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Figure Gesture Drawing Lesson (AP Studio Art) Friday, Sept. 4, 2009

Today was my third class of teaching human figure. On the first day, we looked at the Lori Gene's figure drawings on the screen and discussed how she captured the motion of instrument players. We watched a short video of her drawing figures on the stage while orchestra members play their instrument. I also shared my experience with the students that I had a chance to learn her technique while I was at GHP. The goal of this lesson was to capture the full human figure in 2 seconds in order to get the full structure rather than one area that leads to a dis-proportioned figure. Students were required to draw the model in two seconds from head to toe without looking at the paper. This way students don't get stuck in one area detailing. Another consideration for the figure drawing is gravity. I pinpointed the spots where the most weight and tension are on the model, therefore I encouraged student to use heavy expressive lines. Another key point of figure drawing would be body mass. Many students have tendency of drawing the heavy outline on the figure. I explained our body is made up of mass not the lines, and encouraged them to draw from inside(mass) to outside(outline). In the second class, we continued practicing gesture drawings expanding the drawing time by 2,5,30,and 60 seconds. So, today in the class, I had several volunteers modeling. One student is a baseball player so he posed several dramatic postures. A student student brought in her guitar posing for us and another student played the guitar, co-relating to the Lori Gene's combination of music and art. All the students did a fantastic job of loosening up and capturing the whole figure in a short amount of time. I was so proud of them when I saw them going from frustrated to fluid, energetic, and enlightened state. Next week, they will be introduced how to measure the model in order to get the most accuracy. Students were very excited about drawing realistic figures finally.







Tuesday, Sept 8, 2009 1st Day on Rattle and Stamp HW check

In the VA Comp, students continued drawing the rooster with pen and ink. The details and patterns they are putting into the drawing were turning out great. There were some kids who got finished early and being disruptive. They wouldn't work on homework or anything, so I decided to bring some extra work tomorrow in order to keep them busy. :)

In the pottery class, it was the stamp homework due, which I assigned before the Labor Day weekend. The goal of this homework was to create 3 different texture stamps u