Everything on the schedule is subject to change.
*WEEK 1*
DAY 1 – Mon, Aug 25
IN CLASS:
– Intro Syllabus
– Reminder about a safety requirements
– discuss field trips (Paris, Eastern Europe)
– assign cubbies/lockers/work stations
– tell people to bring a pillowcase, and 3 still life objects
– Watch “Making Bullshit” and think about it relates to our PYWNM journal…
– Paintings You Will Not Make Journal – Glenn Ligon (Art21 Season 6)
– first self reflection journal – #1
– Intro everyone to each other
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– complete Reading Quiz 1 on Blackboard (remember, all online assignments are due 1 hour before class starts)
– complete Syllabus Contract on Blackboard
DAY 2 – Wed, Aug 27
IN CLASS:
– PYWNM – Close Encounters with Josephine Halvorson | “New York Close Up” | Art21
– Self reflection journal – #2
– Intro Presentation (also possible presentation by Windsor/Newton guy)
– Demo (holding the brush, adjusting the easel, cleaning brushes, how to squeeze paint from a tube, Surface Preparation for panel, thick vs thin paint and how to achieve it, etc.)
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– complete Reading Quiz 2 (remember, all online assignments are due 1 hour before class starts)
– bring all required supplies for black and white still life (see list on assignment page)
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*WEEK 2*
DAY 3 – Mon, Sept 1 [NO CLASSES ON CAMPUS]
DAY 4 – Wed, Sept 3
IN CLASS:
– intro 1st Assignment, black and white still life, 12×16 – working on the sketch
– Self reflection journal – #3
– PYWNM – Rackstraw Downes (Art21 Season 6)
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– complete Reading Quiz 3
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*WEEK 3*
DAY 5 – Mon, Sept 8
IN CLASS:
– Alexander Technique training for first hour of class
– black and white still life work day – working on putting in the darkest darks, and establishing background
– Self reflection journal – #4
– PYWNM – assume vivid astro focus (Art21 Season 6)
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– Complete Reading Quiz 4
DAY 6 – Wed, Sept 10
IN CLASS:
– black and white still life work day – working on objects, explore dry-brushing as a method of blending
– Self reflection journal – #5
– PYWNM – Robert Mangold (Art21 Season 6)
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– black and white still life will be due with the other 2 upcoming still lifes (continue to work on your own outside of class)
– Complete Reading Quiz 5
REQUIRED SLEETH EVENT: Thur, Sept 11, 4:30-6pm Reception (come get your sticker)
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*WEEK 4*
DAY 7 – Mon, Sept 15
IN CLASS:
– Intro Yellow & Blue Still Life
– do yellow to blue group value scale
– Self reflection journal – #6
– PYWNM – Walton Ford (Art21 Season 2)
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION
– journals check
– Complete Reading Quiz 6
DAY 8 – Wed, Sept 17
IN CLASS
– working on Yellow & Blue Still Life
– Self reflection journal – #7 (this sticker will be on the table in the painting studio)
– journals check
– Discuss Artist Research Report
– PYWNM – Vija Celmins (Art 21 Season 2)
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– complete reading quiz 7
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*WEEK 5*
DAY 9 – Mon, Sept 22 (hybrid class)
IN CLASS:
– working on Yellow & Blue Still Life
– Self reflection journal – #8 (this sticker will be on the table in the painting studio)
– PYWNM – Trenton Doyle Hancock (Art21 Season 2)
– reminder that you will start class at the library at noon on Wednesday
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– remember to meet for class on Wed at the library classroom
– complete reading quiz 8
DAY 10 – Wed, Sept 24 (hybrid class)
IN CLASS:
– start class at library training
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– bring the printed color wheel from this link to class (obviously, printed in color – go to the service center if necessary)
– complete Reading Quiz 9
Thur, Sept 25, 5-6pm – Visiting Artist Talk in the Art Department (photographer); be there and get sticker
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*WEEK 6*
Day 11 – Mon, Sept 29 (hybrid class)
IN CLASS:
– Self Reflection Journal – #9 (this sticker will be on the table in the painting studio)
– collect printed color wheels
– Watching “Beauty Is Embarrassing” (help inspire your PYWNM) – this DVD is on reserve for our class at the library – you can check it out within the library for a few hours (bring some headphones) and watch it on your laptop
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– Blackboard Quiz on “Beauty Is Embarrassing”
DAY 12 – Wed, Oct 1 (hybrid class)
IN CLASS
– Watch “In the Realms of the Unreal” (help inspire your PYWNM) – follow the link to watch the whole movie online
– Self Refelection Journal – #10 (this sticker will be on the table in the painting studio)
DUE NEXT CLASS
– Blackboard Quiz on “In the Realms of the Unreal”
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*Week 7*
DAY 13 – Mon, Oct 6
IN CLASS:
– color exercise (laying out your palette & color wheel – color wheel is due at start of next class)
– Watching 25 min painting demo of color and value on an apple
– intro color still life, 12×16 – working on the sketch
– Self reflection journal – #11
– PYWNM – Michael Ray Charles (Art21 Season 1)
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– color wheels
DAY 14 – Wed, Oct 8
IN CLASS:
– collect color wheels
– talk about improving color wheels with white, purple, and *mixed* blacks
– reminder to complete class evaluation
– color still life work day – working on darkest darks and background
