Assignment: Color Study Collages in the Style of Anne Ryan

OBJECTIVE

To convey an understanding of “Harmonious Color Schemes” through various paper and color media; To make formal connections between your studio assignment and collage that pertain to composition and creative analysis; To show a command of materials and process that will result in a clean presentation.

MEDIA

Any kind of paper, fabric, or flat media that can adhere to a board with a thin layer of glue. Color media such as Prismacolor Pencils and Watercolors may be combined with collage.  

METHOD

Collage on a 12” x 18” board of your choice. Consult the color wheel in studio (there are 2 per section) to determine schemes. Craftsmanship: no wrinkled or buckled materials; collage materials must lay flat. Use the "Time-Honored Gluing Technique" shown in the Collage Demo video.


BOARD LAYOUT

SPECIFICS

In the style of Anne Ryan, create a collage for three of these color schemes:

Primary

Secondary
Complementary

Split Complementary
Triadic

Tetradic

Analogous
Monochromatic

CHARACTERISTICS OF ANNE RYAN’S WORK

• used a limited amount of materials (5-7) per collage.
• compositions often referenced the grid.
• worked on an intimate scale.

Additional Research

Hannelore Baron

Kurt Schwitters

SCHEDULE

Start date: 9/29

In-Progress Critique: 10/6 
Collage should be 50% complete. An in-progress grade will be given.

Due Date: 10/13 

Week 6: 9/29

Visual Journals Due for Midterm Review
Visual Journals will be collected by studio faculty at the end of class. Label your drawings Week 1, Week 2, etc. and do some basic organization. Don't forget the Visual Journal Independent Study!


204/ 1PM

All sections will meet in 204 at 1PM. Please come to class with your Visual Journals and Ebony Pencils. We will be sketching from the projected image and I will be introducing the new assignment.

Today's sketching theme: The Viewfinder

Due

Paper Bag Study

• Sections Liles, Ruff, and Tate give your assignment to your studio instructor at the beginning of class in 204.
• Sections Harmon, Zarse, and Stouse have a pin-up. 

Title Block

See this blog entry if you forgot. 

Sections Liles, Ruff, Tate

These sections have Field Studies/ Site Visits from 2PM-5PM (approximately)

Sections Zarse, Stouse, Harmon

These sections have a Pin-Up with alternating studio time. 

Please find your assigned walls in 401. Pin-up both the Paper Bag Study drawing and the First Unitarian Church of Rochester by Louis Kahn. We sketched this from the projector last week.

Quick Sketch by Elisha Grossman, Current 2nd Year

Use this photo as an example of how to pin-up your drawings.

2PM: Section Harmon

3PM: Section Zarse

4PM: Section Stouse

Work will remain on display for the rest of the week.

Brushes for Collage

Brushes for collage should be the less-expensive type of brush. If you use a nicer brush, you will need to be mindful about washing it with soap and warm water.

Size-wise they should be smaller so you can apply glue neatly to intricate collage materials.

These are the brushes I use for collage.

It might also to be helpful to see an example of the next assignment.

Color Study Collage by Frank Xiong, Current 2nd Year

Visual Journal Independent Study: Sighting and Measuring

Please practice sighting and measuring in your Visual Journals.

Rooftops, Otsu City, Japan

Begin by sketching the image below in the media of your choice. (Mixed media is acceptable.)
Quick sketches - between 5 - 12 minutes. Make a note of your time on the sketch.

Sketch From Observation

Drawing from observation on campus, please sketch five compositions that employ sighting and measuring techniques. We will consider three of these sketches during our midterm review; the three you identify as your strongest work.

Media of your choice. (Mixed media is acceptable.)
Quick sketches - between 5 - 12 minutes. Make a note of your time on the sketch.

Keep looking for shapes in the compositions; squint to see large value shapes.

Rome Program Video by Professor Tiffany Lin

Now on YouTube. She writes, "This is just our first three weeks and there is a lot more serious work coming ... not just food and fun :)"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NzOCif6bok

Week 5: 9/22

204/ 1PM

We will have a longer sketching session today. Please come to class with a sharpened Ebony Pencil or other soft-lead pencil. We'll be handing out the crayons again.

The lecture will be followed by an afternoon of self-directed studio time. Studio instructors will evaluate the progress of the Paper Bag Study drawings.

There are no pin-ups or site visits scheduled today. 

Week 6: Things You Need to Know

Supplies

More collage materials

12" x 18" Board (chip, museum, foam, illustration, your choice)

Small brush for glue

Prismacolor Pencils (or equivalent colored pencils) sharpened before class

Visual Journals

Will be collected at the end of class on Wednesday 9/29 for mid-term review

Pin-Up Paper Bag Study

2PM Harmon

3PM Zarse

4PM Stouse

Site Visits/ Field Sketching

Ruff, Liles, Tate 

Assignment: Paper Bag Study with Tonal Values in Pencil

An edited version of Wednesday's lecture that introduces this assignment is available for download at myTulane.Blackboard.com. See examples of the assignment, paper bag still life photographs, blending vs smudging, and the points earned for the in-progress review on 9/22.

The Assignment At-A-Glance

Objective
To render spatial edges and planar corners defined by change in tone - no lines.

