files for print
- continue work on project
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| 4.5 |
- Studio day, review projects, students may be excused to print or acquire mounting materials after showing completed work.
|
complete First Album project |
| 4.9 |
- First Album project DUE
- assign Pattern Portrait
|
source portrait for next project |
| 4.12 |
- review portraits, do image trace
- making and editing patterns in Adobe Illustrator
- Making Faces exercise and homework
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complete and post “Making Faces” homework, trace portrait for next step of project |
| 4.16 |
- review homework
- demonstrate select-by-color to apply patterns
- work on pattern designs in class, share in small groups
|
buy presentation board, complete pattern designs |
| 4.19 |
- Studio day, review projects, students may be excused to print or acquire mounting materials after showing completed work.
|
complete Pattern Portrait project. |
| 4.23 |
NO CLASS (Spring Break) |
| 4.26 |
| 4.30 |
| 5.3 |
- Pattern Portrait project DUE
- assign Living Room project
- show examples of mood boards and related layout styles
- Lecture: tessellation and patterns
|
research and post chosen room to OpenLab |
| 5.7 |
- review interiors for Living Room project
- discuss visual research and discovery methods
- demonstrate Illustrator pathfinder and path-manipulation tools
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collect inspiration images and sketch 10 unique pattern ideas to present next class |
| 5.10 |
- present inspiration images and pattern ideas, refine and critique
- begin digital illustration of final pattern
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refine Portfolio/Zine draft, finish laying out content |
| 5.14 |
- placing elements in a layout, adapting layouts for other modes of display
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buy presentation board, write statement for article |
| 5.17 |
- Studio day, review projects, catch up on missing/incomplete work
|
complete Living Room project |
| 5.21 |
- Living Room project DUE
- Critique projects, watch Brunchsquatch
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