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 Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:32 pm
Feel free to move this or let me know if I've violated any rules. I double checked the rules but I could be wrong. It would be interesting to see how many guild members are interested in going through with it.Summer Art Crash-Course for Self-EvaluationLast night I was creating essentially a syllabus and checklist for something I want to do this summer. I'm transferring to a different university this fall to finish the meat of my BFA, and before I transfer, I want to push myself to produce some pieces in all sorts of mediums. It'll be a really harsh course, but it's something I need to do for myself.
As I was creating it, I began to wonder if others would like to join me. Kind of like dieting, pushing yourself in any direction is easier when you have some others doing it as well. I've got the course set up with 12 pieces done in total by August 15th, along with five minitests, a midterm and a final that outlines basic skill reviews and gets a very very general knowledge on classic and modern art. On top of it, I have daily sketches (Such as Portrait Tuesdays, or Figure Study Saturdays), and you can fill one larger sketchbook other than the daily sketches by the end of the course.
I'll be rather hard on myself, and attempt the course in full. However, I'll let anyone else that decides they'd like to go through with it to choose what all they would like to do and opt out of. If you just want to go through with the pieces, you could just do the tentative piece schedule. If you just want to get backgrounds on artists, I do have a 250 word paper set up just about every week and a longer final paper set up that will have you focus on two artists due August 15th. If you just want to review technical skills and history, you could look at studying for the tests, and if you're wanting to get yourself in the habit of daily sketches and filling sketchbooks, you could focus on that as well. There's no need to go the insane route if you don't want to =P
So, anyone game?I finally created a guild for this. If you'd like to go ahead and join, you can find the guild here. Please do not donate to it! In the mean time, this will serve as a discussion about art courses, the course itself and how it should be ran, and other things related.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:10 pm
that is hardcore. you are an insane person. it sounds like it would be both fun and a great learning experience, but it also sounds like i might try to break my hand in an effort to get out of it by the time the second deadline rolls around xd .
i certainly hope others have the guts for this, though. there is a reason i'm not majoring in art, and this is it.
could i join the guild just to hang around, though? i wouldn't want to commit myself to something i don't think i could complete with my sanity intact. i'd like to participate, but as stated...that is hardcore (and i am not sweatdrop ).
i hope all goes well!
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:52 pm
Daaaang. You've got a full course planned. Good luck with it. Honestly, I would join (goodness knows I need more practice getting things done in a timely manner...), but I need to focus on Chemistry.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:31 pm
in the flicker. that is hardcore. you are an insane person. it sounds like it would be both fun and a great learning experience, but it also sounds like i might try to break my hand in an effort to get out of it by the time the second deadline rolls around xd . i certainly hope others have the guts for this, though. there is a reason i'm not majoring in art, and this is it. could i join the guild just to hang around, though? i wouldn't want to commit myself to something i don't think i could complete with my sanity intact. i'd like to participate, but as stated...that is hardcore (and i am not sweatdrop ). i hope all goes well! lol Well I made it tough on myself - my only allowances are if I have a commission or work in the way, for all the obvious reasons, and I'm exempt from the 250 word papers because I'm taking an art history course this summer, though I still have to research. Nonetheless, the syllabus is completely available for modification. So if you want to break yourself down to, say, six pieces, you could rearrange the schedule so that you do every other piece, or select six pieces you want to do and hit every other deadline. That wouldn't be a problem at all XD But it's entirely up to you, of course. If you want to join to watch us, that's perfectly ok as well! Critiques would be more interesting with more people. <3
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:33 pm
euclids_triangle Daaaang. You've got a full course planned. Good luck with it. Honestly, I would join (goodness knows I need more practice getting things done in a timely manner...), but I need to focus on Chemistry. This is what happens when there's a power-outage and I have cool pink notepads XP But really, I wanted to do this anyway. Thank you so much! I hope it works out sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:13 am
i don't think i've even done 12 pieces of art work since school started.... sweatdrop i've been told that i pay way too much attention to details and such, and i should concentrate more on form and composition. haha. anyways. good luck biggrin
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:59 am
All the best, but I don't even nearly have the work ethic for this.
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:56 pm
Doug of Akkad All the best, but I don't even nearly have the work ethic for this. i'm with you there. i've been drawing a lot lately, but nothing close to this. at all.
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:28 pm
Gaaaah! This is sounding so depressing for poor Onyxavia! I'll say this, though: WE'RE ROOTING YOU ON!!! GO, ONYX, GO!
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:17 pm
euclids_triangle Gaaaah! This is sounding so depressing for poor Onyxavia! I'll say this, though: WE'RE ROOTING YOU ON!!! GO, ONYX, GO! lol XD thanks for the... rooting? It's just the first day. It actually has been pretty busy considering.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:41 pm
12 pieces? Sounds like AP art. I have two more to go for AP! I'd do this if I weren't so busy with art for school and what not. >_<
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:39 pm
LollipopGestapo 12 pieces? Sounds like AP art. I have two more to go for AP! I'd do this if I weren't so busy with art for school and what not. >_< Later tonight I'll be releasing a June-July-August only syllabus if you're interested =)
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:41 pm
i think the most drawing i've done in 1 week is....3. haha. so sad....
there's a summer course for high school students being offered at a one of the top ranked grad schools for art here that focuses on quantity rather than quality. in the few years the class ran, the result has always been that quantity beats quality in the long run. it's quite interesting.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:43 pm
Dirty_sox3 i think the most drawing i've done in 1 week is....3. haha. so sad.... there's a summer course for high school students being offered at a one of the top ranked grad schools for art here that focuses on quantity rather than quality. in the few years the class ran, the result has always been that quantity beats quality in the long run. it's quite interesting. I look at this course as more variety. It's more for students needing review an an assortment of pieces in different mediums for some guidance. Students that want something else from the class then look at modifying the syllabus to fit their needs. It pushes you to constantly produce, but sometimes that'll push quality too. The constant sketching (daily sketches + sketchbook) helps fluidity and reduces undersketching time. It boosts knowledge of figure and angles depending on the subjects the person chooses to sketch. 3nodding lol At least, that's how I view it. XD
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:17 pm
Yeah, I think that's partially why I'm so bad at keeping up with my art right now. I don't have to do any of it, really. There's not any real... umm... benefit? I can see how something like this or a class would really push one to come up with more pictures of a higher quality. Maybe like those speed-paintings that are really awesome that have been popping up on DA recently?
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