Friday, December 14, 2012
Drawing machine
I think Courtney took pictures of the stuff i did with the drill then with the spray bottle. If anyone else has any pictures of the drawing machine workshop I would love to see them!
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
What Am I?
I used to be pure, now I'm just plated. Get more value out of the out dated. No respect for the man who throws me on the floor like I'm outdated. One from many, out of many, Latin term you should learn. Small circle, but no small deed for the man on front of me.
Early Sketches From Life Drawing
I was going through my phone and came across a picture I had posted on my instagram when we first started Life Drawing with our model Gabby.
Matt & Savannah's Drawing Machine
For this project Courtney instructed us to make drawing machines (ie. things that make marks that aren't with your own hands). The whole concept of this was for us to get out of the usual marks that we normally make. I was absent for the first day of the project, but when I came in for the next work day Matt and I began to use balloons that had paint inside of them. When we popped our first balloon it splattered every where so we switched it to putting the paint on the outside of the balloon. We also used a ball that was textured which was vibrating the whole time creating a swirl of lines.
Savannah's Evidence Piece
For class we had to bring in a evidence instillation to where it would make the viewer think about what happened here (or at least that is what I got out of it). These items were things that you will find on my living room coffee table. The items above in the picture ranged from cold medicine to social work homework to a bowl full of Kit Kats to a pink hookah to a bottle of empty Moscato to a variety of other things.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Self Portraits
LEFT: This is a self Portrait from an earlier post that is further along. I am still only using a mechanical pencil and I plan to work on more eventually.RIGHT: This is a self portrait I made from looking in the mirror. First, I cut out the back of a sketch pad and stuck postage stamp stickers to cover the surface. Then i sketched my head, neck and shoulders with a fine point sharpie and painted with blue and orange watercolor. I was starting to notice the eyes were too big and my proportions were almost comical. I went with idea and the result of this unintended then intended style came out looking more like a character from Street Fighter rather than myself. But this can be a good thing.
EVIDENCE OF MARK MAKING: Stephen Deffet
I didn't do the Project right the first
Time, So ya here it is.
I was in room 407 about a month ago working on a Function project when i spotted the materials from the mark making experiments our class did. I put paint in the end of a straw and blew it out aimed at this paper over and over again. I don't know why i made this. Most of this was very subconscious decisions.
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| "I Call it.... The 1990's" Acrylic on drawing paper |
Evidence Piece: Stephen Deffet
Evidence Piece: Stephen Deffet
For my evidence project in class, I had a similar composition of objects arranged in the room but now i have put them in an entirely new context. The evidence was originally a homeless artist and that was dumb so now it's evidence of life on the road as a homeless person....or is it? |
Figure Drawings
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| Vine Charcoal on newsprint |
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| Vine Charcoal on Drawing paper |
Description Figure Drawing: Stephen Deffet
To the left is the first figure drawing i kept out of many trials and errors. Soon after i did the one on the right in a similar style/system. I was given a piece of compressed charcoal to try and my first attempt is what you see in the bottom left picture. After the black compressed charcoal started giving me trouble, i found some red and that is the bottom right picture.
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| Red Compressed Charcoal? |
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| Compressed Charcoal On Drawing paper |
Friday, November 30, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Stephen Deffet: Self Portrait from Mirror
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Stephen Deffet: Self Portrait from Picture
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Sunday, November 4, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Tsasia's Drawing Instructions
1. Draw 3 circles.
2. In those circles, make 5 squares.
3. Outside of the circles, draw two lines.
4. Make 50 dots.
5. Connect 20 of them.
6. Close your eyes, and draw a square around the entire paper.
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1. Draw a small circle in the center of the paper.
2. Make 2 dots in the center of that circle.
3. Draw a larger circle around the small circle.
4. Draw 2 triangles, one on the top left, and one on the top right of the big circle.
5. Draw an upward semi-circle directly under the smaller circle.
6. Draw 2 circles smaller than the smaller circle above it.
7. And draw even smaller ones inside those.
2. In those circles, make 5 squares.
3. Outside of the circles, draw two lines.
4. Make 50 dots.
5. Connect 20 of them.
6. Close your eyes, and draw a square around the entire paper.
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1. Draw a small circle in the center of the paper.
