syllabus
Rubens Ghenov
Adjunct Foundation Faculty
1512 - Foundation Drawing
Tyler School of Art / Temple
University
rghenov@temple.edu
Office: Suite 230K
Available: M – W: 5pm –
6:30pm
Course # 1512 / Section 008
Course 7224 + 5864
T/Th: 11 - 1:50pm (008)
In: 230E
Note: Syllabus subject to change
Course Description:
A continued introduction to drawing, building upon Foundation
Drawing 1511 (0001), with more advanced concepts, techniques and formal issues.
This course introduces color as it relates to drawing.
Course Objectives:
Foundation Drawing is an introduction to drawing as a basic
practice that underlies all visual art making. In this course, students will
investigate the basic elements of visual language (including mark, line,
gesture, contour, edge, value, form, volume, mass, density, proportion, scale,
linear perspective, order, pattern, rhythm, texture, and the illusion of space)
through a series of observations, exercises, and projects. Emphasis is placed
on drawing from observation. Foundation Drawing 1512 emphasizes the expressive
and spatial aspects of color (the role of value is introduced in Foundation
Drawing 1511).
Instructor’s Statement
Whether an artwork be conceptual, commercial, abstract,
representational, political or site specific, drawing is basic in birthing
ideas visually. Its fluidity gives abstract concepts a body in which limbs are
linked together. Though drawing is known to occupy much of the behind the
scenes work, it is also revered as some of the most interesting artworks of the
past as well as the present. More and more, drawing has acquired a lot of
attention due to its flexibility with other media, its open unedited quality
and exploration of a medium that has been sensed as inferior. Drawing is
political and prophetic, having the potential to recreate, transform and
re-contextualize art and thus history. Throughout this course students will be
introduced to traditional and unconventional ways of drawing that will help
them shape their practice and ideas as artists as well as serve them to explore
various media. We will look at art history both past and contemporary and learn
how to look at work analytically via critical discussions, readings and films.
Being that drawing is a language that speaks in its own syntax, in this class
we will spend lots of time articulating our ideas visually and verbally, in
order to better understand media, eye/hand coordination, techniques, space,
light, proportion, composition amidst a plethora of others. This Spring
semester we will investigate both perceptual and subjective color as our
primary focus.
Without rigor,
drawing is an activity that does not avail much. It is imperative that an
artist is diligent and absorbed in it. Drawing is part looking, experimenting
and erasing. It is training your hands to draw what you actually see and your
eyes to observe intimately and meticulously, but it is also learning to depict
what is desired communicatively.
Course Goals:
Students will develop
o The depth of the observation skills
o The ability to create a fully-realized
drawing
o The ability to measure and find
proportion using hand/eye coordination
o The ability to think, reflect, and use
time in concert with their hands and eyes in drawing
o The ability to experiment with and use
materials to their full potential
o Verbal and critical skills applicable
to the making and evaluation of drawing
o Skills using drawing to generate ideas
GENERAL INFORMATION
Disability Disclosure
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact
of a disability should contact Tyler’s Academic Advisor Laurie Duffy at
215-777-9185 privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible.
Contact Disability Resources and Services at 215-204-1280 at 100 Ritter Annex
to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented
disabilities.
Students must present the appropriate paperwork in order to receive special
accommodations. Accommodations are limited to those documented by the office of
Disability Resources and Services and presented in an official letter to the
faculty member.
Information on
Cancellation of Classes due to Inclement Weather
The easiest way to obtain
weather closing news is to visit the Temple website –www.temple.edu – and look for a banner at the top of
the page.
The University participates
with the City of Philadelphia and local radio stations such as KYW (1060-AM),
WDAS (1480-AM, 105,3-FM), WIOQ (102.1-FM), WUSL (98.9-FM) and WPEN (950-AM),
which broadcast code numbers indicating when classes are closed because of snow
or other inclement weather.
373
Day Class Cancellation
2353
Evening Class Cancellation
The most accurate and
up-to-date information on class cancellations can be obtained by calling the
University’s hotline at 215 204 1975, and by listening to Temple’s radio
station, WRTI 90.1-FM or referring to Temple’s website at:
http://www.temple.edu.
Please be certain to check
the Blackboard site for this class for announcements. All communication from me
will go through Temple University email – you must use that account (no Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail addresses will be used)
REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS
Attendance Policy
You must attend every class.
