Above Image: A Drawing by he artist Alice Neel

ART 204 Life Drawing I Section 13673 Lecture: Wednesday 12:45PM – 2:50PM Lab: TBA online Adam Scott: Assistant Professor Art Arts, Media, Performance Department ***Direct instructors contact in two ways: scotta6@laccd.edu and in our Art 204 Canvas Inbox https://ilearn.laccd.edu/courses/159363

(All emails will be answered by the instructor within 24 hours). Zoom Office Hours: Mondays -11AM-2PM / Wednesdays - 8:30-11:30 / Thursdays 4:30PM – 5:05PM Students can schedule individual meetings by appointment.

Drawing by Christina Ramberg

Drawing by Frank Auerbach

LAMC - Mission Statement LAMC - Mission Statement Los Angeles Mission College is committed to the success of its students. The College, which awards associate degrees and certificates, provides accessible, affordable, high-quality learning opportunities in a culturally and intellectually supportive environment by:

• Providing services and programs in basic skills, general education, career and technical education, and for transfer;

• Educating students to become critical thinkers and lifelong learners; • Ensuring that all programs and services are continuously evaluated and improved to support student

learning and achievement; and • Making traditional and distance education learning opportunities available to enhance the health and

wellness of the diverse communities it serves.

Course Description ART 204

Introduction to drawing the human figure from observation using a wide variety of drawing media and techniques. Topics include an introduction to human anatomy and the historical and contemporary roles of figure drawing in the visual arts. Students in this course will learn both descriptive and expressive approaches to drawing the figure. Proportion, structure, movement, form, and space are explored to create aesthetically balanced compositions.

Course Relationship to the Fine Art Program: Associates in Arts - Painting

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Create observational drawings from the live figure model in a wide range of drawing media that demonstrate successful development, application, and understanding of anatomy and structure of the human body. 2. Create drawings with expressive content through manipulation of line, form, value, composition, posture, and anatomical proportions.

Course Relationship to the Fine Art Program:

AA Painting

AA / Certificate - Multimedia - Animation and 3D Design AA / Certificate – Multimedia - Graphic and Web Design

Drawing by Peter Saul

Course Objectives: 1. Analyze the major historical, contemporary, and

critical trends in figure drawing.

2. Application and analysis of the concepts of volume and space to drawing the human figure. Relate the complex forms of the figure to the basic geometric forms of cylinder, cube and sphere. Assess how those forms move in space, and in so doing create a volumetric drawing.

3. Analyze anatomy and structure of the human body. Construct a basic skeleton with relevant musculature that corresponds to the pose of the model, estimating placement of specific bones and muscles through observation and synthesis with the anatomy text.

4. Analyze the use of line and value in describing the human figure. Analyze the structural and planar analysis of the figure. Assess the number and direction of the planes of the human head and select those that are relevant to creating a structured drawing of the head.

5. Identify the various parts of light and shadow, and compare them to what they are observing on the model. Compose a finished drawing differentiating the various parts.

6. Analyze observational drawing from the live figure model using various media. Analyze a variety of drawing materials and techniques appropriate for drawing the human figure

7. Develop of compositions using the human figure. Compose a finished drawing by organizing various elements into a satisfactory whole. The finished drawing will be worked up through a series of quick compositional sketches (thumbnails) that the student will appraise and then revise.

8. Analyze gesture drawing and massing of form. Demonstrate the ability to quickly represent the gesture of the figure, preparing the underlying foundation for future exploration of the figure.

9. Analyze gesture drawing and massing of form. Demonstrate the ability to quickly represent the gesture of the figure, preparing the underlying foundation for future exploration of the figure.

10. Analyze expressive content developed through manipulation of line, form, value, composition, pose, and anatomical proportions.

11. Critically evaluate and critique class projects using relevant terminology in oral or written formats.

Teaching Philosophy:

I believe that the key to a vital art education lies in the space between the instructor and student. As a professional visual artist and art instructor with over 20 years of experience I know that education is a collaborative effort. I want students to feel as though anything is possible within the realm of art making. This is achieved by making the classroom become a laboratory for materials and ideas. Creating an intimate, supportive environment through regular constructive feedback is critical to the role of a facilitator in creative education. I believe the critical functions that the Arts, Media, & Performance serves are ones of turning on the students to the exhilarating possibilities of cultural production within the community of Los Angeles Mission College and beyond. I am committed to making peer collaboration, critical thinking, and effective communication the foci of the creative classroom in which I teach.

