Art 406 Experimental processes in drawing and painting, Fall 2014
TTH, 8:00am-10:40am School of Art, Room 514
Eva Struble, Office 517B hours T/TH 3:30-4:30 or by apt.
[email protected]
Pre-Requisites: Art 203, Art 204
·Expected Learning Outcomes:
-Implement tools and techniques of painting with a variety of media
-Learn professionalism in your field through repeated written artists’ statements, become
familiar with a wide variety of contemporary artists and their material and conceptual
practices
-Integrate and deepen knowledge of digital media in relation to painting including digital
documentation of work and website basics, explore online multimedia platforms such as
interactive museum sites in relation to museum field trips, and become familiar with
online platforms through contributing to course documents
-Compare and discuss paintings with frequent short slide presentations that provide a
breadth of work on a given theme
-Critique our own work, and write a short review of a local gallery or museum show
depict a still life, self portrait, interior and exterior landscape, and the model through
techniques learned
-Solve problems of representation through a demonstrated understanding of color
-Use links provided on Blackboard to review images from class, watch interviews with
artists, and listen to audio segments of interest
·Grading
20 Use of tools and technique
30 Work performance in class –attentiveness, general attitude toward class:, energy and
positive attitude about your work and others’ work
Receptiveness, progress, productivity, timely completion,
10 Participation in discussion/critique
20 Work outside of class- students are expected to spend as much time working outside
of class as in class. The classroom may be available to students during non-class hours by
request. showing evidence of having gone to student shows and exhibits outside of class
10 Pin-up board
10 Attendance
·Materials- ALL REQUIRED. Most are available at the Blick student store
-Sketchbook, hardcover 8”x10”
-Surfaces for painting: gessoed wood panels or gessoed canvas surfaces are acceptable.
No student grade canvas panels.
-Paper- pad of white 18x24 paper or larger (not newsprint), or roll of paper
-Charcoal, graphite or pencil for drawing, and eraser
-Optional: pens, ink, colored pencils
-2 or more canvases or panels equal to or larger than 18”x24” (for “animation” and
“painting from sculpture” assignments)
-Acrylic, oil, gouache, or watercolor paint
-A wide variety of brushes- bristle and sable or sable-like natural hair brushes
-White cotton rags, baby oil (for cleaning brushes of oil paint), Gamsol (not turnpentine
or paint thinner) for oil painting, empty containers (non-food)
-Sharpie/tape to label jars
· Attendance
Being on time, and coming to every class is important to your performance throughout
the semester. Absences lower your grade. If you have to miss a class, talk to me ahead of
time, before or after class. If you are sick, I need a doctor’s note. Be in class for the full
period from beginning to end.
· Withdrawal
After three absences, students will not receive a passing grade in this class.
· Incompletes
I do not give incompletes
· Extra Credit
You can receive extra credit for attending any opening or art exhibit (listed on this
syllabus or otherwise) and writing a one-page response/review. You can also receive
extra credit to design and paint related imagery on courtyard wall next to the new garden
with other classmates
8/18 Monday first day of semester, 8/25 first day of classes,
8/26 In Class: Introductions, material and syllabus review, and daily sketchbook
assignment. Names on storage racks. Short slide presentation.
Homework: Buy supplies from list
8/28 In class: Multipart drawing
Slides: Alternative drawing processes
Homework: Multipart drawing
9/2 In class: Multipart drawing
Homework: Multipart drawing
9/4 In Class: Multipart drawing
Homework: listen to Radiolab: Colors episode online
*New Downtown library gallery exhibit opens Sept 6. Open until Jan 12 Hiding in
plain sight: Eight voices in contemporary photography
9/9 In class: discuss listening. Multipart drawing
Homework: Multipart drawing
9/11 In class: Gamblin paint demonstration
Homework: Multipart drawing
9/16 In class: Multipart drawing
Slides: Preparation for field trip
Homework: Reading for field trip- NY Times article and UT article on James Drake.
9/18 In class: Field trip: meet in the lobby of Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
(MCASD) Downtown to see “James Drake, Brain Trash”. Bring your sketchbook, pencil
and $4 cash. 1100 & 1001 Kettner Blvd. (between Broadway and B Street) San Diego,
CA 92101 extra $120 for security guard, opens at 11 normally.
Homework: Write a two page review of the show, double-spaced, font 12. Discuss at
least two works we saw.
9/23 In class: Discuss exhibit, turn in typed reviews, or email me the file before class.
Multipart drawing. Introduce animation/time lapse work.
Homework:
9/25 In class: Artist presentation introduced. Multipart drawing
Homework: Finish Multipart drawing
9/30 In class: Critique Multipart drawing
Homework: Begin Animation/time lapse sketches/brainstorm. Watch video links on
Blackboard.
10/2 In class: discuss viewing homework. Animation/time lapse group activity.
Homework: Visit MFA programs in Google Drive.
10/7 In class: Animation/time lapse works in pairs using Gawker or photographs.
Homework: Animation/time lapse
10/9 In class: Animation/time lapse
Homework: Animation/time lapse
10/14 In class: Animation/time lapse
Homework: Animation/time lapse
10/16 In class: Animation/time lapse. Introduce site-specific work.
Slides: Site-specific drawing and painting
Homework: Animation/time lapse
10/21 In class: Critique Animation/time lapse
Homework: Begin site specific sketches/brainstorm.
10/23 In class: Artist presentations
Homework: Site-specific work
10/28 In class: Artist presentations.
Homework: Site-specific work, reading.
10/30 In class: discuss reading. Site-specific work.
Homework: Site-specific work
11/4 In class: Site-specific work Introduce Painting from sculpture.
Slides: Painting from sculpture ideas/artists
Homework: Site-specific work
11/6 In class: Crit Site-specific work
Homework: Begin Painting from sculpture: we will each make an object/sculpture and
paint it from life with the idea that it will never be seen outside of the painting.
11/11 In class: No School, Veteran’s day
11/13 In class: Painting from sculpture
Homework: Painting from sculpture, watch Art 21 episode
11/18 In class: discuss art 21. Painting from sculpture
Homework: Painting from sculpture
11/20 In class: Painting from sculpture,
Homework: Painting from sculpture
11/25 In class: Painting from sculpture
Homework: Painting from sculpture
11/27 In class: No School, Thanksgiving break
12/2 In class: Painting from sculpture
Homework: Painting from sculpture, reading.
12/4 In class: discuss reading. Tentative install for class exhibit. Flor y Canto reserved
Dec 5-11
Homework: finish Painting from sculpture
12/9 In class: Crit Painting from sculpture. Document class exhibit, Tentative opening 57pm
Homework: finish sketchbooks, clean out lockers and cubbies
12/10 last day of all SDSU classes, 12/11-12/17=exam week
Exam hour Dec 11 8-10am Take down class exhibit. Turn in sketchbook, artist
statements returned, cleaning, and discussion. You must attend this class
* University Art Gallery, Food: the common experience exhibit will take place in
March 2015, call for submissions for Jan 20, 2015. Cash award prizes will be offered.