Class Schedule
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WK |
CLASS TYPE |
CONTENT |
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1 |
DEMONSTRATION/PRACTICAL (2hr) |
LIFE DRAWING: The gestural foundation (preparatory exercises - no model) |
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2 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
Gesture drawing from the life model |
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3 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
From gesture to construction |
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4 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
Visualization exercises from the model |
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5 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
The sustained study |
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6 |
Production Week |
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7 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
COMPOSITION PROJECT: Compositional sketches |
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8 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
Character development and acting |
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9 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
The setting - landscape drawing |
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10 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
Taking and using reference photos |
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11 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
The final preparatory study or modello |
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12 |
Production Week |
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13 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
The finished work 1 |
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14 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
The finished work 2 |
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15 |
PRACTICAL (2hr) |
The finished work 3 |
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16 |
LECTURE/PRACTICAL (2hr) |
Advanced topics perspective |
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17 |
LECTURE/PRACTICAL (2hr) |
Caricature |
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18 |
Production Week |
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Life Drawing
Assessment (2007)
Assessment One - Life Drawing (30 %)
You are required to submit an attractively presented A3 folio of life drawings done (a) in our four life drawing sessions in class, and (b) in a similar amount of time ( i.e. about eight hours) outside of class. The drawings done outside of class may be done at life drawing venues outside the school, from clothed models, or from animals.
This drawing assessment should be treated as a design project as well as a drawing project. Your work will be marked using the criteria set out in the standard Billy Blue marking sheet, so study it.
DUE DATE: Tuesday, Week 7.
Assessment Two - Mythological Drawings (60%)
Your assessment for this section of the subject will be based on a workbook and accompanying materials, comprising:
1. Three A4 pen and ink drawings of scenes from classical mythology, based on a myth or myths taken from the "Metamorphoses" of the Roman poet Ovid. You should ensure that your choice of subjects allows you to demonstrate your grasp of the topics dealt with this year. Specifically, each drawing should be in a realistic style showing at least two figures that look "solid", that display believable and expressive action, and that are set in a space with a believable perspective. Further, each drawing should show an effective composition, based on demonstrated exploration of alternative arrangments, and an appropriate use of sketches and photo reference (i.e. don't guess anything that you can find out). At least one of the drawings must be coloured using pencil/watercolour/gouache, acrylic/markers/mixed mediums.
2. Preparatory work (counting for 40% of Assessment Two), which should include:
- compositional studies exploring alternative arrangements
- sketchbook studies for details
or landscape settings
- printed copies of photo reference you have used
- a full-scale pencil preparatory study (modello)
- reduced-scale studies exploringing the expressive effect of alternative tonal and colour schemes.
The scenes may be chosen from BOOKS 1, 2 or 10 of the Metamorphoses. Some of myths in these books are:
Phoebus (Apollo) and Daphne
Bk I:438-567
http://www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk/Metamorph.htm#_Toc64105469
Phaeton
Bk I:747-779
http://www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk/Metamorph.htm#_Toc64105482
Bk II:1-366
http://www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk/Metamorph2.htm#_Toc64106101
Callisto
Bk II:401-507
http://www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk/Metamorph2.htm#_Toc64106117
Europa
Bk II:833-875
http://www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk/Metamorph2.htm#_Toc64106134
Pygmalion
Bk X:243-297
http://www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk/Metamorph10.htm#_Toc64105570
Orpheus and Eurydice
Bk X:1-85
http://www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk/Metamorph10.htm#_Toc64105565
Venus and Adonis
Bk X:503-559
http://www.tkline.freeserve.co.uk/Metamorph10.htm#_Toc64105574
You can also download a pdf of the entire book here
http://www.tonykline.co.uk/klineasovid.htm
DEADLINES (due in each case at start of class)
Week 9: SHOW first compositional roughs in class
Week 13: SHOW completed fill-scale pencil modello of illustration in class
Week 16: SUBMIT final drawing and accompanying materials
OVID IMAGE LINKS here
PEN ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUE LINKS
Maginnis, Charles. Pen Drawing - An Illustrated Treatise.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17502 (4.9 MB zip) OR
http://www.archive.org/details/pendrawingillust00magirich (DjVu/pdf)
Sullivan, Edmund J. 1921. The Art Of Illustration.
