| Two Dimensional
Design |
| Interim
Schedule 2008 |
| Monday
through Friday, 1:00pm to 3:45pm in the Design Center (CC207) |
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Class Topics |
Department
Information |
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| Jan.7
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Introduction— |
Creativity,
definition assignment |
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read
The Art of Looking Sideways, beginning with page 29, (sections: Creativity, Improvisation, Dreaming,
Ideas, Synchronicity, and Thinking—page 139, Problems—page
145, Imagination—page 157). |
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Intro to Design
Center; computers, access. Visual elements. |
Dead Poets’ Society |
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Dead Poets’
Society |
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Creativity,
definition assignment |
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Collage
Self Portrait |
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Introduce
gradient grid collage |
Continue visual
elements vocabulary |
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Introduce
Shape Morphing exercise, Contour line studies. Descriptive Shape,
shape transformation (morphing) |
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Work on gradient grid collage and/or Computer drawing and pattern creation |
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Gradient
grid collage |
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Shape transformation drawings, |
Finish
computer patterns |
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Turn
in completed pattern from shape assignments |
Acrylic paint
mixing and process.—color mixing demonstration |
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| 16
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Turn
in completed shape transformation project |
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Introduce
Tangram assignment—Content from shape arrangement |
Create meaning
using shapes; Tangram exercises. See page 274 and 192
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Turn in Tangrams Design |
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Introduce
Compositional analysis (web site), principles and vocabulary |
read
pages 278, 283 |
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(M) Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday |
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Compositional
Analysis excercises |
diagram underlying
structure of paintings |
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Review
Adobe Illustrator drawing tools. Create composite designs |
Selection
tools and copying and pasting in Illustrator. |
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| 24
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Compositional
analysis printouts |
Complete
three more computer, compositional analyses designs. Print
on color laser printer. |
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Create composite
designs using collage with flattened aluminum—due Wed.
Jan. 25 |
Make
acrylic painting replica of computer design. Incorporate collage. |
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Introduce
Color Wheel and Computer color exercises. |
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Dreamweaver website design software |
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Color
Theory exercises |
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Read
from page 52 to 65. |
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Color Theory
exercises |
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FINAL: review completed colorwheel and color theory websites |
Website should also include Compositional Analysis projects. |
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