Beginning Drawing

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Introduction to Printmaking

-Exposures for solar plates seem to vary semester by semester. This is largely a trial and error process. Although Ron Medina has taken extensive notes for previous classes, his classes have had to find the appropriate exposure for both the aquatint (first exposure) and the image (second exposure) each time. The aquatint provides texture all over the plate and the image establishes value / textures in specific areas of the plate.

2D Foundations

-In the “Not Another Color Wheel” project, students have been interested in directly painting their forms on paper (as opposed to painting separate swatches, cutting out forms, and collaging them down). I am skeptical (I fear this will limit their ability to mix appropriate color, which is the primary thrust of the project). Let’s see how it turns out.

General Art History

-There were two issues with D2L this week. One pertains to Sketchbook #8, and the second pertains to Test #2. After seven successful weeks creating dropboxes and discussion threads, I created a dropbox for Sketchbook #8 only to find that 2 (of 25 students) submitted work. Although I found it odd, I graded accordingly and waited for student feedback. Based on the emails I received, it seems as though some students saw 2 dropboxes for Sketchbook #8. I’m not sure if there was an issue linking the dropbox to a grade item, if I inadvertently created 2 different dropboxes (when I logged in as a student, I only saw 1), if it’s student error, or if there was a technical error with D2L. All I know is that it was incredibly frustrating, and I haven’t seen such confusion in the class all semester. The second issue was isolated to a single student. In the set of 10 random questions the student received for the test, the student indicated she felt there should have been an image associated with the question that wasn’t there. I’m working with Tammarra Holmes to resolve this issue. Let’s hope next week goes smoother.

General Art

-As expected, “Logo Mojo” seems to be a challenging project for students in regard to the concept / idea. The class brainstorm session is useful. Let’s see how they perform before making any modifications to simplify.