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Visual Art 2D II

Picture
Tom Torluemke
Fleeing The Lighting, 2006***
acrylic on canvas
24 x 36″
Visual Art Projects

  1. Landscape Painting
  2. Patterns
  3. Three Tonality System - Pencil
  4. Three-tonality-india-ink-rendering
  5. Botanical Study
  6. Pop Art Self Portrait
  7. Greek Bust Study
  8. Georgia O'keeffe Watercolor Reproduction
  9. Monoprints
  10. Watercolor Glazing and Transparency 
  11. Multi Media Self Portrait
  12. Traditional Self Portrait Drawing
  13. Monochromatic Acrylic Still Life - Tinting & Shading of Color

Guide to Line Drawing

  1. Blind Contour Drawing
  2. Gesture Drawing / Timed Drawing / Movement Drawing
  3. Continuous Line Drawing
  4. Contour Drawing
  5. Cross Contour Drawing
  6. Planar Analysis Drawing
  7. Wire Sculpture Drawing
  8. Hatching, Cross Hatching, and other Line Techniques​​

Perspective Drawing

https://www.studentartguide.com/articles/one-point-perspective-drawing
  1. One-point-perspective-definition.html
  2. Rules of Perspective: True Shapes, Vanishing Points and Horizon Lines
  3. One Point Perspective Tutorial
  4. Exercise 1: Cubes & Rectangular Blocks
  5. Exercise 2: Stacking, Holes and Angles
  6. Exercise 3: Perspective Block Letters
  7. Exercise 4: Finding Centers & Equal Spaces
  8. Exercise 5: One Point Perspective Cityscape
  9. Exercise 6: Circles & Curves
  10. Exercise 7: One Perspective Room
7023 Visual Art  - 2D L1
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the languages, concepts, and practices of art through visual and art historical perspectives. Students will be engaged in discussion about the elements of art, such as content, composition, style, method and materials. Students will also be introduced to visual art practices such as drawing, painting, printmaking, and multimedia collage.
Semester 3 credits

Homework Policy
Like any discipline, it is important to keep up your practice habits. On average you will be expected to independently work outside of class in a sketch pad.  Each homework assignment will be worth 25pts (worth 1/4th of a studio grade). Sketch pad studies should reflect 1hr or more of applied effort. Unexcused late homework will not be excepted.


You will need to purchase a sketch pad for this class, no smaller than 8x10.  It is recommended that you avoid purchasing a pad with a glued binder, as pages often come loose.  Instead, it is suggested that you obtain a spiral bound pad or a book bound sketch pad.


Also, please come to class each day with 2 pencils.


Studio Work
Throughout this course we will explore a variety of visual challenges and use of media. 

Art History
Art history is an important part of this course.  We will consider the works of several known artists, both historical and contemporary.

Critique
Your feedback is valuable!  You will be expected to contribute to routine class critiques.

Focused Portfolio for 2DII
You will be challenged to formulate a driving philosophy and emerging techniques that will steer the direction of your portfolio concentration.

Visual Art by Dan dressler

Contact Information

Dan R. Dressler
​Waltham, MA 02453
visualart@dandressler.com
  • Home
  • My Work
    • 2021
    • Fall_2019
    • Summer_2019
    • Beneath the Surface
    • Multi Media Collage
    • Photography
    • Drawings
    • Mono Prints
    • Acrylic
  • Contact