Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Spring 2016.
Instructor: Brian Alfred
Assistant Professor of Art
Tuesday/Thursday 2:30-5:30
Office hours Wed 1-2 by appointment
bwa104@psu.edu
Drawing and seeing the figure from life and from mediated images via very
different materials and techniques. We will push the boundaries of how we think
of drawing the figure and
the methods of creating drawings. Readings and presentations will accompany
the work done in class in order to enrich the diversity of approach in representing
the figure. There will be both historical references and investigation into ways the
figure is represented in current contemporary practice.
No phones or earbuds may be out during class. Use of phones are allowed only
during breaks, and only in hallways.
Grading Criteria:
1. Attendance (Required. More than three absences will lower your grade one letter
each absence unless you have legitimate reasons. If you become ill or find yourself
falling behind, contact me immediately, not after your time of difficulty.)
2. Effort
3. Improvement
4. Quality of presentation
Materials List:
Drawing materials as follows. The more you have the more variety you will have
while working:
Drawing surfaces. Youll mainly need newsprint for exercises, nice quality
draeing paper for finished drawings and watercolor paper for water media work.
Source:
DickBlick.com utrechtart.com
Or, compare prices at Uncle Elis and/or PSU student book store. They both
offer 20% discounts with this syllabus. They do tend to be MUCH more
expesive than ordering from Blick or Utrecht online.
Cleanup:
All hazardous waste materials must be disposed of in the proper receptacles.
Classroom sinks are to be used for studio/class project cleanup. Please do not
use drinking fountains or restroom sinks to clean brushes. Masking tape is the
only tape/adhesive appropriate for use on chalkboards.
Safety Information:
Students in the School of Visual Arts may find themselves working in the shop or
in their studios or classrooms using a variety of power and hand held
equipment, which may cause injury. Students should use the shop only after
having received an orientation in the use of such equipment and when
supervised by faculty or shop personnel. Should any injuries occur, in the shop,
studios, or classrooms in the School of Visual Arts please report them to Matt
Olson, Shop Supervisor, Room 108-A Visual Arts Building, Phone: 814-865-
3962, email: mjo5165@psu.edu
Calendar:
IMPORTANT: The exercises you see below for each class are for a portion of
the class. There will be devoted time for everyone to work on drawings of their
own direction as well. Exercises are for pushing boundaries and comfort zones
of your intuitive way of working to broaden your scope of approaches to your
own work.
Critiques will often be held at different points throughout the classes.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
1/26 Shapes and Form describing the figure through the creation of
shapes and form (Anthony Gormley)
1/28 Museum Mile drawing from images within the Palmer Museum
Week 4
Week 5
2/11 Left Out drawing with your left hand. (Lefties, its your lucky day)
(Helen OLeary)
Week 6
Week 7
2/23 Collage Barrage bring in scraps and old drawings and assorted
papers for collage drawing (Aurturo Herrera)
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
3/17 Fresh Air drawing from life at the HUB while listening to Terry
Gross (NPR)
Week 11
3/22 Projection Project drawing with light and pattern from projection
on the model (Bridget Riley, Sarah Morris)
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Accessibility:
Penn State welcomes students with disabilities into the University's educational
programs. Every Penn State campus has an office for students with disabilities.
The Office for Disability Services (ODS) Web site provides contact information
for every Penn State campus: http://equity.psu.edu/ods/dcl. For further
information, please visit the Office for Disability Services Web site:
http://equity.psu.edu/ods.
In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, you must
contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where you are
officially enrolled, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation:
http://equity.psu.edu/ods/guidelines. If the documentation supports your
request for reasonable accommodations, your campuss disability services
office will provide you with an accommodation letter. Please share this letter
with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early in
your courses as possible. You must follow this process for every semester that
you request accommodations.