WEEK SIXTEEN: Hands and Feet, 11/29-12/5

Phillip Dvorak, charcoal and pastel

STUDENT PROTEST SHOW INFO
IMAGES: POLITICAL ART

Notes: Hand

Notes: Feet

Images: Hands and Feet

Link to Phillip's work seen to the right.

FINAL PORTFOLIO INFO

!!!DRAWING EVENTS!!!!!!
* Visibility Drawing Collective Marathon, Fort Mason, Dec 1
*Guild Marathon, Merritt College, Dec 8

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Over the weekend: Come to the marathon here at FM on Sunday! Practice those hands and feet in your sketchbook Look at drawings you admire, how do these artists draw hands and feet? Do some copy work. Consider doing a piece for the student protest show.

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Tue Dec 3: Hands

Materials: Any
FINAL PORTFOLIO REVIEW DAY
(regular class will be held)
Sketchbook due

Thur Dec 5: Feet
Materials: Any

FINAL PORTFOLIO REVIEW DAY
(regular class will be held)

WEEK FIFTEEN: Field trip and Thanksgiving 11/22-28

April Copnik

11/22 Upset about the class cuts?? Here's a fact sheet and what to do

11/25 NEW information including a student protest show

STUDENT PROTEST SHOW INFO

SOUL OF A NATION, review - read before we go!
Soul of a Nation field trip info Tue 11/26

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Over the Weekend: Remember! Field trip to de Young to see Soul off a Nation, meet there

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Tue: Nov 26:  Meet at de Young Museum for Soul of a Nation Field Trip

Sketchbook due

Thur Nov 28: THANKSGIVING, No Class

Here's to a weekend of gratitude!!!!!

WEEK FOURTEEN: Heads 11/15-21

Toyin Ojih Odutola, "Maebel", ball point pen and marker, 9"x12"

Notes: Head

Notes: Eye, Ears
Notes: Mouth, Nose

Images: Head (big file, slow)

Here's a great resource link to an old school figure drawing  book by Andrew Loomis, "Drawing Head and Hands". 
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Over the weekend: Practice features in your sketchbook - ears, eyes, noses, mouths - separately so you can really focus of them. Do them from the note pages above, from yourself and from friends. Look up drawings of heads by other artists you admire, how do these artists draw features? 

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Tue Nov 19
Heads, any materials

Thur Nov 21
Heads, any materials

WEEK THIRTEEN: Anatomy, Muscles 11/8-14

Charles Landsee

Print, bring to class:

Handout: Muscles, back

Handout: Muscles, front

Images: History of Anatomy 2

Images: Contemporary Anatomy Images

-Videos on anatomy

Great Blog: Street Anatomy

Great site: Leonardo the Anatomist

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Over the Weekend:  Lots and lots of images to enjoy! Please take the time to review. Keep at that anatomy practice in your sketchbook.

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Tue Nov 12 Muscle
Materials: all and anatomy book
Sketchbook due

Thur Nov 14 Muscle

Materials: all and anatomy book