Above image: Victor Hugo (1802-1885), “Souvenir de Belgique”, 1857, wash drawing in China ink, watercolour and white gouache, 14 x 32 cm.
Attention...
Please note that I will be marking everything in locker #1 on the 9th of April. You will be able to pick up your work on the 10th. It was a pleasure teaching all of you. Have a great summer. Please remember to fill out the course evaluation on the York website. All teachers rely on this for academic appointments and to check as a measure of their competencies. http://courseevaluations.yorku.ca
Thanks! T. Ouellette
****Please check the locker drawers for any loose drawings - I have put them in the sliding drawers to avoid damaging them. Remember to pick up all of your drawing before April 24th. The studios are to be cleaned on that day and any drawings left behind will be disposed of to make room for the next class.
Thanks! T. Ouellette
****Please check the locker drawers for any loose drawings - I have put them in the sliding drawers to avoid damaging them. Remember to pick up all of your drawing before April 24th. The studios are to be cleaned on that day and any drawings left behind will be disposed of to make room for the next class.
Course Syllabus
FACULTY OF FINE ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS
Drawing / Winter 2013
FA/VISA 2082. 03 Approaches to Abstract Image Making
Monday 1:30-5:30pm; Rm 284 Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts
Course Director: Yvonne Singer
Tutorial Leaders: Colleen Wolstenholme, Troy Ouellette
Course Description:
This studio course introduces and builds on concepts of abstract image making. The creative process, relational thinking and play are emphasized encouraging Imaginative solutions to project assignments. Conceptual, non-traditional and abstract approaches are explored along with formal concerns such as composition, mark-making and material application. The course is organized around four required projects, class assignments and critiques augmented by slide presentations. Discussion is an important part of the class dynamic as is developing the skills of observation and articulation. Attendance is mandatory since the evaluation of process is a critical component of the final grade.
Grading: 4 projects @ 20% each = 80% Sketchbooks 20%
Criteria for Grading
· Critical thinking through doing: application of conceptual and technical ideas
· Drawing skills: development of composition, mark-making, material application
· Creativity: personal interpretation, inventiveness and ambition
· Work habits: process, persistence, prepared attendance, finished assignments
· Exploration: visual investigations
· Participation and attendance: discussion during critiques and slide presentations
York University Grading Scale The grading scheme for the course conforms to the 9-point grading system used in undergraduate programs at York. Assignments will bear a letter grade. For a full description of York grading go to: http://calendars.registrar.yorku.ca/pdfs/ug2004cal/calug04 5acadinfo.pdf:
Grade Grade-Point Per Cent Range Description
A+ 9 90-100% Exceptional
A 8 80-89% Excellent
B+ 7 75-79% Very good
B 6 70-74% Good
C+ 5 65-69% Competent
C 4 60-64% Fairly competent
D+ 3 55-59% Passing
D 2 50-54% Barely passing
E 1 40-49% Marginally failing
F 0 0-39% Failing
Lateness Penalty: Assignments received later than the due date will be penalized one-half letter grade (1 grade point) per day that the assignment is late. Exceptions to the lateness penalty for valid reasons such as illness will be given consideration only if documentation such as a doctor’s letter is provided.
Final Submission Date for Course Work: The Portfolio of class work, including all process sketches, Sketchbooks and Home Assignments are to be submitted the last day of class (see syllabus). The absolute Last Date to submit Winter Term Work is April 8, 2013 and a Lateness Penalty will apply. No Portfolios / Sketchbook / Home Assignments will be accepted after April 19, 2013. 0 / Fail will be the recorded grade for any un-submitted course work.
Mid-Term Review provides feedback on strengths and areas for improvement; February 11, 2013
Last day to drop Course without receiving a grade: February 15, 2013.
Some thoughts about abstraction
Everything starts from a dot. ”
(Wassily Kandinsky)
The more abstract its form, the more clear and direct its appeal. (Wassily Kandinsky)
My line is childlike but not childish. It is very difficult to fake, to get that quality you need to project yourself into the child's line. It has to be felt.
(Cy Twombly)
Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in the end, defeating. (Sol LeWitt)
Every drawing is, in fact, a combination of what the drawing is of, and both how and why the drawing is made. Margaret Davidson, Contemporary Drawing; Key Concepts and Techniques
Syllabus (subject to change)
To every class you are expected to bring ALL your drawing supplies, sketchbook, newsprint and 5-10 sheets of good paper in your portfolio. Please come prepared.
Sketchbook:
You will be assigned exercises in your sketchbook and in addition the sketchbook is to be constantly in use as a place for you to experiment and explore ideas. It is a work in progress. By the end of the term it will have gained a personal character and demonstrate your individual explorations and personality because using the sketchbook will have become a practice. In your sketchbook you are free to include all kinds of visual and verbal ideas without the pressure of making them relate to each other. Experiment and follow your curiosity.
