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). |
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| Dates | Class Topics | Department Information | |||||
| Jan. 31 (Mon.) | Introduction—Syllabus, Schedule | Creativity, definitions assignment | |||||
| Feb. 2 (W) | read beginning with page 29, (sections: Creativity, Improvisation, Dreaming, Ideas, Synchronicity, Thinking—page 139, Problems—page 145, Imagination—page 157). | ||||||
| 4 (F) | tDead Poets’ Society | ||||||
| 7 (M) | due | Creativity, definitions assignment | Dead Poets’ Society | ||||
| 9 (W) | Intro to Design Center; computers, access. Visual elements. | Collage Self Portrait | |||||
| 11 (F) | due | Collage Self Portrait | Continue visual elements vocabulary | ||||
| 14 (M) | Point/gradient Collage | visual elements: point, value, light and shade | |||||
| 16 (W) | due | Point/gradient Collage | |||||
| 18 (F) | Introduce Shape Morphing exercise, Contour line studies. Descriptive Shape, shape transformation (morphing) | visual elements: line, point, shape, transformation | |||||
| 21
(M) |
drawing exercises | Selection tools and copying and pasting in Illustrator. | |||||
| 23 (W) | due | Turn in completed pattern from shape assignments—computer printouts | Work on Computer drawing and pattern creation | ||||
| 25 (F) | Work on Shape transformation drawings, color mixing | Introduce color theory vocabulary | |||||
| 28 (M) | Finish Shape transformations and color gradient mixing | Acrylic paint mixing and process.—color mixing demonstration | |||||
| Mar. 2 (W) | due | • line to shape to point/mark to pattern to invention | |||||
| 4 (F) | Introduce Color Wheel and Computer color exercises. | Read from page 52 to 65. | |||||
| 7 (M) | Color Theory Vocabulary | Color Theory exercises. Introduction to Dreamweaver Web Page design software | |||||
| 9 (W) | Color Theory exercises in Dreamweaver | Page organization, links, publishing to the internet. | |||||
| 11 (F) | work day | ||||||
| 14 (M) | Preview Critique: present color wheel web page and at least two others. | ||||||
| 16
(W) |
Preview Critique: present color wheel web page and at least two others. | ||||||
| 18 (F) | due | Color Theory Web Pages | |||||
| 21 (M) | SPRING
BREAK |
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| 28 (M) | Introduce Tangram assignment—Content from shape arrangement | Create shape using shapes; Tangram exercises. See page 274 and 192 | |||||
| 30 (W) | work day | ||||||
| April 1 (F) | due | Tangram assignment | |||||
| 4 (M) | Introduce Paint-by-Number Project, constructing painting with found imagery | ||||||
| 6 (W) | Incorporate Tangram design. This project will be redesigned but you can look at the previous semester's projects. | ||||||
| 8 (F) | Work on paint-by-number painting | ||||||
| 11 (M) | Divide and laminated panels to plywood | Shop safety. Use of power tools | |||||
| 13 (W) | |||||||
| 15 (F) | Cut out paint-by-number panels | ||||||
| 18 (M) | work day | ||||||
| 20 (W) | due | paint-by-number project | |||||
| 22 (F) | Introduce Compositional analysis (web site), principles and vocabulary | read pages 278, 283 | |||||
| 25 (M) | Compositional Analysis excercises | ||||||
| 27 (W) | Review Adobe Illustrator drawing tools. Create composite designs | ||||||
| 29 (F) | work day | ||||||
| May 2 (M) | Complete three more computer, compositional analyses designs. | ||||||
| 4 (W) | Print on color laser printer. | ||||||
| 6 (F) | due | Compositional analysis Designs | |||||
| 9 (M) | Make acrylic painting replica of computer design. Incorporate collage. | ||||||
| 11 (W) | Create Web Page for compositional analysis designs | ||||||
| 13 (F) | |||||||
| May 17, Tuesday | 2:15pm to 4:15pm | Final | |||||