Absences will negatively affect your grade. When absent, you must contact
your teacher to find out what occurred in classes you’ve missed. Work
should be completed upon your return to class.
Excused absences
For medical reasons and/or
family emergencies only and require documentation; medical absences require
note from a doctor or nurse (use Temple Health Services). You are allowed
a maximum of three excused absences after which you must see the Academic
Advisor to withdraw from the course.
Unexcused Absences
One: Deficiency notice will
be given to the student.
Two: Deficiency notice + drop of one letter in your final grade.
Three: Three absences are grounds for failure of the course.
Lateness
Policy
Arriving any time after
class is scheduled to begin is considered late. Even if you are late, you
should always come to class. It is better for you to be present for some of the
information than to miss an entire class.
Lateness is recorded: 2
latenesses = 1 unexcused absence. It is possible to fail a course based
upon lateness alone. If you have a class that ends when another begins,
let both teachers know so they are aware of your individual situation.
WITHDRAWING FROM A CLASS
Please review the Temple University policy of Withdrawal from
Classes. Note that "no student may withdraw from more than five courses
during the duration of his/her studies to earn a bachelor's degree", and
"a student may not withdraw from a course more than once” (http://policies.temple.edu/getdoc.asp?policy_no=02.10.14)
EVALUATION
STIPULATIONS
- Coming to class prepared means being on time, bringing all of
the materials for class unless I make specific changes, hanging work up on
critique days at the beginning of class, being ready to verbally participate in
either a critique, watching and discussing a film and physically working in
class.
- In either class or home assignments you will be
asked to work to your full potential in which grades will demonstrate
accordingly.
- Grades will not be given to each project. A group
critique at midterm will look at people’s work up to that time. I will only let
you know your standing grade wise if indeed you are deficient in assignments
and/or attendance.
- It is expected that you give yourself ample time to work in
drawing outside of class. Besides class work you are expected to do home
assignments that require a lot of hard work. The work assigned for home will be
discussed the next class during our group critiques.
- Plan out the times you can come to the studio
outside of class for projects. The studios are not available 24 hours.
- You are also expected to keep a sketch book that
will come into conversation during crits and which I will periodically be
looking at during the semester.
- During the semester I will
be assessing your participation in class in the following ways:
. Level of commitment to projects both in and outside of class
(including sketchbook)
. Verbal
participation during critiques
. Paying
attention to lectures and films
Deadlines and
other information
- Late and incomplete work will lose one grade.
- Deadlines and critiques are very important for the class providing continuity
and the
flow of ideas to be linked.
If you miss a class (critique, assignments, film, lectures) you must bring a
doctor’s note in order to be excused. As stated previously, work should then be
completed upon return to class. Critiques and lectures cannot be refabricated
thus it is vital that you make it to class every week. In the case a student
misses a film, he/she needs to watch it in his/her own time before the next
week of class as they relate to specific assignments. Without watching it, the
student will not be able to complete the assignment(s).
ACADEMIC PROGRESS IN LOWER DIVISION COURSES
As part of a University program to alert students to problems
with performance, your progress in this course will be assessed during the 5th week of classes. If you receive notice
of unsatisfactory performance, you must meet with your teacher to discuss your
situation.
Academic Integrity
The Student Code of Conduct
considers the following to be a violation of academic integrity:
1. Academic dishonesty and impropriety,
including plagiarism, fabrication and academic cheating. This includes helping,
procuring or encouraging another person to engage in academic misconduct or
presenting yourself as another student;
2. Interfering with or disrupting the conduct
of classes or any other normal or regular activities of the University
POLICY ON PLAGIARISM, ACADEMIC CHEATING AND DISHONESTY
Original Work
All work
submitted for this class must have been made by you, and made specifically for
this course. Projects may not be submitted in multiple classes. The submission
of work not generated for this course constitutes academic dishonesty/cheating.
The penalty for the submission of works that are not original and made by you
specifically for this class is an automatic "F" in the course in
which the offense is committed and a report to the Dean. A subsequent offense will
be referred to the University disciplinary committee.
Week by Week Schedule of Class Events:
Week 1:
Tuesday, August 28: Introduction (syllabus
overview, questionnaire)
Thursday, August 30: Still
Life
HOME ASSIGNMENT: Draw a black still life without using black
Week 2:
Tuesday, September 4: CRIT on Black Still Life Drawing
Thursday, September 6: Still Life
HOME ASSIGNMENT: Draw a still life that represents 2012
(composition + objects)
Week 3:
Monday, September 10: Last day to drop a course
Tuesday, September 11: Computer
class
COMPUTER “Himiko project”
Watch Himiko
Research/Scan/Acquire/Archive items that you will
later infuse meaning into via collage (think Himiko). Combine objects together,
juxtapose them in a composition, change their natural colors, etc.
