Art and Art Learning Community

Instructors: Elizabeth Harris and Nanqi You

Hi everyone, from this day on, for the next 11 weeks, we will be together in this exciting learning community to share, to support, to energize, and ultimately to learn effectively and enjoyably the basics of artistic design and the fundamentals of digital tools that can aid and support and produce art in the most efficient ways.

Elizabeth and I are very excited about this opportunity to work with everyone to reach his/her own potential. Let's get started.

  • Syllabus for Design I (Art 104)
  • Syllabus for Fundamentals of Digital Art (Art 107)

Resources:

Student Design Samples

Time Line:

Week
Assignment
Resources
Due Date
1 Line Study Grid
Draw Grid in Illustrator		 Sample 1
Sample 2

Friday of week 1 at 10:30
2 Interrupted Line Studies Project 2-1
Project 2-2
Project 2-3
Project 2-4
Project 2-5
 Friday of week 2 at 10:30
Vegi Head: (Feel free to use your creativity to
compose other images using the start file)		 Start file
Finished look
(more examples...)
Design Principle of Unity Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3
3 Project 3 - Line, Letter, and Leaf

Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3
Sample 4

Free Patterns
Free Textures
Free Fonts
(how to install fonts)
Free Brushes

Student Examples

 Friday of week 3 at 10:30
4 Project 4 -
Value as a Design Element
2D Architectural Design 		Sample Friday of week 4 at 10:30
5

Project 5 - Colors
I have Colors Coming Out of My Ears

See what colors can do

Cold Colors 1
Cold Colors 2
Cold Colors 3
Cold Colors 4

Warm Colors 1
Warm Colors 2
Warm Colors 3
Warm Colors 4

The following items are due Tuesday Oct. 28th.
color-square.ai
color-value.ai
color-wheel.ai
color-balance.ai
color-impressions.ai

6

Kuler (website that will assist with color combinations and expressions)

Gallery Review Field Trip:

Odnan Charara

Vocabulary that will help you review the gallery.

Presentation Guidelines

 Mid Term Design Samples

Mid Term Exam Progress Guide

The following are due Friday

  • Mid-term design
  • Gallery Review Presentation
7 Black-White Non-Objective Collaged Card and Envelope Sample designs
More Examples
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Time table for the rest of the quarter:
Date Assignment
Nov. 14
  • Logo
  • Scan collage designs
Nov. 17
Nov. 18 Continue with self-portrait and logo projects
Nov. 19th Advising day, no class
Nov. 20
  • Logo Due
  • start putting collage design in photoshop
  • Continue with self-portrait
Nov. 21 Continue with self-portrait
Dec. 1
  • Self-portrait due
  • Purchase mat
Dec. 2
  • Matting self-portrait
  • Photoshop with collage project
Dec. 3
  • Group "paper Quilt" project
  • Organizing and completing portfolio
Dec. 4
  • Continue from Dec. 3
  • ID set due
Dec. 5
  • Continue from Dec. 4
  • Jewel case due
  • Group quilt due
Dec. 8 Portfolio Due
Dec. 10 Portfolio presentation
Dec. 12 Continue with portfolio presentation