Two Dimensional Design
Semester Schedule Spring 2008
Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Textbook: The Art of Looking Sideways (purchase your own or use one of the copies kept in the Design Center—but please do not remove).
Dates   Class Topics Department Information
1st class Mon. Feb. 4   Introduction—Syllabus, Schedule  Creativity, definitions assignment  
         
First Week    read beginning with page 29, (sections: Creativity, Improvisation, Dreaming, Ideas, Synchronicity, Thinking—page 139, Problems—page 145, Imagination—page 157).   
         
Wed. Feb.6     Dead Poets’ Society  
Feb. 7, Th.      

5:00pm. Artist Lecture—Dale Johnson, Eastland Room. Reception following in Olson Gallery for Exhibit: Shields of Faith.
Fri. Feb.8     Dead Poets’ Society  
         
Second Week—Mon. Feb.11   due  Creativity, definitions assignment    
         
     Intro to Design Center; computers, access. Visual elements. Collage Self Portrait  
         
Wed. Feb.13  due Collage Self Portrait  Continue visual elements vocabulary  
         
Third Week, Feb. 18, Mon   Point/gradient Collage visual elements: point, value, light and shade  
       

 
  due Point/gradient Collage    
         
    Introduce Shape Morphing exercise, Contour line studies. Descriptive Shape, shape transformation (morphing) visual elements: line, point, shape, transformation  
         

  drawing exercises Selection tools and copying and pasting in Illustrator.  
         
Fourth Week mon. Feb. 25  due Turn in completed pattern from shape assignments—computer printouts  Work on Computer drawing and pattern creation   
         
     Work on Shape transformation drawings, color mixing Introduce color theory vocabulary  
         
     Finish Shape transformations and color gradient mixing  Acrylic paint mixing and process.—color mixing demonstration  
         
    • line to shape to point/mark to pattern to invention    
         
Fifth Week Mon. Mar.3   Introduce Color Wheel and Computer color exercises. Read from page 52 to 65.  
         
    Color Theory Vocabulary Color Theory exercises. Introduction to Dreamweaver Web Page design software  
    Color Theory exercises in Dreamweaver Page organization, links, publishing to the internet.  
         
    work day    
         
Sixth Week Mon. March 10   Preview Critique: present color wheel web page and at least two others.    
         

  Preview Critique: present color wheel web page and at least two others.    
         
      due Color Theory Web Pages    
(Friday)   Workday   6-8 p.m. – Iraq War Memorial Proposals& Opening Reception– 9th Street Entry Gallery
         
Seventh Week , Mon. March 17    Introduce Tangram assignment—Content from shape arrangement   Create shape using shapes; Tangram exercises. See page 274 and 192  
         
       due Tangram assignment    
         
    work day    
         
Eighth Week, March 21 -30  
SPRING BREAK
 
 
         
Ninth Week March 31, Mon.   Introduce Paint-by-Number Project, constructing painting with found imagery    
         
    Incorporate Tangram design. This project will be redesigned but you can look at the previous semester's projects.    
         
     Work on paint-by-number painting    
         
Tenth Week Mon. April 7   Divide and laminated panels to plywood  Shop safety. Use of power tools  

       
         
         
      Cut out paint-by-number panels    
       

 
    work day    
         
Eleventh Week Mon. April 14  due paint-by-number project    
         
    Introduce Compositional analysis (web site), principles and vocabulary   read pages 278, 283  
         
     Compositional Analysis excercises     
         
Twelvth Week Mon. April 21    Review Adobe Illustrator drawing tools. Create composite designs    
         
    work day    

       
Thirteenth Week, Mon. April 28    Complete three more computer, compositional analyses designs.    
         
      Print on color laser printer.    
         
Fourteenth Week, Mon. May 5    due Compositional analysis Designs    
         
Fifteenth Week, Mon. May 12   Make acrylic painting/collage replica of computer design. Incorporate collage.    
       

 
   

 

    
         
    Create Web Page for compositional analysis designs    
         
         
         
May 20, Tuesday   2:15pm to 4:15pm Final —complete website portfolio