Goals and Criteria Regarding the Sketchbook
1.Personal: discovery, imagination, preferences, eccentricities
2. Use BOTH SIDES of the pages / double spreads
3. Various: sketches, doodles, experiments, notes, journaling, collage, pictures, materials, colour, found things, cut, constructed, taped and glued stuff, diagrams, slide notes, thumbnails, you name it then do it and include it
Here are some suggestions for sketchbook activities;
1. experiment with form and variations
2. note quick visual and verbal ideas
3. experiment with different techniques, tools, mediums
4. experiment with different compositions; place objects and shapes in different juxtapositions
5. record objects through sustained observations
6. make preparatory drawings for projects
7. use your sketchbook as a diary or journal, recording your interests and activities
8. make comments on artwork; yours and others
9. attach clippings that interest you
10. draw from memory; draw your feelings
11. make diagrams, thumbnails, doodles
12 .include found things, cut, constructed, taped and glued stuff
DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS
Drawing / Winter 2013
FA/VISA 2082. 03 Approaches to Abstract Image Making
Monday 1:30-5:30pm; Rm 284 Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts
Course Director: Yvonne Singer
Tutorial Leaders: Colleen Wolstenholme, Troy Ouellette
Course Description:
This studio course introduces and builds on concepts of abstract image making. The creative process, relational thinking and play are emphasized encouraging Imaginative solutions to project assignments. Conceptual, non-traditional and abstract approaches are explored along with formal concerns such as composition, mark-making and material application. The course is organized around four required projects, class assignments and critiques augmented by slide presentations. Discussion is an important part of the class dynamic as is developing the skills of observation and articulation. Attendance is mandatory since the evaluation of process is a critical component of the final grade.
Grading: 4 projects @ 20% each = 80% Sketchbooks 20%
Criteria for Grading
· Critical thinking through doing: application of conceptual and technical ideas
· Drawing skills: development of composition, mark-making, material application
· Creativity: personal interpretation, inventiveness and ambition
· Work habits: process, persistence, prepared attendance, finished assignments
· Exploration: visual investigations
· Participation and attendance: discussion during critiques and slide presentations
York University Grading Scale The grading scheme for the course conforms to the 9-point grading system used in undergraduate programs at York. Assignments will bear a letter grade. For a full description of York grading go to: http://calendars.registrar.yorku.ca/pdfs/ug2004cal/calug04 5acadinfo.pdf:
Grade Grade-Point Per Cent Range Description
A+ 9 90-100% Exceptional
A 8 80-89% Excellent
B+ 7 75-79% Very good
B 6 70-74% Good
C+ 5 65-69% Competent
C 4 60-64% Fairly competent
D+ 3 55-59% Passing
D 2 50-54% Barely passing
E 1 40-49% Marginally failing
F 0 0-39% Failing
Lateness Penalty: Assignments received later than the due date will be penalized one-half letter grade (1 grade point) per day that the assignment is late. Exceptions to the lateness penalty for valid reasons such as illness will be given consideration only if documentation such as a doctor’s letter is provided.
Final Submission Date for Course Work: The Portfolio of class work, including all process sketches, Sketchbooks and Home Assignments are to be submitted the last day of class (see syllabus). The absolute Last Date to submit Winter Term Work is April 8, 2013 and a Lateness Penalty will apply. No Portfolios / Sketchbook / Home Assignments will be accepted after April 19, 2013. 0 / Fail will be the recorded grade for any un-submitted course work.
Mid-Term Review provides feedback on strengths and areas for improvement; February 11, 2013
Last day to drop Course without receiving a grade: February 15, 2013.
Some thoughts about abstraction
Everything starts from a dot. ”
(Wassily Kandinsky)
The more abstract its form, the more clear and direct its appeal. (Wassily Kandinsky)
My line is childlike but not childish. It is very difficult to fake, to get that quality you need to project yourself into the child's line. It has to be felt.
(Cy Twombly)
Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in the end, defeating. (Sol LeWitt)
Every drawing is, in fact, a combination of what the drawing is of, and both how and why the drawing is made. Margaret Davidson, Contemporary Drawing; Key Concepts and Techniques
Syllabus (subject to change)
To every class you are expected to bring ALL your drawing supplies, sketchbook, newsprint and 5-10 sheets of good paper in your portfolio. Please come prepared.
Sketchbook:
You will be assigned exercises in your sketchbook and in addition the sketchbook is to be constantly in use as a place for you to experiment and explore ideas. It is a work in progress. By the end of the term it will have gained a personal character and demonstrate your individual explorations and personality because using the sketchbook will have become a practice. In your sketchbook you are free to include all kinds of visual and verbal ideas without the pressure of making them relate to each other. Experiment and follow your curiosity.
Goals and Criteria Regarding the Sketchbook
1.Personal: discovery, imagination, preferences, eccentricities
2. Use BOTH SIDES of the pages / double spreads
3. Various: sketches, doodles, experiments, notes, journaling, collage, pictures, materials, colour, found things, cut, constructed, taped and glued stuff, diagrams, slide notes, thumbnails, you name it then do it and include it
Here are some suggestions for sketchbook activities;
1. experiment with form and variations
2. note quick visual and verbal ideas
3. experiment with different techniques, tools, mediums
4. experiment with different compositions; place objects and shapes in different juxtapositions
5. record objects through sustained observations
6. make preparatory drawings for projects
7. use your sketchbook as a diary or journal, recording your interests and activities
8. make comments on artwork; yours and others
9. attach clippings that interest you
10. draw from memory; draw your feelings
11. make diagrams, thumbnails, doodles
12 .include found things, cut, constructed, taped and glued stuff