2. Make 2 dots in the center of that circle.
3. Draw a larger circle around the small circle.
4. Draw 2 triangles, one on the top left, and one on the top right of the big circle.
5. Draw an upward semi-circle directly under the smaller circle.
6. Draw 2 circles smaller than the smaller circle above it.
7. And draw even smaller ones inside those.
Stephen's Drawing Instructions
1. Draw a + to divide your paper into 4 separate equal sections.
2. In the top left, bottom left, and bottom right sections, divide them by drawing a line going from the bottom left corner to the top right corner.
3. In the top right section go the opposite direction.
4. From the top left corner of the page divide it with a line to the bottom right.
5. Shade in the two triangles with vertical bases in the top left, 1/4 of the paper.
6. Now in the bottom right 1/4 of the paper color in the 2 triangles whose bases are horizontal.
7. Now in the top right and bottom left 1/4 section, draw a dot in the center of each triangle and draw a line to each triangle corner.
2. In the top left, bottom left, and bottom right sections, divide them by drawing a line going from the bottom left corner to the top right corner.
3. In the top right section go the opposite direction.
4. From the top left corner of the page divide it with a line to the bottom right.
5. Shade in the two triangles with vertical bases in the top left, 1/4 of the paper.
6. Now in the bottom right 1/4 of the paper color in the 2 triangles whose bases are horizontal.
7. Now in the top right and bottom left 1/4 section, draw a dot in the center of each triangle and draw a line to each triangle corner.
Melissa's Drawing Instructions
1. Start with a large sheet of paper.
2. Make a dot in the center.
3. Use a colored writing/mark making utensil and some sort of straight edge and make 4 lines, approx. 4 inches each radiating from N,S,W,E - all with same color.
5. In between 4 inch lines make 6 inch lines with new color.
6. Get new color.
7. In between all 4 inch and 6 inch lines make 5 inch lines.
2. Make a dot in the center.
3. Use a colored writing/mark making utensil and some sort of straight edge and make 4 lines, approx. 4 inches each radiating from N,S,W,E - all with same color.
5. In between 4 inch lines make 6 inch lines with new color.
6. Get new color.
7. In between all 4 inch and 6 inch lines make 5 inch lines.
Savannah's Drawing Instructions
1. Before you start make sure each person isn't using the same color drawing utensil.
2. Step away from your easel and stand up.
3. Put your hands in the raising the roof position, but don't raise the roof.
4. Look to your right. Now your left.
5. Proceed to raise the roof. Let's get this drawing instruction party started!
6. Have a seat.
7. Draw one big square on your paper.
8. Divide it into 4 squares.
9. Continue dividing each square into four squares until you can't no moe.
10. It doesn't have to be neat.
suyang chen want you to do
1.use your left hand to draw a straight line.
2. use 5 lines, 3 rounds, 2 triangles to drawing a picture.
3. use different style lines to describe your happy, sad, anger, worry, exciting mood.
4. drawing one things that imagine you will see after you dead.
5. use only one line to draw a person.
6. in the 4 seconds, you need to draw something about dinosaur( you can draw dinosaur or anythings you want to drawing), must let others people guess right which animal for your drawing.
7. use you body except your hands to draw one thing.
8. use blue color to write "yellow", use red color to write " blue", red color to write "blue", yellow color to write"red".
2. use 5 lines, 3 rounds, 2 triangles to drawing a picture.
3. use different style lines to describe your happy, sad, anger, worry, exciting mood.
4. drawing one things that imagine you will see after you dead.
5. use only one line to draw a person.
6. in the 4 seconds, you need to draw something about dinosaur( you can draw dinosaur or anythings you want to drawing), must let others people guess right which animal for your drawing.
7. use you body except your hands to draw one thing.
8. use blue color to write "yellow", use red color to write " blue", red color to write "blue", yellow color to write"red".
drawing instructions: Zach Smith
1. draw a curvy line from the bottom page to the middle of the page
2. draw the same line 2 inches to the right of the first line
3. draw 7 circles on the inside of the left line each spaced 4 cm away from each other
4. starting at the bottom circle, draw a straight horizontal line directly across to the other side
5. at the same circle, draw a line that is going at a 45* angle to the other side
6. at the same circle draw a line 45* below the horizontal line to the other side
7. repeat steps 4-6 for each circle on the left.
8. draw a large circle around the drawing which is connected to the top of the lines drawn in steps 1 and 2
9. draw another circle slightly smaller than the last. connect it to the top of the first circle
10. at the middle of the circle on each side, draw two lines about 3 inches long
11. draw another circle ontop of the second circle slightly smaller than the last
12. draw a triangle in the middle of the top circle
13. above the triangle and slightly to the left draw a small circle and color it in
14. above the triangle and slightly to the right draw a small circle and color it in
15. below the triangle, draw 7 dots curving upward in a line
16. not sure why i did this but here it is!
