Evan's Private Portfolio Prep Class

This series of tutoring sessions has the goal of helping the learner complete two summer art assignments, one on using color, and one on using materials in unconventional ways. We will schedule 3 sessions. 

Before class, please do the following homework assignment. I recommend spending about 2 hours on this. 
Pre-Class Homework: Practice what we did in our first color theory class: swatching primary and secondary colors with gentle blends of pencil layers, and blending colors with their opposites. Try this on a few different paper textures (smoother and rougher). If you have a few different kinds of eraser or colored pencil, too, experiment with those and decide which ones you like to use and which ones to put back in the drawer. I call this "interviewing your tools." 

Session 1: The first session will be split in two parts. First, we we'll work on drawing and shading a small practice picture of a banana, working together and using mostly the complementary colors of yellow and purple. (I will provide a photo reference ahead of time.) 
Then, we'll talk about some ideas for the unconventional materials class. I'll share a few images from artists who work in collage, sculpture, mixed media, installation, environment, etc. We'll discuss how each artist is using __ material in a __ way, and we'll brainstorm on that and make some notes and thumbnail sketch ideas for experimentation. 

There will be 2 homework assignments after Session 1. I recommend about an hour for each.
Assignment  1: Using the colors and materials and processes we learned from drawing the practice banana, spend an hour drawing a larger banana and laying in some areas of color. (Goal to have the color assignment 1/3 done before session 2) 
Assignment 2: 6 thumbnail sketches and gathering some supplies for mixed media experimentation, TBD based on our planning discussion in Session 1. 

Session 2: We'll check in on progress for the colored pencil art first, and work on it together for awhile. Then we'll work on the unconventional materials class. Might get messy (paint, glue, etc.) 

Assignment 3 & 4: One more hour of progress on the drawing and the mixed media project. 

Session 3: Continued progress and Q&A on both assignments.