Week 3 Homework

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Week 3 Homework

Self Portrait

Be sure to make it as observational as possible!

Space

You are to make two pictures using as many strategies for creating space as possible.  You may use any imagery you’d like to use, but be sure to make the picture about the space in it and not the narrative of the objects.

Some of the strategies include overlapping, transparency, diminution of size/scale, aerial perspective/texture, linear perspective, dimension/cast shadows, etc.  Good luck!

Week 2 Homework

Week 2 Homework

Westerly Studio Art; Mr. Stevenson

The Self-Portrait

As always, you will have to spend 45 to 60 minutes making a self-portrait drawing.  This, therefore, is the first of many (but just think about one at a time). 

Your self-portrait must be in your sketch book, it must be from a mirror, and you may use any drawing medium you’d like.

See the image below for a reminder of the proportion of the face.

Negative Space Drawing

Also, you are to set up a kitchen or dining room chair and make a drawing of it in the same manner we did in class.  Use the measuring strategies (distance and angles) we used in class to be sure that shape of the chair (and the shape of the negative space around it) is accurate, and then neatly fill in the negative space with an even tone.  Erase all lines in the positive space and be sure that the edges where the positive meets the negative are sharp.  Your chair should FILL your sketchbook page!
Below are a couple of handouts from my college classes that address the issues that we talked about in class.  They may be helpful to you.

Note: if you have another object in mind that you think would work well with this project instead of a chair, feel free to use it.  It should have plenty of negative spaces throughout it.

Belated Syllabus

Here's the syllabus that was handed out during the Westerly Open House two weeks ago:

Studio Art Syllabus @ Westerly Learning Center

Jr. High & High School

Kyle Stevenson

Course Blog: www.professorkylestevensonwesterly.blogspot.com

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Course Description

Throughout the year the student will explore a variety of artistic approaches and techniques.  The emphasis will be on the foundational principles that bind seemingly disparate artistic traditions together.  The mastering of these principles will provide a point of departure for the student to continue his/her own artistic inquiries beyond the classroom and school year. 

Course Structure

The first third of the school year (September through November) will emphasize drawing and artistic processes that involve drawing issues.  Observation, perspective, light and shadow, and linear structure are among the foundational principles introduced in this first phase of the course that are found in almost all visual arts disciplines.

The middle third of the school year (December through February) will emphasize painting.  Painting deals with all the issues that drawing does, but also adds some to the mix, like color and surface.  Using acrylic painting media, these will be explored along with abstraction and non-objectivity.  Skills such as canvas stretching and panel preparation will also be introduced.

The final third of the school year (March through May) will emphasize sculpture and 3-D arts processes.  Simple casting, papier mache, and mask making, among other media, will be explored.

Materials To Be Purchased By Students(all other materials will be provided)

·         Zip-up portfolio large enough to carry a 16x20 drawing pad

·         8.5 x 11 hard bound sketchbook (homework will be assigned to be done in sketchbook)

·         Assorted pencils/erasers as needed for weekly assignments in above sketchbook

·         Smock—apron/large t-shirt/jump suit (art can get messy)

Week 1 Homework

Week 1 Homework

Westerly Studio Art; Mr. Stevenson

Blog: www.professorkylestevensonwesterly.blogspot.com

*After this week your “handouts” will be given via the above blog.*

The Self-Portrait

Every week for the duration of the school year, you will have to spend 45 to 60 minutes making a self-portrait drawing.  This, therefore, is the first of many (but just think about one at a time).  

Your self-portrait must be in your sketch book, it must be from a mirror, and you may use any drawing medium you’d like.

3 Object Drawings

In addition to your self-portrait, you must choose a complicated object (e.g.: a shoe, a shell, a hat, etc.) and make three separate drawings of it, rotating it between drawings so that each is from a different point of view.  All three drawings must be about the same size and eye level.  Each drawing should take 20-30 minutes.