GOOD MORNING CLASS

TEXTURE SQUARES

Here are examples of our next assignment - a collaborative project with an emphasis on zooming in to draw texture.

WARM/ COOL

Here are examples of past student work for our next project.

 

Shannon Rankin

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POSTIVE NEGATIVE

As promised, here are examples of successfully finished positive negative inked drawings. These were completed by beginning Drawing students. See you guys Thursday morning! 

DUE TUESDAY FEB 9TH

I stopped at National Art and they now have black ingress drawing paper. As of today, it's in a slot labeled as Strathmore 500 series paper (although it is Ingress). If you can't find it, please ask someone to show you where it is.

For Tuesday Have:

1. Two sheets of black ingress paper, 18 x 24. (if it is 19 x 25, trim it down before class)

2. White conte and white charcoal. (see syllabus for further details)

3. All past supplies.

4. Positive/Negative drawing completed, or very nearly completed if you get stuck. Please be open and prepared to receive feedback in case more additions are necessary to improve your drawing.

I'll leave you with a couple examples of our upcoming project:

Postcards from the World | Dan Perjovschi

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READY! SET! RESEARCH!

Our practice will explore how contemporary drawing functions within a larger social context.

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THE RESEARCH PART OF THINGS:

When I say research, I'm referring to the blog & sketchbook portion of class. Key to this, is how you approach the blog. Why not have a cup of coffee in hand or sit in a place that makes you feel inspired to start the day? How about The Coffee Ethic downtown? It's a fantastic space where most everything is reclaimed. Plus, they keep hosting J. M. Shiveley's ongoing project The Hive, which means you don't have to be Springfield famous to make a project happen.

Alright, now where was I...oh yes, so we've got our coffee (if you don't like coffee, substitute other beverage or food/place of choice here). Now, begins the research. I've designed the blog so that (fingers crossed) you find something of interest. Give yourself a half hour or so to just be on the blog. Begin by catching up on entries and clicking links I've posted. Pull your moleskin out, write or sketch notes on any ideas, artists, projects, thoughts that come to mind. From the initial links you clicked, click further into sites or follow other links to continue research. Start carrying that moleskin with you everywhere and use it to record experience.

When possible, stop by Good Morning Class at least three times a week. Schedule time for the blog to create a research rhythm that will inform your drawings. Usually, I will post a sketchbook assignment on Thursdays (sometimes Tuesdays) due the following week (also announced in class). This will give you the weekend to complete the exercise. So, be sure you're checking the Blog to have exercises finished on time.

I leave you to Laura Mallett's thoughts (MSU bfa alumni) & artist Alex Lukas.

Check out Dan Eldon's sketchbooks as an example of ways to approach your moleskin. Also look at Jennifer New's Drawing From Life: The Journal As Art.

 

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