Week 2 (Sept 2/4) Intuitive Gesture & The Perceptual Grid: Definition and Gesture/Direction.
We will work from models in class emphasizing the basic directional forces of the form in space. Learning to see spatial relationships through using the grid of the picture plane. Introduction to the process of “sighting and angling.” The visual texture of drawing space with a layering of lines.
In-class Project One due on Tuesday, September 16: Gesture (Demonstrates and understanding of the figure as a dynamic ordering of shapes in space through the placement of major and minor directional forces.)
Opening reception on Thursday, September 4th for the exhibition Give Way*Scotland in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gallery from 4-6 p.m. Please attend if you are able!
Materials: Strathmore 400 drawing pad, newsprint paper, red Conte crayon, charcoal, compressed charcoal, chamois skin