2. draw the same line 2 inches to the right of the first line
3. draw 7 circles on the inside of the left line each spaced 4 cm away from each other
4. starting at the bottom circle, draw a straight horizontal line directly across to the other side
5. at the same circle, draw a line that is going at a 45* angle to the other side
6. at the same circle draw a line 45* below the horizontal line to the other side
7. repeat steps 4-6 for each circle on the left.
8. draw a large circle around the drawing which is connected to the top of the lines drawn in steps 1 and 2
9. draw another circle slightly smaller than the last. connect it to the top of the first circle
10. at the middle of the circle on each side, draw two lines about 3 inches long
11. draw another circle ontop of the second circle slightly smaller than the last
12. draw a triangle in the middle of the top circle
13. above the triangle and slightly to the left draw a small circle and color it in
14. above the triangle and slightly to the right draw a small circle and color it in
15. below the triangle, draw 7 dots curving upward in a line
16. not sure why i did this but here it is!
Drawing Instruction: Ashley Cook
Start out with a square larger than 8"x8". Draw in pencils, markers or paint. Draw a line from the bottom right corner to the top left corner. In the middle of the paper, draw a 4" by 4" square. Inside that square, draw a circle that touches the square on 4 of its sides. On the top right corner, draw a line halfway down the right side to halfway on the top line. Inside the shape in the top right corner, draw a square, with one of its lines on the diagonal line, with two of its corners on two different sides of the origional square. In the bottom left half of the circle, divide it up into equal thirds. Shade in the middle little triangle that was just divided. Draw a centimeter circle in the top left area inside the circle. Draw three random ovals about an inch tall in the bottom left side of the origional square. Erase the bottoms of all three ovals and connect one side of the oval to the the side with little squiggles, do for each of the ovals. Shade in the squiggled ovals. You are done.
Drawing Instructions- Matt Sheahan
Start with drawing two long skinny parallel wavy lines that oscillate twice.
Divide the empty space between the lines into 18 parts like a ladder.
draw a short line on either side on the outside of each sectioned part.
at the top and bottom of the long lines, close the open ends and at the top, draw two lines going out in a v formation.
dooonnne good work
Divide the empty space between the lines into 18 parts like a ladder.
draw a short line on either side on the outside of each sectioned part.
at the top and bottom of the long lines, close the open ends and at the top, draw two lines going out in a v formation.
dooonnne good work
Drawing Instructions: Sara Hunt
1. Draw a circle in one corner
2. Draw another circle in a different corner
3. Draw a third circle in one of the two empty corners
4. Draw one more circle in the final corner
5. Draw a line from the center of the paper to one of the circles
6. Draw another line from the center of the paper to a circle opposite of the first
7. Draw a square within each of the circles connected to the lines
8. Draw a triangle within each of the circles without the squares
9. Draw a line connecting the two lines connecting the circles
10. Draw a square between the three lines
11. Draw a circle within the recently drawn square
2. Draw another circle in a different corner
3. Draw a third circle in one of the two empty corners
4. Draw one more circle in the final corner
5. Draw a line from the center of the paper to one of the circles
6. Draw another line from the center of the paper to a circle opposite of the first
7. Draw a square within each of the circles connected to the lines
8. Draw a triangle within each of the circles without the squares
9. Draw a line connecting the two lines connecting the circles
10. Draw a square between the three lines
11. Draw a circle within the recently drawn square
Elijah Justice - Sol Loweitt drawing instructions
On a canvas of any size, use your favorite color to draw a triangle in its center. Using three different colors, draw triangles of various sizes touching the center triangle. Using this method, fill your canvas completely with triangles. In the largest triangle, draw a picture of something you ate today. Color the inside of your shapes.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Elijah Justice - Evidence Mark Making
Marks made by rubbing & sketching using glue, pencil, and carved charcoal.
Elijah Justice - Stop Motion Animation
Well guys, here is the beloved instant classic of a child walking home from school engaging in an adventurous journey.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Creative Research Award Guidelines
Dean’s Undergraduate Creative Research Award
Guidelines
2012-2013
The College of Fine Art’s
Dean’s Undergraduate Creative Research Award provides funds to support research
by undergraduate students enrolled full-time in the College of Fine Arts on the
Athens campus. The fund is
administered by the Assistant Dean of the College of Fine Arts. As defined by this program, “research”
includes research projects, scholarly work and creative activity. Students applying for these funds must
be supervised by a full-time faculty member. PLEASE NOTE:
Students who have previously received awards from this fund are not eligible to
receive additional funding for the same project. However, they may apply for funding if
they are undertaking a new research project, scholarly work or creative
project. Students may submit one
application per year.
