LESSONS

Lesson 11

The Styles of Primitivism, Minimalism and Psychedelic.

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INSTRUCTOR’S RECAP

About the November 10, 2010 Class Session

General Overview

Thank you for your great participation while reviewing the children’s illustration work and your summary of your final project. The one-on-one reviews took a lot of time but I believe it was time worth spending. I feel confident that every student I met with has a good handle on what they want to achieve.

Next Week

Because of the time spent with the one-on-one reviews we were only able to cover half of the illustration work I had planned on covering. Next week we will start with the class session with answering the question:

1.What are the recurring styles, themes and motifs you see in:

a. The Gothic illustration work?

b. The Sci Fi illustration work?

Then we will move onto the styles of the Push Pin Poster and the Polish Poster for review and discussion. Next week I also plan on getting started reviewing the styles of Primitivism, Minimalism, and Psychedelic.

Final Project Work Time

I will start allowing some work time in class for your final project assignment. Please be prepared to work during this time either on research, writing, artwork concept development, artwork production, presentation production, etc.

Homework:

1. Find 5 illustrations from either a Gothic style illustrator or Sci Fi style illustrator.

2. Make copies by either printing them from the web, / scan and print or photocopy from books.

3. Adhere these (glue stick, paste, tape, etc.) into your “process book”.

a. It would be to your advantage to write down the illustrator’s name and the title of the illustrations under (or near) each illustration.

 

For the class session next week:

1. Bring your class supplies with you THIS INCLUDES SUPPLIES TO WORK ON YOUR FINAL PROJECT ASSIGNMENT.

2. To better prepare for the next class session I recommend you read the information in your textbook on the Push Pin style  (pages 88 – 89), the style of the Polish Poster (pages 90 – 91) and the styles of Primitivism (pages 111 – 113), Minimalism (pages 114 – 116), and Psychedelic (pages 117 – 119).

Looking forward to seeing you in class next Thursday – class will start at 1:30 p.m. Please plan accordingly.

 

LESSONS

Lesson 10

Illustration Styles of Gothic, Sci Fi, Push Pin Poster and Polish Poster

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INSTRUCTOR’S RECAP

About the November 4, 2010 Class Session

General Overview

Thank you for your Final Project summaries and your participation while reviewing the Children’s Illustration work last Thursday.

Next Week

Next week I would like to start the class with a research session plus a one-on-one review regarding the subject of your final projects. While I visit with each student the rest of the class will be working either on research for their final project or be working on an in-class review process book assignment.

We will then move on to looking at and discussing the illustration styles of Gothic, Sci Fi, Push Pin and Polish.

Homework:

1. Select one of the Children’s illustrators we reviewed in class and find 5 of their illustrations that were not displayed in class.

2. Make copies by either printing them from the web, / scan and print or photocopy from books.

3. Adhere these (glue stick, paste, tape, etc.) into your “process book”.

a. It would be to your advantage to write down the illustrator’s name and the title of the illustrations under (or near) each illustration.

 

For the class session next week:

1. Bring your class supplies with you.

2. Be prepared to discuss your thoughts and intentions regarding your final project.

Looking forward to seeing you in class next Thursday – class will start at 1:30 p.m. Please plan accordingly.

 

 

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LESSONS

Lesson 9

Children’s Book Illustrations

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INSTRUCTOR’S RECAP

About the October 28, 2010 Class Session

General Overview

Thank you for your active participation while reviewing the course work on Pictorial Modernism, Heroic Realism and Propaganda Imagery last Thursday.

I have reviewed your Process Books and have recorded the points on Moodle. I view these books as “a work in progress” –so you may update the content of your book pages to up your points if you wish. I will talk about how to do this in class on the November 4th.

Next Week

Next week I would like to start the class with a review and discussion of what you are considering doing for your final project. I will collect your project proposal summary after this discussion. You were to choose one of the three assignments below as your final project.

1. A research paper or presentation that compares two illustrators’ lives, subject matter and styles.

2. A research paper or presentation that documents the growth of a prominient illustrator’s style and work.

3. The creation of artwork that immitates a particular illustrator or style and a presentation of the process of the artwork.

We will then move onto looking at the topic of Children’s Book Illustrations. At 3:00 p.m. Jim Ratliff our librarian will visit the class to talk about the topic research and introduce the research sources in our library in Anna Whiten Hall.

Homework:

1. The homework is to write a summary of what you intend to do for your final project.

For the class session next week:

1. Bring your class supplies with you.

Looking forward to seeing you in class next Thursday – class will start at 1:30 p.m. Please plan accordingly.