Working Outline

Working Outline

Draftsmanship

·         Understand the structure of the human body and its components

·         Understand the mechanisms by which the body moves

·         Understand and know by heart the types of folds by name

·         Make drawings appear more solid

·         Explain the difference between modeling, rendering, and other levels of drawing

·         Come up with a solid head and body from imagination

Painting

·         Oil painting technique

o  Do an oil painting of my great-grandmother

·         Acrylic painting technique

·         Watercolor technique

·         Do the same still life in all 3 media

Ceramics and Sculpture

·         Papier-mâché technique

·         Throwing a cup on the potter’s wheel

·         Build a figure armature from imagination

·         Read a book of hand-building clay sculpture

·         Learn how a kiln works

Printmaking

·         Print a large woodcut of a person

·         Do a 3-layer etching

·         Do a 4 or 5 layer linocut

·         Understand how an etching press, letterpress, and a lithography press are put together and understand their mechanisms and parts

·         Memorize the process of printing a lithograph

Animation

·         Understand the methods of hand-drawn animators (not just the drawing part)

·         Understand and know by heart the 12 principles of animation

·         Come up with a technique for making short animations

·         Understand the relationship between weight, timing, and spacing

Photography

·         Understand how a camera works

·         Understand the basic process of printing a black and white photograph in the darkroom

Tech Stuff

·         Become acquainted with the basic functions of Adobe Illustrator