WEEK SIXTEEN: Plein Air Drawing 4/27-5/3

Kitty Wallis, pastel on sandpaper

Project 6: Landscape due 5/9

Project 7: Dream/Memory, 
Story due 5/9, sketches due 5/16, finished drawing due 5/23

Images: Dream/Memory 2

Images: Landscape, Water Images: Never Ending Landscape
Images: New Landscape

Final Portfolio requirements
Final Portfolio Grade Sheet

Over the weekend: Keep up with your home assignments and this will be our last week out doing plein air. Start thinking about your portfolio.

Tue May 1: Landscape, China Beach (MAP) Meet there

Thur May 3: Landscape, China Beach (MAP) Meet there

WEEK FIFTEEN: Plein Air Drawing, 4/20-26

Diane Olivier, Dolores Park, pastel

Project 6: Landscape due 5/9

Project 7: Dream/Memory, 
Story due 5/9, sketches due 5/16, finished drawing due 5/23
Images: Dream/Memory 1

Images: Underpainting
Images: Architecture 
Images: Wolf Kahn
Images: More and Me

Interview: Wolf Kahn

Hunters Point Open Studios   4/21-22

Over the weekend: Are you working on your home landscapes?? Check on your supplies. Start thinking about your Dream/Memory Project

Tue 4/24: Landscape, Meet on site at Dolores Park (MAP) Meet there

Thur 4/26: Landscape: Meet on site at Dolores Park (MAP) Meet there

WEEK 14: PLEIN AIR DRAWING, 4/13-19

Diane Olivier, Spring Bloom, pastel

Project 6: Landscape, due 5/8

Images: Demo Landscape
Images: Landscape, Clouds

Sweet explanation of atmospheric perspective by Penn&Teller

Over the Weekend: We meet at Golden Gate Park next week to do our first landscape NOT THE CLASSROOM. Start doing your home landscapes also. 
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Tue April 17: Landscape, meet on site at Golden Gate Park (MAP) Meet there

Thur April 19: Landscape, meet on site at Golden Gate Park (MAP) Meet there

WEEK TWELVE: Light over Form 3/3-4/5

Angela A Court, pastel

Week 2 Week, part 2

Project 5: Shape/Color, due 4/6

Preparing for Plein Air work

Pastel websites and  blogs to check out

Want to take a short class??? Urban Sketchers is offering 10 to pick from (I'm doing one May 6, still room!!!)
10x10 URBAN SKETCHERS

SPRING OPEN STUDIOS!
Mine is 1890 Bryant St Studio 210, Fri April 6, 6-9, Sat Sun April 7-8, noon to 6pm. Hope you can come!!!!

Over the Weekend: Hope you're having a great break! Be sure your Shape homework is done. Be sure to have a deep collection of reds/yellows for next week. 

Tue April 3 Primary Still Life Yellow

Thur April 5 Primary Still Life Red

Student work, Local color

Week to Week Schedule, part 2

Project 5: Shape, due 3/24
Images: Shape Notes
Images: Shape 

"From the Ground Up", great article from the Pastel Magazine
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Over the Weekend: Review Shape project info and get working!  Don't forget your Fruit/Veggie for Tuesday!!
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Tue March 17: 
130B Local Color, bring fruit/veggie
130C work day

Thur March 19: 

130B Light over form-Blue still life

130C work day

WEEK FOURTEEN: Landscape 4/14-20

Diane Olivier, "Spring in the Park, pastel

Project 6: Landscape due 5/9

Project 7: Color of Black and White, due 5/9
Images: Color of Black and White

Images: Landscape, Clouds
Images: Landscape, Water

Back to Conservatory of Flowers Tue MAP

Over the Weekend: Go out and landscape!!! Be sure to spend time with the image galleries, lots of great ideas. Do you need to add pastel colors to your box?? More paper??  No class Thursday,  make a date with a classmate and go out drawing anyway.

Tue April 18: Landscape, meet on site (Dolores Park)

Thur April 20: NO CLASS
Teacher meeting day, sighhhhh
Go out and draw anyway!!

WEEK THIRTEEN: Landscape, April 7-13

Degas, pastel over mono print

Project 6: Landscape, due 5/9

Images: Demonstration Landscape

Preparing for Plein Air work

4/13 Conservatory MAP

Models Guild Marathon:
This Sun 4/9 10-4:30

Over the Weekend: Think about how you want to work outside, collect your things, figure out how to get there by 1pm. PLAN AHEAD.

Tue April 11 Plein Air, meet on site, East Gate entrance near County Fair Building, GGP

Thur April 13 Conservatory of Flowers, meet there