Due Date: Wednesday 9/29
Media: Pencil (Ebony or soft B of your choice.)
Paper Size: 12" x 18" (newsprint or white drawing paper of your choice)
Drawing Size: 9" x 12"
Border Size: see below
Title Block: see below

Horizontal orientation showing actual student work

Vertical orientation showing an example of the original source photograph used here as a place holder for the drawing.

Week 4: 9/15

204/ 1PM

All sections will meet in 204 at 1PM. Please come to class with your Visual Journals and Ebony Pencils. We will be sketching from the projected image and I will be introducing the new assignment.

Also please bring your digital camera (if you have one) and one interesting object to use in a still life.

Attendance Sheet

In an effort to expedite signing-in there are now two sign-in sheets. Sections 1, 3, 5 will find their sign-in sheet hanging by the podium; sections 2, 4, 6 will be hanging in the regular spot.

Due

Organic Form/ Slow Contour

Please place your assignment on the appropriately labelled chair (by section next to the sign-in sheets. Your studio instructor will collect it from there.)

Title Block

See this blog entry if you forgot. 

Sections Zarse, Stouse, Harmon

These sections have Field Studies/ Site Visits from 2PM-5PM (approximately)

Sections Liles, Ruff, Tate

These sections have a Pin-Up with alternating studio time.

2PM: Section Liles

Where: 401

Pin-Up Assignment: TBD

3PM: Section Tate

Where: 401

Pin-Up Assignment: Organic Form/ Slow Contour

All work should be pinned up before the critique starts.

4PM: Section Ruff

Where: 401

Pin-Up Assignment: TBD

All work should be pinned up before the critique starts.

Work will remain on display for the rest of the week.

Assignment: Organic Form/Slow Contour

Specifics

Paper Size: 12" x 18" (newsprint or other white drawing paper of your choice)

Border Size: No border

Media: Ebony pencil (or soft leaded pencil of your choice) and a really nice eraser

Due

Wednesday, 9/15 at the beginning of class

Title Block

Lower left hand corner in vertical block all caps letters

1st line: Your first and last name 

2nd line: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, etc. 

3rd line: Week 3 

4th line: Fall 2010

Objectives:

• To achieve a command of line: to use it in a sensitive manner and to explore an expressive quality when appropriate.
• Finished drawing looks like one entire line from start to finish.
• Mindfulness towards composition; placement of drawing on the page.
• Clean, incisive lines.
• No shading.
• The experience should be a slow moving line.

Criteria: Line Quality/ Line Character

• Use of a thick, dark line (a baseline) to anchor the drawing to the page.
• A thicker line with more weight creates the illusion of moving forward in space.
• A thinner lighter line with less weight recedes in space.
• An implied line is so light the eye completes the line. It is merely implied. A whisper.

Process/ Method

Forage for your organic form on campus or in Audubon Park. 

Clean you desk. Some lite housekeeping is always a good thing.

Warm up with some gestures of your organic form.

Begin with light gestures, work out the composition of your drawing; be mindful of placement on the page.

Style your organic form. Remove leaves, etc. as you like.

Once you’ve got the gesture, draw over the forms, coaxing out the modified contour lines.

Week 3: 9/8

204/ 1PM
All sections will meet in 204 at 1PM. Please come to class with your Visual Journals and Ebony Pencils. We will be sketching from the projected image and I will be introducing the new assignment.

Due
Mapping Your Hometown in Two Parts (Collage and Lines)
Both parts are due today. Please hand them in together. Below are instructions per section.

Title Block
No title block; on the back of your drawing write your name and section in legible, block vertical capitals.

Sections Liles, Ruff, Tate
Please turn in the assignment at the beginning of class to your studio instructor.

These sections have Field Studies/ Site Visits from 2PM-5PM

Sections Zarse, Stouse, Harmon

These sections have a Pin-Up with alternating studio time.

2PM: Section Zarse
Where: 401
Please hang Parts 1 and 2 in a tight grid on the white board next to computer at the front of the studio. If this can be done before 1PM on Wednesday that would be terrific. 

3PM: Section Stouse
Where: 401
Please hang Parts 1 and 2 in a tight grid on the movable panels at the front of the studio. All work should be pinned up before the critique starts.

4PM: Section Harmon
Where: 401
Please hang Parts 1 and 2 in a tight grid on the movable panels at the front of the studio (on the available side). All work should be pinned up before the critique starts.


Work will remain on display for the rest of the week.

Assignment: Mapping Your Hometown In Two Parts (Lines)

Paper Size: 10" x 10"
Drawing Size: 8" x 8"
Border Size: 1" on each side
Due: Wednesday, 9/8 with your collage

Using the "Lines" handout as a reference, create an inventory of different kinds of lines. Copy/mimic the line quality in the drawings by Tanaka and Hawkinson.

Fill a page or two with your line research. Create dynamic lines. Like Chip Sullivan says on page four, "Now Exaggerate! No no no! Add emphasis no puny lines."

Translate your collage into a line drawing. Avoid shading and outlines. We will hang the collage and the drawing side-by-side, so we should be able to see your systems in the drawing.

Use this drawing by Vincent Van Gogh as a reference.

Week 2: Gesture Drawing Video

Week 2: Images from Class (2)

Quieting the left-mode; activating the right-mode.

Week 2: Images From Class (1)

Our main inspiration for Mapping Your Hometown in Two Parts (Lines)