I believe it is of the utmost importance to ground incoming students in the foundations of Modern and Post-Modern artistic production. I do this by juxtaposing canonical 20th / 21st century visual art images, instantly relatable by-products of the broader culture, examining underground culture and sub- cultures, and the radical idea that these students may already have the ability to make visual art that can speak to their generation. I like to build a rapport with my students in order to understand what they find familiar and what they find challenging. Through individual and sustained interactions, I aim to highlight students’ existing knowledge and then encourage them to reflect upon, assess, and advance this knowledge, to cultivate students’ abilities to give and receive critical feedback, and to become partners in learning and teaching.

Kara Walker

Trenton Doyle Hancock

Course Outline and Calendar Week of: Description: SEPTEMBER 1 Class overview, Lecture on Drawing Materials, and the history of “THE BODY IN ANCIENT, MODERN, AND CONTEMPRARY ART.” September 8 Discuss Project #1- Process & Materiality & the Body. Homework: Endurance Mark Making, Gesture, Quick drawing, embracing “process”. Homework self-portrait! September 15 Lecture on “process” and mark-making, abstraction, and art terminology. How is the body organized? Is there a “real” body to be drawn? Whose body is who’s? Are the bodies that we normally see truly existent? How can drawing help us come to this revelation? September 22 Critique of Project #1 September 29 Discuss Project #2 – The fetishized body, (examine representational drawing techniques – contour and blind contour drawing) discuss new art terminology. Homework: Blind and Modified Contour Drawings of entire bodies. OCTOBER 6 Art image lecture: Shadowy Bodies in a Shadowy world (examine value, atmosphere, and negative space analysis) Homework: value & negative space drawings. How can we use these techniques to create more powerful and resonant images of the body? Remember there is no body there... it’s just a drawing!!!! October 13 Introduction to Surrealism in art, film, music, and literature. October 20 Discuss Project #3 – Embracing the Surreal, discuss new art terminology, examine 1,2, & 3-point perspective, and figural representation and Color!!!! October 27 Surrealism, Dada, and the politics of horror and the absurd lecture. NOVEMBER 3 Critique of Project #3 November 9 Discuss Mixed Media Approaches in drawing for Project #4 The disorganized body! The Post-Human Body: Cyborgs, Lycanthropy, and How our bodies are beyond our control. Homework: make a disguised self-portrait! November 17 Art image lecture on California Funk Art and found image usage. November 24 Critique of Project #4 DECEMBER 1 Discuss final project: Freedom of Choice December 7 Art lecture: Artists who work in a serialized manner. New art terminology. December 15 Final Critique

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All assignments & projects, weekly zoom meeting links, art demonstration video links, and pages containing important art vocabulary and terminology will always be located in our weekly modules. If you ever miss a class, or need to see a lecture again, or need refer to a demo they are all located in the modules section on our class canvas page

only projects that are uploaded to our canvas assignment page will be scored. you will need to provide good photographs of your work. this can be done with your cell phone or a digital camera.

I will publish all project dduuee--ddaatteess on our CCaannvvaass MMoodduulleess PPaaggee. You all need to download the Canvas app on your cell phone. You can also access Canvas via the LAMC website.

*Assignments and Projects will ALWAYS be uploaded to our Canvas Modules on each Sunday prior to the starting of the week***

Image above: William Kentridge

drawing from the animation “Stereo-Scope” 1998

Teaching Strategies

Teaching strategies for this course include demonstration of materials, lectures (with visuals as needed), hands-on guided practice, facilitated discussion, homework, critiques, project review, and feedback. 60% Project Assignments / Written Assignments / Quizzes 10% Class Participation 20% Critique, Lab, and Free Drawing 10% Final Project (no make-ups) 100% Total