– Self reflection journal – #12
– PYWNM – Margaret Kilgallen (Art21 Season 1) and Barry McGee (YouTube)
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– Class evaluation for the ⅓ mark – complete anonymously at
– Improve color wheels with lighter outer ring (you may use white) and darker inner ring (you may *mix* blacks – watch the video)
Thur, Oct 9, 6-7pm – Art 21 Screening at the Sleeth Gallery (required to attend either this one or the one on Oct 16)
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*Week 8*
DAY 15 – Mon, Oct 13 (Tiera Floyd subbing)
IN CLASS:
– Reminder about Artist Research Report
– color still life work day – working on the objects – talk about “mother color” and using it in both foreground and background
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– Artist Research Report
DAY 16 – Wed, Oct 15
IN CLASS:
– Self reflection journal – #13 and #14
– last day to work on any of the 3 still lives
– Review results of class survey
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– all 3 still lives need to be ready for critique at the start of class
Thur, Oct 9, 6-7pm – Art 21 Screening at the Sleeth Gallery (required to attend either this one or the one last week, Oct 9)
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*Week 9*
DAY 17 – Mon, Oct 20
IN CLASS:
– Self reflection journal – #15
– critique of the 3 still lives
– intro Master copy portrait, 18×24 (Midterm)
– skin tone mixing exercise
– PYWNM – Kerry James Marshall (Art21 Season 1)
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– Journals check
DAY 18 – Wed, Oct 22 – NO CLASS MEETING (WORK DAY)
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*Week 10*
DAY 19 – Mon, Oct 27
IN CLASS:
– Self reflection journal – #16
– journals check
– discuss what makes a good photo for self-portrait
– master copy portrait work day
– PYWNM – Elizabeth Murray (Art21 Season 2)
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– Photo for self portrait
DAY 20 – Wed, Oct 29
IN CLASS:
– master copy portrait work day
– Self reflection journal – #17
– Turn in Self Portrait Photos
– PYWNM – Shahzia Sikander (Art21 Season 1)
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– na
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*Week 11*
DAY 21 – Mon, Nov 3
IN CLASS:
– PYWNM – Susan Rothenberg (Art21 Season 3)
– self reflection journal – #18
– master copy portrait work day
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– master copy portrait
– Have your self portrait photo gridded and your self-portrait canvas toned/gridded/sketched
DAY 22 – Wed, Nov 5
IN CLASS
– PYWNM – Laylah Ali (Art21 Season 3)
– critique master copy portrait
– Watch a portion of the David Leffel Portrait DVD
– begin work on self portraits
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– get your self-portrait to the same level of finish as David Leffel in the video we watched in class
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*Week 12*
DAY 23 – Mon, Nov 10
IN CLASS:
– PYWNM – Ellen Gallagher (Art21 Season 3)
– self reflection journal – #19
– Watch 2nd portion of the David Leffel Portrait DVD
– work day for self portrait
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– get your self-portrait to the same level of finish as David Leffel in the video we watched in class
DAY 24 – Wed, Nov 12
IN CLASS:
– self reflection journal – #20
– Watch last portion of the David Leffel Portrait DVD
– work day for self portrait
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– Self Portrait
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*Week 13*
DAY 25 – Mon, Nov 17
IN CLASS:
– critique self portraits
– Discuss/begin work on final painting
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– na
DAY 26 – Wed, Nov 19 – SELF-DIRECTED WORK DAY
IN CLASS:
– Working on Final Painting
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– Presentation for final painting
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THANKSGIVING BREAK (Nov 23 – 30)
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*Week 14*
DAY 27 – Mon, Dec 1
IN CLASS:
– Presentations for final paintings
– working on final painting
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– na
DAY 28 – Wed, Dec 3
IN CLASS:
– Final Painting Work Day
– Self reflection journal – #21
– PYWNM – Julie Mehretu (Art21 season 5)
– Discuss Documentation Disk
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– na
REQUIRED EXHIBIT RECEPTION: Installation Art class at the Corner Gallery, 4:30-5:30pm, don’t forget to get your sticker.
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*Week 15*
DAY 29 – Mon, Dec 8
IN CLASS:
– Final Painting Work Day
– Talk about donating paint supplies if you do not plan to paint in the future (they are toxic materials, and the school will make sure they get used up instead of put in a landfill where they can hurt the environment)
– Self reflection journal – #22
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– journal check (also checking stickers for gallery attendance)
– Documentation Disk
– bring computer to class to complete evals
DAY 30 – Wed, Dec 10
IN CLASS:
– do a mini-speed crit of the in-progress paintings
– complete course evals on computers — Remember to think about writing answers to these 2 questions: Do you feel you’ve learned a lot? What have you gained from being in this class?
– Check exhibition reception stickers in sketchbooks
– Turn in Documentation Assignment
– Checking journals final time
DUE FOR FINAL
– critique of final painting and studio clean up
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FINAL: Fri, December 12, 2014, 6pm – 8pm (critique and studio cleaning)