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Week #	Fall Term 2016 Dates	Theme	Assignments	Reminders
1	08.23 only	Introduction to course	#1 Eye, mouth and ear composition
2	08.30 > 09.01	Memory vs. observational drawing.  The Part & the Whole—the benefits of gesture drawing	Crit #1 Assign #2 Gesture w. skeleton Circumscribing line weight - discovering plumb lines	Sabbatical Returns opens in the Gallery THUR 4 - 5:30 pm
3	09.06 > 09.08	Sketching Volume, Circumscribing Line Mark making experimentation bring in H20 color + ink + salt rag paper	Balance/the plumb line— where is the weight? Kinesthetic empathy-- Strike the pose, study how it feels and draw it based on sensory feedback—not observation. Intro to anatomy—how we move. Intro large, skeletal anatomical landmarks, figure in motion—follow major parts of the body as they move through space, i.e. hips, shoulders, occipital bulge, knees. Continue working with plumb line, axis, kinesthetic empathy.  Assign #3 Figure abstraction - Self portraiture
4	09.13 > 09.15	#1/3 + foreshortening Negative Space drawings Heightened and arbitrary expressive color.  Figure/Ground; Spatial Systems	Crit #2 Expressive mark making, wet media, ink, watercolor Cross contour and halftone as value (hatching). Erasure drawings. Long drawings with sighting and value. Composition through value. Value to create volume. The figure abstracted via geometric form. Color tonal drawings and foreshortening. Assign #4 Mixed Media collage on paper	Westcott Cultural Fair Syracuse 09.18
5	09.20 > 09.22	Bring in a collection of B+W anatomical illustration copies, explore scale shifts, "Modge Podge," 18 x 24 drawing paper, opaque paint Figure crop + mixed media experimentation	Figure cropped and full figure, point of view, perspective, proportion, color as value = warm/cool temperature. Heightened and arbitrary expressive color.  Figure/Ground; Spatial Systems	JCA Reception
6	09.27 > 09.29	Volumetric drawing, linear shading 09.29 Test on muscles of the skull and torso	Crit #3  Assign #4 Mixed Media collage on canvas/fabric	Area Teachers’ Reception 09.30 JCA
7	10.04 > 10.06	Exploration of wet ink + color	Assign #5 Mixed Media on canvas
8	10.11 > 10.13	Clay scarfitto, gestural drawings in wet clay Figure in space + chiaroscuro	Student class presentations #1 Research Paper #1 DUE Crit #4 Assign #6	Presentations and paper DUE 10.13.16
9	10.18 > 10.20	Test on anatomy of the arm and leg #2/3 10.20 Cross hatching	Crit #5  Assign #7 Hands + Feet DUE Minor student presentation #A	Make appointments with Advisors
10	10.25 > 10.27	Continuous tone on dark colored paper	Crit #6 DUE Minor student presentation #A Assign#8A,B,C towards final 3 preliminary Self portraits	Make appointments with Advisors
11	11.01 > 11.03	Studies of head + long pose - media choice	Crit #7 Self Portrait in Cross Hatch Planar analysis DUE on tonal paper + 3 colors Assign #9 FINAL Self Portrait narrative	SP2017 Spring Pre-Registration week
12	11.08 > 11.10	Work on #9 FINAL Self Portrait narrative > Test on anatomy of the hand and foot #3/3 11.10	Crit #8A
13	11.15 > 11.17	gesture  Work on FINAL Self Portrait narrative	Crit #8B Student class presentations #2 DUE Research Paper #2 All minor + major projects DUE for grading (excluding final) ANATOMY TEST 2nd of 2 on Thursday
14	11.22 > 11.24	11.22 only long pose, media choice	Work in Progress Crit#9 FINAL Self  Student class presentations #2
15	11.29 > 12.01	long pose, media choice Compute + discuss grades	Crit # 9 Final Self Portrait narrative	Classes Resume
16	12.05  MON	Last day of classes campus wide		Reading Day Prepare for exams
FINAL EXAMS	12.06 > 12.09	SA214 12:30PM – 2:30PM 12.08.2016	RESEARCH PAPER #2 DUE