http://www.archive.org/details/TheArtOfIllustration
Sullivan, Edmund J. 1922. Line - An Art Study.
http://www.archive.org/details/lineartstudy00sulluoft
EXAMPLES OF LINE ILLUSTRATION IN CONTOUR STYLE
Flaxman's Odyssey (images)
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/ashp/flaxman_odyssey.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_Flaxman
Flaxman's Iliad and Odyssey (pdf book)
http://books.google.com/books?vid=057SsIKCquMO884tT7w&id=azcRAAAAIAAJ
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0OYFmpcf0F-bq8xjXDn&id=wjcRAAAAIAAJ
Willy Pogany's illustrations for The Adventures of Odysseus & the Tale of Troy.
http://www.bartleby.com/75/illus.html
Assessment Three - Advanced Perspective and Caricature (10%)
Small classwork and homework projects (to be announced)
DUE DATE: Tuesday, Week 18.
Life Drawing Venues in Sydney
The times and addresses for the venues aprt from the Julian Ashton Art School are taken from an internet listing that may not be entirely reliable or up to date, so make sure you phone the venue beforehand to confirm times, address and costs.
Julian Ashton Art School, Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 6.30-9.30pm (short poses) , Sat 10.00am-12.45pm, 1.30-4.15pm (long pose), Sun 10.00am-12.00pm (short poses), 1.00-4.30pm (long pose). 117 George St, The Rocks, 9241 1641. No booking necessary.
Arthouse Hotel, Mon 6.30-9.30pm, Pitt Street, Sydney.
Friend in Hand Hotel, Mon 6.30-9.30pm, 58 Cowper St, Glebe.
TAP Gallery, Mon 7.00-10.00pm, 278 Palmer St, Darlinghurst.
Artichoke Café, Manly, Wed 6.30-8.30pm, 17 Central Avenue, Manly.
Royal Art Society, Thu 7-9pm & Fri 10am-1pm, 25-27 Walker St, North Sydney, 9955 5752
Manly Art Gallery, Tue 7.30-9.30pm, West Esplanade Manly, 9976 1420
St. George Art Society, Thu 7.30-9.30pm (monthly), Cnr Queens & Bown Rd, Kogarah, 9546 6992
Ryde Art Society, Thu 9.30am -12.00pm, 770 Victoria Road, Ryde, 9808 2254
Oatley 101 Society of Artists, Mon 7.00-9.30pm, 101 Woronora Parade, Oatley, 9594 4390
Nepean Art Society, Contact Art Society, 3 North Street, Penrith, 4774 1099
Hornsby Art Society, Tue 10.00am–3.30pm, Epping Community Ctr, Oxford St, 9869 8756
FONAS, National Art School, Mon 5.30-8.30pm, Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, 9339 8635
Blacktown Arts Centre, Tue 6.00-9.00pm, Flushcombe Rd, Blacktown, 9839 6558
Marrickville Sketch Club, Tue 7.30-9.30pm, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, 0410 657 536
Granville Sketch Club, Tue 7.30-10.00pm, St Mary St, Granville, 9686 1370
Pennant Hills Sketch Club, Thu 7.00-10.00pm, 8 Warne Street, Pennant Hills, 0414 88 0043
Castle Hill Art Society, Thu 1.00-3.00pm, McMullen Avenue, Castle Hill, 9899 3179
Whitehouse Parramatta, Mon 8.00-10.00pm, 115 – 125 Church St, Parramatta, 0405 605 979
The Kirk, Mon 6.00-9.00pm, 422 Cleveland St, Surry Hills, 9698 5914