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- Special Topics: Prop Design Studio, spring 2020:
- Product Design: Visual Communication I (Sophomore): Fall semester.
- Product Design: Visual Communication II (Sophomore): Spring semester.
- Fashion Design: Sophomore model drawing: MEN. Fall semester.
- Fashion Design: Sophomore model drawing: WOMEN: Fall semester
- Fashion/Costume Design: Sophomore dynamic model drawing: Spring semester
- Fashion Design: Sophomore model drawing: WOMEN: Spring semester
- Fashion Design: Junior model drawing: Fall semester
- Fashion Design: Junior model drawing: Spring semester
Fashion/Costume Design: Sophomore dynamic model drawing: Spring semester
- Week 1 or 2: The male figure: Fabric textures: (Previous year):The male figure: Super hero. Dynamic gestures, 8 head proportion.
- Week 1 or 2: Female model, 8 head proportion: Dynamic fast gestures. (formerly) 1920's dress, jersey - drapes.
- Week 3: Female model: Geometric shape exercises and comositions. Formerly: Male model, striped draped fabric. Basics: Hands, shoes, heads.
- Week 4: 8 head male figure. Jersey draping top. (Formerly female and stripes)
- Week 5 and 6: Basics, rendering the face, fast dynamic poses. Movement.
- Weeks 7 and 8: Prepare for and Midterm test.
- Week 9: Working with the male X-men characters: Wolferine and Cyclop::
- Week 10: female Legends of tomorrow characters. Former years: X-men characters: Leather and other textures.
- Week 11: Cyclops, Wolferine and Capes.
- Week 12: Female X-men characters continued.
- Week 13: Preparation for final test: Male model, male X-men characters.
- Week 9/17: Starting character drawings for DC's Legends of tomorrow:
- Week 10/17/18: Drawing male DC Legends of tomorrow characters.
- Week 11/17: Drawing the female DC Legends of tomorrow character.
- Week 12/17: Male DC (LOT) character:
- Week 13/17: The female DC character. Detail studies and props.
Midterm test:
1 page with 3 dynamic poses:
Female model for test:
The first two are a thorough under drawing and only the head, hands and feet are worked out (rendered). (15 minutes each)- see image #8.
The 3rd gesture is completely rendered (in leotard).
Media: Marker and Prisma.
(20 minutes)
2nd page:
3 dynamic finished figures: E.g: Leotard and cape, striped cape and or dress. Media: Marker, Prisma and or water color.
(25 minutes each)
Please review step by step dynamic figure in outfit below: (Pls review also last weeks female figure)
Dynamic gesture/ action pose:
1) Trying to do the under drawing in 2 minutes, to catch the movement.
2) Improve, correct under-drawing.
3) On top page, draw silhouette of outfit with Prisma (few, clean lines, focusing on the proportion of the garment).
4) Adding shadows and folds of the garment with marker.
5) Model takes a break:
During the model break, students can block in the color of the garment with marker, refine and accentuate Prisma lines, work on face, hands, feet/shoes.
6) Model returns for 8 minutes:
Finish and complete drawing, shade and highlight and refine.
25 minutes total time:
2 minutes under drawing to catch movement
3 minutes correction, editing
4 minutes creating the silhouette of outfit
3 minutes adding shadows and folds
5 minutes: model is on break: blocking in color work on things possible w/o model
8 minutes with the model to complete shadows, folds, hands, feet faces.