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 Benny Andrews
Benny Andrews' work at ACA Galleries, NYC.
Course Description
Drawing is a semester course in which students will explore a broad range of approaches to art through sketching and formal drawing techniques. Students will learn to draw from both obervation and imagination. Development of technical skills and artistic vocabulary will include contour drawings, black and white value studies, color theory, still life, portraits, figure drawing, plus alternative approaches which encourage the constant creative process of art making. Students are also required to keep a personal sketchbook and study specific artists, culture, and art historical movements.
Creativity, craftsmanship, personal effort, critical thinking, sketchbooks, and monthly homework assignments are all included in the grading process. In order to succedd in class, student must meet the required criteria given for all assignments, be prepared to question and critique their own work as well as the work of other artists and approach each art process with an open mind and a positive attitude.
In addition to the above information, students taking Drawing at the honors level will also be required to complete weekly homework assignments and pursue all materials and processes with greater depth and focus (including research, technology, individual/group projects and presentations). Students will also complete a series of finished drawings that share a common theme. The honors level of this course is for more advanced students who have excelled in art prior to this course.
Course Syllabus
Students will study/practice traditional, experimental, and contemporary styles in the drawing discipline and work with different drawing media.
Drawing projects are drawn from the following areas:
- Drawing from imagination; transformation; surrealism
- Perspective drawing including fore-, middle-, and background space
- Contour drawing
- Black and white value studies
- Color theory and abstraction
- Still life
- Still life
- Portraits
- Figure drawing
- Illustration
- Negative space
Drawing projects utilize the following media:
- Pencil (various weights)
- Pen and ink
- Charcoal
- Pastels - oil and chalk
- Conte crayon
- Colored pencil
Supplies Needed (Every Day!)
- Sketchbook - 9x12" spiral-bound
- Pencils - package of ten #2 pencils, continously
Honors vs. CP
- Weekly/bi-weekly homework in Honors - 1+ hour for weekly; 2+ hour for bi-weekly assignments
- More emphasis on sketchbook development, multi-step planning, multi-part projects, and working in series
- More emphasis on reading, writing, and researching in Honors
Homework:
- Homework will be checked on the day that it is due, as assigned. Homework can be as often as weekly. Students should dedicate 1 to 2 hours to each homework assignment.
- A mark of check++, check+, check, or check- is based on craft, creativity, detail, technique, composition, and finished results.
- Late homework - for each day late students will lose 20 points. 1 week late = zero. Students who have been sick or have excused absences, should work with their teacher to revise their homework due date.
- Occasionally, there may be smaller homework assignments - usually sketches, brain-stroming ideas, reading or research for in-class work. These smaller assignments should take no more than 15 to 30 minutes and are required to be completed.
- If a student finishes his/her in-class project early, he/she may start to work on their homework.
Grading:
Projects are evaluated on art department-wide rubrics which use general criteria (craft, composition, creativity, detail, technique & effort) and specific criteria unique to the project.
Grading system:
- 50% = Project Rubrics
- 30% = Class Participation
- 10% = Homework
- 10% = Final Exam
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- 100%= Total
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