Award Information
- Funding is provided to cover the expenses of items that are necessary in order for the research to be conducted.
- Proposals may include, but are not limited to, support for production, projects, art or music supplies, film and film processing, printing, recording, or travel to conduct research.
- Funding is available for travel that is necessary in order to conduct the research as well as for traveling to conferences to present research findings or creative work.
- The award cannot be used to fund a class project or performance, nor can it be used to pay wages or consultant fees.
- All equipment (non-consumables) purchased will be retained by the College at the end of the granted period.
- A limited number of awards ranging from $100 to $750 will be available.
- All requests for funding must be justified in terms of their contribution to the research and the lack of available funds from other sources.
- The student will meet with the Dean’s Office staff to access the award prior to any purchases.
- Any reimbursement for costs incurred will require itemized receipts.
Application
- The application may be accessed at UndergradCreativeResearchApp 2012 2013.doc
- To apply, you must submit 5 typed copies of the completed application packet. Forms completed by faculty members will not be accepted.
- One copy of the application form must be signed by the faculty mentor and school director.
- You must also submit 5 copies of a one page résumé with your application.
- See the end of the application form for a checklist for the submission of the application.
Status Reports
- If the project will not be completed prior to the end of Spring Semester, 2013 the funded student will be required to file a one-page typed report indicating the current status of the project.
- This report must be signed by the faculty mentor.
- When the project is completed, the student must submit a “Project Completion Report” as described under the Project Completion report section.
- All reports should be submitted to the Assistant Dean’s office prior to the end of the 2013 Spring Semester.
Project Completion
Report
- Students must complete projects prior to their graduation date and no award funds will be provided after that date. It is understood that some projects may take longer than one year to complete. The award money may carry over to the following year, provided the student is still an undergraduate.
- When the project is completed, students funded by this program must file a typed 1 to 2 page Project Completion Report describing the outcome of their research, the contribution this research made to their education, and the importance of having received funding from The College of Fine Art’s Dean’s Undergraduate Creative Research Award.
- This report must be signed by the faculty mentor and school director.
- If the project was a paper, a copy should be included.
- If the project was a design, research project, choreography, performance, or site-specific performance/design installation, documentation should be included.
- All reports should be submitted to the Assistant Dean’s office prior to the end of the 2013 Spring semester.
Faculty Responsibility
- Faculty are expected to work closely with the student on the research project to ensure that the student completes the project in a timely manner and to notify the Assistant Dean should there be any difficulty in completing the project and/or filing the required reports.
- The faculty mentor should submit a brief statement of support for the project which indicates the level of interaction and support for the student’s research/creative activity. Please note: Form letters submitted on the behalf of students do not reflect your engagement and commitment to each mentored student and will render your student’s application incomplete.
- Should a faculty member wish to support more than one student applying for funding, a justification for such multiple applications must be provided by the faculty member and attached to each student’s application.
- This statement should be given to the student in a sealed envelope which the student will submit with the application. (The Dean’s Office will make the additional copies of the letter for the application packet.)
Determination of Awards
The decision governing awards
will be made by a selection committee comprised of faculty and students with
recommendations forwarded to the Dean of the College of Fine Arts who will make
the final decision. Proposals may
be fully or partially funded.
