SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENT:
Richard Serra, Verb List, 1967-8
In your sketchbook, create 3-6 compositions that express 3-6 different verbs ("to wrap", "to twist", "to lean", etc.):
1) Draw a square in pencil in your sketchbook
2) Create an interesting design within this square, using an unlimited number of black paper rectangles. You may crop but not overlap.
LETTERFORM COMPOSITIONS:
Ellsworth Kelly, Study for Rebound, 1955
In Illustrator, use your initials to create 3 different compositions. Pay attention to figure-ground reversal, directional force and creating tension or dynamism. Print all three designs from the A09 Color printer in the Arts computer lab. We will mount them next week.
READ CHAPTER 3 IN "MAKING ART"
We will use this vocabulary next week.
BRING NEXT WEEK:
-Stuff for mounting your designs: Black mat board, rubber cement and xacto blade
-Stuff for ink drawings: newsprint, brush and ink
2D - Fall 2012