At the end of this course, you will be assigned a final grade as follows: A= 100 - 90 B= 89 - 80 C= 79 - 70 D= 69 - 60 F=59 and below RUBRIC:

Each assignment will be graded on either a point scale based on the following criteria: 1) Personal Approach (Creativity, Insight, Unexpected Solution) 2) Effective Problem- Solving within the Assignment Directions/ Guidelines 3) Technical Ability (Composition, Mark-Making, Spatial Usage, Light & Shadow, Material

Usage) 4) Craftsmanship (Effort, Time, Commitment)

Critique Critique will be held at the end of each assignment. Everyone will be expected to participate. The purpose of the critique is to see the solutions of others, to learn how to discuss drawing in a respectful and objective manner, to practice using the vocabulary of art correctly, and to consider how drawings may be improved. Participation points will be given for bringing your work to critique and for offering thoughtful observations, comments, and/or questions for discussion. Lab Work and Critique Participation are the determining factors for borderline grades. Participation: Learning happens collectively. Share and contribute to the virtual studio environment. I love to see students helping each other out. We will do this by posting our work to the Canvas discussion boards that I will publish during the semester. We will also use the Canvas discussion boards for giving each other feedback between project critiques.

Art Supply List: Art 202 Quantity: Description:

1- 12 pack of soft compressed charcoal- Blick Square Charcoal Sticks

-Item #:20016-2129

1- 12 pack of soft dry pastels - Blick Studio Pastel Set -

Item #:20016-1009

1- Blick Studio Vine Charcoal - Extra Soft, Box of 12. Item #:21962-2270

5- Koh-I-Noor Progresso Woodless Graphite Pencils, 5B – 9B

1- Helix Hand-Held Pencil Sharpener - Double Hole Item #:21401-0100

3- Gum erasers (brown) - Cretacolor Caramel Fine Art Gum Eraser - 2'' x 1-1/2'' x 1/2''

Item #:21027-1002

3- White plastic design erasers Staedtler Mars Plastic Eraser Item #:21500-0000

1- Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Paper Pad - 18'' x 24'', 24 Sheets. Item #:10316-1009

1- Strathmore 400 Series Recycled Toned Sketch Journal - 12'' x 9'', 50 Sheets,

Warm Tan Item #:13663-8212

1- Bienfang Mixed Media -Pad - 12'' x 9'', 90 lb, 40 Sheets. Item #:22784-1023

1- Strathmore 300 Series Newsprint Pad - Rough, 120 Sheets, 18'' x 24''.

Item #:12402-1549

1- Blick Black Cat Waterproof India Ink - 3 oz. Item #:21101-2004

1- Blick Bamboo Brush Set - Set of 3. Item #:05412-9003

1- Blick Matte Fixative - 12 oz. Item #:21707-1105

Where to buy art materials:

https://www.dickblick.com/

https://eagleslanding.lamission.edu/

https://www.michaels.com/

https://www.cartersexton.com/

https://www.blueroosterartsupplies.com/

https://artistcraftsman.com/

Above Image:

A drawing by the American artist Alice Neel:

Class-Room Policies Attendance: Students who have pre-registered for a class and who do not attend the first meeting of the class forfeit their right to a place in the class. Students who wish to add this class may add their name to a wait list on the first day of class in order of arrival. Attendance will be taken twice during the class period by the instructor (beginning and end). Students are expected to attend every meeting of all classes for which he or she is registered. A student absent from classes for emergency reasons must inform the instructor of the reason for the absence.

Whenever absences “in hours” exceed the number of hours the class meets per week, the student may be excluded from the class by the instructor. This means if you miss more than one class, you may be excluded. Late arrivals and early departures will reduce lab credit. It is the student’s responsibility to know deadlines to add or to drop if no longer attending classes. The student’s failure to drop the class could result in an F in the course. Late Work: All work is expected to be turned in on time as a matter of professionalism. If you miss a class, it is YOUR responsibility to check in OUR MODULES PAGE ON CANVAS and make up work before the last drop date. If further clarification is needed, you are responsible for contacting the instructor. Students are encouraged to let the instructor know of the particular situation in the case of an absence. I will always respond within 24 hours of an email to my direct email scotta6@laccd.edu and into our class Canvas inbox.

