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ART 420/620 FINAL PROJECT + PORTFOLIO

DUE: Monday, June 3rd @ 12:00pm

MEDIA: Ink, watercolor, micron pen, charcoal, conte, graphite, matte media, tracing paper collage, etc.

PAPER: 59x44 sheet of Fabriano 140lb. watercolor paper, can be torn into a diptych or triptych.

SUBJECT: Your subject matter to decide, below are the steps you should go through before beginning to

work on the final drawing. This should take you about an hour, possibly two. Remember that we have

limited time to finish this piece and that you will only be working on it for approximately 4 days.

PROCESS:

1. Start by looking at artists work that you admire.2. Pick a subject that you are interested in and then do research by collecting images, articles, etc.3. Look at how contemporary artists are dealing with a similar subject, how they use media, and

also how those artists link back to historical artists.

4. Make 3 studies focusing on media, composition and layering (part of grade).TIPS FOR WORKING LARGE SCALE:

- Start with large strokes from a brush or washes, they take up more space in a short amount oftime.

- Think about ways to use texture to build surface efficiently, use or make tools (like we did forthe abstract project) that will allow you to effectively work with layering texture.

- Several layers working from light to dark can also give you texture and build up texture.- Remember that you are working large so use your entire arm, do not focus in one spot, keep

moving around the paper.

- It is also important to think about line quality and variation, you will need a variety of differentsize line (and value) to focus your viewer. It also takes more lines to draw on a large scale than

it does to draw the same subject on a smaller scale.

- Constantly step back from your piece and examine what changes are taking place, large work isoften first viewed from a distance so make sure that you work with that in mind.

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FINAL PORTFOLIO DRAWING LIST

1. Stick gestures2. Extended stick drawing3. 3 hour long drawings from Botanical Garden4. Abstract rock drawing w/ found materials5. Gesture drawing on colored ground (red or brown)6. Landscape drawing on colored ground (red or brown)7. Tim Knowles inspired tree drawings8. Watercolor color chart9. Watercolor Texture/effect chart10.Gesture drawings of skeleton & figure11.Extended drawings of skeleton & figure12.Tracing paper tree collage/drawing (use 1 colored ground)13.Lake/Dam drawing I (use 1 colored ground)14.Lake/Dam drawing II (use 1 colored ground)15.Mylar panorama of objects16.3 Figure Drawings (3 remaining grounds)17.Final Project Studies (3 studies on mixed media paper)18.Final Project

SCHEDULE:

DAY 10 (Tuesday)

- Final Project Studies/morning.- Final Project grounds + initial sketches/afternoon.

DAY 11 (Wednesday)- Figure/morning.- Final Project/afternoon.

DAY 12 13 (Thursday-Friday)- Final Project/all day.

DAY 14 (Monday)- Portfolio due at noon.

DAY 15

- Cleanup + pickup of portfolios.