LAST DAY TO DROP A COURSE
thursday, September 13: computer class
Photoshop Collage of Himiko Project
HOME ASSIGNMENT: Research (online/scan) material for digital
collage
Think of images that have some personal meaning
Print Himiko project in a 18’’x18’’ sheet
Week 4:
Tuesday September, 18: CRIT on Still Life
ThursdaySeptember, 20: Still Life
HOME ASSIGNMENT: Review of chosen article from art blogs
Week 5:
Tuesday September, 25: Figure Drawing (blind contour/opposite hand/feet)
ThursdaySeptember, 27: Figure Drawing (layered line
drawing with chalk pastel on brown paper)
HOME ASSIGNMENT: Blind Contour Self Portrait drawing with one
color (18x24)
Week 6:
Tuesday October, 2: CRIT on Blind Contour Self
Portrait with one color
Thursday October, 4: Figure Drawing and Pattern
Matisse,
Seydou Keita, Kehinde Wiley, Odilon Redon, Bonnard
HOME ASSIGNMENT: Two figures in an interior / Pattern DUE Feb
29
Week 7:
Tuesday October, 9: Figure Drawing REMIX
Thursday October, 11: Watch Space is The Place
HOME ASSIGNMENT: Bring all of your work (class and home) for
our Midterm crits in the next 2 classes (March 12 and 14)
Friday: Foundation Studios and All School Shop close @ 5pm for
Spring Break
Week 8:
Tuesday October, 16: MIDTERM CRIT
Thursday October, 18: MIDTERM CRIT
Week 9:
Tuesday October, 23: Figure Drawing
Thursday October, 25: Figure Drawing
Week 10:
Tuesday October, 30: FALL 2012 REGISTRATION BEGINS
Inside/outside
Drawing
Thursday November, 1: Inside/outside Drawing
HOME ASSIGNMENT: SELF PORTRAIT DRAWING 3’x3’ (head to top of torso)
Week 11:
Tuesday November, 6: LECTURE NARRATIVE
Thursday November, 8: CRIT on Self Portrait Drawing
HOME ASSIGNMENT: FINAL PROJECT
Week 12:
Tuesday November, 13: Figure Drawing with still life
Thursday November, 15: Figure Drawing with still life
Week 13:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - FOLLOW YOUR THURSDAY CLASS SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 - FOLLOW YOUR FRIDAY CLASS SCHEDULE
Thursday November, 22: THANKSGIVING
Week 14:
Tuesday November, 27: OPTIONAL CRIT FOR FINAL
PROJECT
Thursday November, 29: Figure Drawing collab long
Week 15:
Tuesday December, 4: FINAL CRIT
Thursday December, 6: FINAL CRIT
Week 16:
Monday, April 30: STUDIOS CLOSED AT 4:50 PM | PLEASE REMOVE ALL
WORK FOR CLEAN UP
Tuesday, May 1: ALL DEPARTMENT CLEAN-UP | ATTENDANCE REQUIRED
|TIME TBA
REQUIRED MATERIALS AND TOOLS FOR 1512-Drawing
1 box of 24 oil pastels
1 box of 24 chalk pastels
1 box of 24 color pencils
2 woodless pencil (6B or 8B)
2 Staedtler white eraser
2 kneaded erasers
1 masonite drawing board 18 x 24" with clips
1 pad newsprint 18 x 24" (100 sheets)
2 18 x 24 pads of Strathmore Medium Drawing Paper
2 each drawing pencils: 8B, 6B, 4B, 2B, HB, 2H
1 roll 36” x 10 yard Drawing paper (Strathmore 400 or
similar recommended)
1 hand-held steel pencil sharpener
1 box compressed charcoal (soft)
1 box soft vine charcoal
1 large portfolio
1 blending stump
1 roll masking tape or white drafting tape
1 chamois cloth
1 Tube 43 x 2.5 inches
* Occasionally special paper may be requested due to project
Come to class with stocked
tackle box each week! This includes all drawing supplies. Arriving without your
materials is equivalent to being tardy (and you’ll have to beg)
The course fee for this class provides the following:
o Model Fees
