Drawing Two Jan 19, 2022 Kean Univeristy

 We will be starting this course with proportion and the human head.

Below are pages from the highly recommended course book How to Draw What You See by Rudy de Reyna for this week's homework.

 

Making a Spinner to Learn about Color Theory

For Dr. An's Class on Tuesday April 23, 2024, evening we will make a spinner to teach us about color theory.  

Experiencing Color Theory Firsthand

Professor Samaras for Dr.  Heejung An's Graduate Science/STEAM Education Class 

April 23, 2024 WP University

What Is the Difference Between Additive and Subtractive Color Mixing?  LINK

"Primary and secondary colors are things we learned about in grade school. Many of us can still remember the lesson on red, yellow and blue. We learned that they are the primary colors. But wait. Yellow isn’t a primary color to a graphic artist designing CGI images. What gives?"

"The relationships between primary, secondary and tertiary colors are important to the concept of color mixing. The science behind it accounts for both additive and subtractive color mixing. Understanding these two types of mixing explains why artists working with traditional media understand red, yellow and blue (RYB) as primary colors, while digital designers work with red, green and blue (RGB). A third color model used specifically for printing is called CMYK."

"Additive and subtractive color mixing are so named because of the way different colors are achieved. As you might have guessed, additive color mixing involves adding color. Subtractive mixing involves taking color away. This post will explain it all in detail."  LINK

(LINK for making a spinner video)

1) A sharpened pencil approximately 3 inches long.

2) A ruler.

3) A scissors.

4) A jar or can or round object approximately 3 inches wide (for tracing).

5) A glue stick.

6) Paint and a paint brush.  You will need the following colors:  Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Black, White.  Acrylic or tempera works best. You can often find a small set of paints at Staples, CVS, Walmart and/or Amazon. You do not need large jars of paint.

Here is an example on Etsy:  LINK

7) Cardboard, single ply.  Please have enough to make at least 4 circles measuring three inches wide each.

8) One sheet of heavy duty white paper as a surface to paint on. Approximately 9 inches by 12 inches. (NOT Xerox/printing paper).

9) A smock if needed.  Paper towels.  A few small plastic cups for mixing you paint. One or two more small plastic cups for water.

10) A few popsicle sticks to stir the paint.

11) Old newspapers or a plastic bag to cover your tables with.

Some Excellent Video Resources:

Newtons's Color Spinner  STEM Project  LINK

Easy Paper Spinners:  STEAM Color Theory  LINK 

Color Wheel Illusion Spinner:  Newton's Disk Easy to Make  LINK

My Kean University drawing 1 students emulate David Hockney drawings and make smaller sketches studying measurements and the axis points

Drawing 1 3/18/2021 Sketchbook exercises.

Enlarge these to fit you sketch book (One side should be roughly 12") 

TRACE into your sketchbook FOUR times. (Trace only the contours)

Then create a drawing using one of these 4 elements of art: Shape. line, texture, value.

These sketches will give you a great review of these elements of art. Prof S

Some example of Works by David Hockney

 Here are some drawing works by David Hockney

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/apr/18/david-hockney-yorkshire-spring-drawings

Here are some paintings by David Hockney

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/david-hockney-80th-birthday-1017002

Some examples of: One Point Perspective Drawings in Charcoal and in Pencil

For My Drawing Students:

Looking at drawings can help inspire you to create your compositions and your drawing techniques.  See some of the photos below for examples! 

In addition you can of course do Google Searches of your own!
Prof Samaras

Kean University Students: Social/Cultural Issue Photomontage Created with Digital Media

FALL 2020

FA 1000 Sec 22

Social/Cultural Issue Photomontage

Created with Digital Media

I am sending you some of the best ones I got in case you need to say in Fine Arts 1000 professors were addressing the social/emotional/cultural issues of Fall 2020 in order to reach/retain students etc. These are pretty poignant works as you will see. Some have great text too.

"Mixed Emotions: Ethan Esposito" (Image Number 4)

"This collage represents the topic of Mental Health. Specifically, it represents the negative thoughts and feelings that run through us. The astronaut on the moon is supposed to symbolize how he's separated from the world, Earth (as you can see on the right side). I put the astronaut on the moon to represent the main idea of the piece to show that standing alone in a deep and empty space can bring forth negative emotions and thoughts. But despite how dark and scary things can be, there's always a light to come by through it all, as it is represented in the reflection of the astronaut (the sun). To sum it up, I feel like although people face different mental health issues every day whether it is anxiety, depression, etc. that there's always going to be something good that takes that away."

Works below by : Brandon Seda / Ethan Esposito / Milly Aczona / Xavian Rivas / Anon / ANthony Leone / Namar Winfrey

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