IF YOU MISSED CLASS Feb. 22:
Take a look at the slide show of preparatory drawings in the PDF I have posted here: Preparatory Slideshow. These drawings are from a range of artists. Notice different elements applied to each sketch – different views, textual explanations, maps. You will see drawings that act as an autonomous sketches, others incorporate and rework photographic images, maps and otherwise. These act as an example of how I hope you will begin to work through your concept.
Above is an example of how you might work into a photographic image with paint, pencil, pen or other traditional materials. You should work DIRECTLY onto the photos. (This is what we worked on in class today.) You may also use tracing paper to capture the space, transfer it to a sheet of drawing paper, and then insert your additions. In class, we utilized the projector to google images and then trace them onto the drawings.
If you missed class you should email me a written description of your ideas for the project by the close of the weekend (Sunday). I will respond to your thoughts and make some recommendations as to how you might start the drawing process. I can also be available next week to meet with you in person if necessary (Tuesday afternoon).
EVERYONE FOR NEXT WEEK:
After you have gone through the analog process, creating a series of sketches by hand, you should scan those sketches and make some additions in photoshop. Feel free to browse the web for usable images that will help to transform your sketch (trees, people, cars, lights, etc). If you are gathering images from the internet you MUST manipulate them in photoshop to make them your own! Keep scale and perspective in mind. Remember, as an element recedes into the distance it should be smaller and with less detail. In the end, you will have a single sketch that was manipulated in both an analog and digital process (by your physical hand and by the stroke of the mouse).
The digital skills you need to accomplish this are: using google images search, downloading images, opening images in photoshop, creating a simple selection with the polygonal lasso, cutting and pasting your selection and transforming the selections scale if needed. If need help with these skills, please be in touch as soon as possible so we can arrange for a tutorial
Due Next Class (on thumbdrive or online):
Two drawings that employ a combination of analog and digital processes to envision your concept.
One arial or map view with notations and/or drawings to indicate how and where you are changing the site.
Be prepared to present your ideas to the group for feedback.
Below is an example of the analog drawing (top) and the analog plus digital drawing (bottom).
This is public art 