Expectations if
partial/full funding is awarded
Funded students will meet
with the Assistant Dean to discuss the award and the funding process. Students
will also meet collectively with the Dean to explain their research/creative
activity projects. Students will
be asked to sign an agreement form which outlines the terms of their
award. A sample of this form can
be found at UGCreatPartFundTerms 2012 2013.doc
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 4:00
P.M., OCTOBER 26, 2012
SUBMIT 5 COPIES TO:
ASSISTANT DEAN, COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, JENNINGS HOUSE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
AWARD: Mid-November
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Materials for Mark Making (a List)
- graphite
- brush
- acrylics
- watercolor
- comb
- clay
- ink
- stone
- wood
- paper
- markers
- air compressor
- charcoal
- slugs (employed)
- lights
- shoes
- hand
- flora and fauna
- thumb tacks
- typewriter
- stains
- pencil
- pen
- crayon
- bodily fluids
- eraser
- juice
- whip
- hair
- hair dye
- bleach
- metal
- blades
- fire extinguisher
- guns
- water
- bow and arrow
- nukes
- coffee
- fire
- laser
- dirt
- glue
- bubbles
- body
- chalk
- hot iron
- make-up
- food
- cotton balls
- acid
Methods of Making Marks (a List)
- rubbing
- splatter
- stippling
- cross-hatching
- scumbling
- biting
- smashing
- dragging
- scratching
- tearing
- stabbing
- spilling
- stamping
- watermarking
- staining
- brushing
- painting
- printing
- bleaching
- burning
- weathering
- cutting
- melting
- dropping
- carving
- erasing
- etching
- folding
- compressed air blowing
- bending
- warping
- walking
- kissing
- breaking
- stretching
- embossing
- employing slugs
- tattooing
- inking
- sitting
- pressing
- heating
- typing
- freezing
- drawing
- cyanotyping
- shaving
- dying
- projecting
- reflecting
- pounding
- hammering
- straightening
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Open Studios--- This Friday, October 5th 6-9pm
Upcoming Event This Friday, October 5th!The Ohio University School of Art Graduate Students welcome you to attend Open Studio Night from 6-9pm, October 5th.
Enjoy an evening of art, food, and conversation. See inside the private studios of artists working in a diverse range of mediums.
Free and open to the public.
6-8pm: Ceramic and sculpture studios located on the ground floor of Seigfred
7-9pm: Painting, photography, printmaking, and scultprue studios located at the RidgesSchool of Art
528 Seigfred Hall
Athens, Ohio 45701
The RidgesBuilding 19
take Richland Ave. to OH-682
maps and direction will be available
Enjoy an evening of art, food, and conversation. See inside the private studios of artists working in a diverse range of mediums.
Free and open to the public.
6-8pm: Ceramic and sculpture studios located on the ground floor of Seigfred
7-9pm: Painting, photography, printmaking, and scultprue studios located at the RidgesSchool of Art
528 Seigfred Hall
Athens, Ohio 45701
The RidgesBuilding 19
take Richland Ave. to OH-682
maps and direction will be available
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Evidence
Considering the nature of evidence as being that which requires something to come before it. This assignment asks you to "describe" something via the evidence that was left behind. A simple explanation is found by looking analytically and critically at the definition below:
evidence |ˈevədəns|nounthe available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid : the study finds little evidence of overt discrimination.• Law information given personally, drawn from a document, or in the form of material objects, tending or used to establish facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in court : without evidence, they can't bring a charge.• signs; indications : there was no obvious evidence of a break-in
A body of facts/information, in the form of a document (could this be written, recorded, photographed?), or material objects, signs or indications...
Similar to the language exercise that we did in class, the idea is to come up with the best way to describe a scenario or situation based on the evidence that you create. This is due next Thursday, October 4th. Since there are classes all day in that room, I think it is best that you either install your piece somewhere else (see installation form at the top of the blog) or set it up right at the beginning of class. If you do the installation form, BRING it to class Tuesday so I can sign it!!!
Below are more examples than what I've already showed you in class. Please be resourceful and look at these artists. More likely than not, they have more work that falls into this category.
Richard Long's Lines (made from walking)
Richard Long
Vito Acconci "Bite"
Francis Alys
William Anastasi (Drop Drawing) website sound drawings and pocket drawings: the drawing is evidence of how it was made.
evidence |ˈevədəns|nounthe available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid : the study finds little evidence of overt discrimination.• Law information given personally, drawn from a document, or in the form of material objects, tending or used to establish facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in court : without evidence, they can't bring a charge.• signs; indications : there was no obvious evidence of a break-in
A body of facts/information, in the form of a document (could this be written, recorded, photographed?), or material objects, signs or indications...
Similar to the language exercise that we did in class, the idea is to come up with the best way to describe a scenario or situation based on the evidence that you create. This is due next Thursday, October 4th. Since there are classes all day in that room, I think it is best that you either install your piece somewhere else (see installation form at the top of the blog) or set it up right at the beginning of class. If you do the installation form, BRING it to class Tuesday so I can sign it!!!
Below are more examples than what I've already showed you in class. Please be resourceful and look at these artists. More likely than not, they have more work that falls into this category.
Richard Long's Lines (made from walking)
Richard Long
Vito Acconci "Bite"
Francis Alys
William Anastasi (Drop Drawing) website sound drawings and pocket drawings: the drawing is evidence of how it was made.
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