LATE Project Grading Policy: It is wise to still turn in late work after the due date. I will accept projects up to 6 days past the due date. In that period of time, --2% will be deducted each day No work will be accepted after the final. If you fall behind and foresee trouble catching up please check with me on the last day to drop with a “W.” Pace yourself accordingly with Zoom meetings, reading about the topic, viewing videos, and creating the drawings.

Deadlines/Grades a. If you encounter a time conflict and are unable to complete your work by the deadline, please let me know ahead of time. b. If you do not understand a grade, it is okay to ask for more detail.

Final Project: NO late final projects will be accepted.

Academic Honesty Make sure all work is completed solely by you, this includes artwork. You are in this course to learn and if someone else is completing to your work then you will not be benefiting from the Instruction.

The Los Angeles Mission College Catalog on page 54 defines Academic Dishonesty as: “Violations of Academic Integrity include, but are not limited to the following actions: cheating on an exam, plagiarism, working together on an assignment, paper or project when the instructor has specifically stated students should not do so, submitted the same term paper to more than one instructor, or allowing another individual to assume one’s identity for the purpose of enhancing one’s Grade.”

Please follow these guidelines:

1. Write your own papers and design your own designs.

a. Written assignments must acknowledge sources by using paraphrasing or

quotations and citations.

b. All artwork must be consistent in style and quality. Each student has a unique way

of making marks, when that style or quality suddenly changes it may be evident that

the same person did not complete the work.

c. Do not Photoshop or electronically alter your drawings. You may adjust the brightness or tone of a drawing if the

photo came out dark. I prefer that you do not crop manually crop your work, so I can

see the scale.

I reserve the right to determine if cheating or plagiarism has occurred.

Depending on the severity of the instance

you may receive an “F” on the assignment, which could result in failing the course.

LAMC guidelines and polices with be followed.

Please find in the Los Angeles Mission College

Catalog:

a. Student Code of Conduct, page 11.

b. Standards of Student Conduct and Disciplinary

Action, pages 52-54.

c. Suspected plagiarism will be reported to my supervising dean.

d. Multiple incidents could lead to disciplinary action through the process described in the

Los Angeles Mission Catalog, page 52.

Students with Disabilities: Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSP&S) at Los Angeles Mission College is a support system that enables students to fully participate in the college's regular programs and activities. DSP&S provides a variety of services from academic and vocational support to assistance with Financial Aid. If you are a disabled student and need a modification, special assistance or accommodation in order to participate in this class, alert the instructor promptly and contact the DSP&S office at 818 364-7732 or 818 364-7861. Modifications, special assistance or accommodations can only be made with proper documentation and coordination with DSP&S.

Management of Stress and Mental Health: As a student, not only do you have the pressure of succeeding in school, you may also be contending with work, financial issues, relationships, managing time effectively, getting enough sleep, etc. The staff and faculty of Los Angeles Mission College are here to provide support that will help you to be successful in your academic pursuits. You can learn more about the broad range of confidential student services offered on campus, including counseling and mental health services, by either visiting the Student Health Center (SHC), or checking out the SHC webpage at: https://www.lamission.edu/healthcenter/ or calling: 818 362-6182.

I also encourage you to enter the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number (1-800-273- 8255) into your cell phone in case you or someone you know is in distress and needs someone with whom to talk.

Standards of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Action For more detailed information, please refer to pages 50-51 in the College catalog. Any student involved in any act of plagiarism or academic dishonesty will receive a failing grade for the course. Some violations of the Standards of Student Conduct are as follows (for a full list, please refer to pages 50-51 in the College catalog):

9803.10 Willful Disobedience: Willful disobedience to directions of college officials acting in the performance of their duties

9803.11 Violation of College Rules and Regulation: Violations of college rules and regulations, including those concerning student organizations, the use of college facilities, or the time, place, and manner of public expression or distribution of materials.

9803.12 Dishonesty: Dishonesty, such as cheating, or knowingly furnishing false information to colleges

Above Image: A pastel drawing by the artist Eddy Sandoval, Las Locas, c. 1980

Above Image: The Artist Joan Brown in her Studio. 1968

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