Color Spot Drawing (Online Course) Fall 2024 w/ Amy Erickson

September 1 to September 29 (Sundays), 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM, Eastern Time

**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.

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DEMO: https://youtu.be/n4D9OnibE_U

Course Description

Taking inspiration from the “color spot” painting lineage associated with Charles Hawthorne, this class teaches students to build drawings with abstract shapes of value and color. Using a variety of media including graphite, ballpoint pen, color pencil, and collage, students will learn how to create painterly drawings that tow the line between form and abstraction. Class assignments will also feature a variety of subject matter including still images of figure models, landscapes, and still life. The objective of the class is to give students an accessible and modern perspective on drawing to enhance their sketching or painting practice.

Course Outline

Week 1: Tonal Collage, Drawing with Shifting Planes

Week 2: Tonal Drawing, Value Design and Mark-Making

Week 3: Temperature Drawing

Week 4 : Abstract Drawing Construction through Translating Mediums

Week 5: Color Spot Drawing in Full Color

Course Materials List

This is a mixed-media class. Supplies will be different from week-to week, so please read carefully.

Week 1

Collage Supplies:

Black, White, middle value paper (can be gray, brown paper bag, a color lighter than black, etc.) glue stick, scissors, tracing paper, cardstock.

Week 2

Graphite:

1. 2h, 2b, 4b pencils or mechanical pencils

2. General Pencil Factis Pen Style Eraser ( a mechanical pencil style eraser for details)

3. Helix White Pebble Ergonomic Eraser (any white polymer eraser should also be fine)

4. Kneaded eraser

5. Drawing Paper Recommendation- Any Canson, Strathmore, or equivalent quality drawing paper with smooth texture between 9”x12” and 11”x14”.

6. Chamois, blending stump, OR paper towel

Week 3

Pens:

Red and Blue color ballpoint pens (No Uniball or gel pens)

Optional: Students may wish to experiment with markers or other colors of ballpoint pen if available

Week 4

Collage:

1. Any assortment of 3-5 different color papers (construction paper is fine). glue stick, scissors, tracing paper, cardstock.

Color Pencil:

1. Faber Castell Polychromos Color Pencils 12-color pack recommended. If this is not available, any version of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, and gray individual pencils will suffice.

4. Drawing Paper Recommendation- Sketchbook or Printer paper.

Week 5.

Color Pencil Supplies from week 4.