FA 1020/Math 1020 Mathematics in Art A01
Assignment 2 - Sketch Book
Assignment
Art Instructor: Derek
Brueckner
Derek.Brueckner@ad.umanitoba.ca
Objective:
The sketchbook is to be used to
practice techniques and ideas presented in class, as well as to develop your
own style and themes ideally in an innovative manner. It is a chance to
experiment with: new processes, art materials and an opportunity to organize
your thoughts and unique ideas and conceptualizations. The sketchbook should
not be used for course notes for midterm or exam. Please note the sketchbook
will not be returned prior to studying for final exam.
Generally I will not be evaluating your
art lecture notes but I will in part be using the sketchbook to get some sense
if you have been seriously engaged in the overall course and lectures. I
am not grading students on how well they can technically draw or paint
something in terms of a realistic portrait or landscape. I have often said in
class students can work abstractly if they wish and I will show many abstract
art examples in class. The goal is to have students involve a layering
and editing process (additive and subtractive process) The art materials should
visualize the mathematical concepts and demonstrate formal ideas about line,
shape, colour, physicality of materials (thick thin application of materials
and variations of mark making), transparency and opacity of art materials,
space and composition in relation to the visualization of the mathematical
concepts.
Due Date:
Friday June 14
Handed
in at the beginning of class. Once I leave the room, any sketchbooks
that are handed to me will be considered one late, and will be penalized (one
letter grade). I will not accept anything beyond 1pm of the day the assignment
is due.
Required Format of Sketchbook:
Your sketchbook must be 8.5 x11 inches
with 40 pages of your own: illustrations, drawings, designs, patterns,
paintings, collages, visual notes/ideas for new work or works in progress, drawings
on (taken or found) photographs/photocopies, this could also include multiple
photocopies of your drawings provided the original drawing is presented in the
sketchbook. If using photocopies apply a variety of hand drawn/painted designs
and art materials on the photocopies. See art materials as listed on the supply
list given the first week of class. You must use and experiment with at least
one wet medium. Wet medium means you must use some form of paint in both
sections of the sketchbook i.e.: watercolour, acrylic and or gouache.
In all 40 pages consider colour to
incorporate the background, the lines, shapes and construction lines as part of
the over all design. Investigate with opaque and transparent materials
and the variations of physicality for each art material. Learn to figure out
which art material can edit and cover over areas, which need editing or
modifications. Overall learn to investigate with overlapping shapes and lines.
75% of the book (30 pages) This section
must be explicitly related to the mathematical content of this course. Some
portion of this should be based from presentations/exercises done in class.
(See list and directions below and on next page) All 40 pages will require
innovation with art materials but a compass some sort of straight edge must be
used and periodically some round objects may be used to draw/trace circles.
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FA
1020/Math 1020 Mathematics in Art
A01 ART Instructor:
Derek Brueckner
Assignment 2 - Sketch Book
Assignment
Required Format of Sketchbook
(continued):
25% of the book (10
pages) This section should be used to initially experiment and learn about the art
materials mediums as presented on the supplies list, however this section of
sketchbook must still implicitly relate to the content (math concepts) of this
course. This section of the sketchbook assignment should be the beginning point
to explore different types of art materials (dry and wet) that are unfamiliar
as well as investigating and thoroughly demonstrating a trial and error process
in the manipulation of materials. Overall the 40 pages should emphasize an
investigation and thorough demonstration of a trial and error process of how
different materials work together with there being an eventual discovery and or
resolution in demonstrating which materials work best together and which
materials do not work well together. Generally all 40 pages will require
experimentation and editing but the 10 pages will emphasize extra
experimentation, editing and risk taking.
Your name should be
neatly printed on the top right corner of the outside front cover (PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR STUDNT NUMBER ON
THE ASSIGNMENT)
Each page with work on it
should be numbered. (if both sides of a page have work on it - then both sides
should be numbered)
Create a table of
contents, which is clearly labeled with corresponding page numbers in the
sketchbook and properly adhered to the backside of the front cover of the
sketchbook.
Required Format of
Sketchbook (continued):
Specifically include and
Tab the following points somewhere with in the 40 pages:
•
Select specific pages, which you feel came the closest to working well in terms
of combining and layering different art materials on individual pages.
•
Pages that you feel are closest to synthesizing ideas, unknown materials which
you feel are resolved in terms of interesting compositions, space and mastering
new or materials that you do not have any experience with.
•
The page that best represents your other side or your extreme side(s).
•
Explore range of physicality in art materials (controlled, expressive, thin,
thick, transparent, opaque, smooth, and rough applications of art materials)
•
Indicate where your wet media was used
Specifically include and
Tab the following points in the 30 pages:
•
Various Euclidean constructions integrated with a variety of colour
explorations
•
Perspectives (at minimum 1 point and 2 point examples) (drawings or drawings on
photographs and or both) Do not use work that was were handed in for the perspective
assignment
• make
your abstract work and divide into golden ratios/sections and modules.
As one
example: Divide a golden rectangle into a square and another golden rectangle
and draw/paint the “guide lines”
•
Symmetries, patterns, wallpaper, tiling and tessellations
•
Various types of Fractals
•
Associated Objects: conics, platonic solids and other polyhedra
•
Hyperbolic Plane and Geometry (optional)
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FA
1020/Math 1020 Mathematics in Art
A01 ART Instructor:
Derek Brueckner
Assignment 2 - Sketch Book
Assignment
Sketchbook Process and
Additional Directions/Clarifications:
For the sketchbook
overall it is expected that people work on ideas from this course and that they
develop concepts and techniques which eventually answer problems or clarify
uncertainties regarding materials, math and art concepts, and techniques. The
sketchbook should demonstrate ideas presented in the course and textbook as
well as demonstrate an overall process and product of experimentation, exploration,
innovation and risk taking. It is also anticipated that during the process
occasional failure/or unresolved problems with the art materials will occur - learn
to edit these problems. Once again use the sketchbook to experiment and
investigate art materials and ideas from the class. Use your research,
investigations, experimentations and risk taking to eventually assist in a
greater understanding as to how materials work. By using this new knowledge
synthesize some of the new learned processes into resolved examples in the
sketchbook.
The sketchbook should
have a broad range of approaches. The initial processes should involve
intuition and play, which is then later critically edited according to the assignment
objectives and requirements. The majority of other pages should include colour
explorations (a combination of roughly rendered and neatly filled in pages is
the ultimate goal) Some pages should include line work while other pages should
include filled in areas of planes and backgrounds and in some cases some of the
work should include both on each page. Here again at times utilize a multiple
layering process with materials and as well consider an additive subtractive
process with your materials.
Explore your other side:
If you are naturally messy try at times to work neatly. If you are more
controlled and careful then on occasion try to work more expressively with the
art materials. (either way investigate the physicality and “truth of
materials”) Overall investigate and try to discover new things about art
materials.
Please note: (Read this assignment sheet very carefully)
Return of Sketchbooks:
Once the sketchbooks are graded they will not be stored
indefinitely. If a sketchbook has not been picked up immediately after the exam it will be disposed of. Overall there is a very limited
schedule as to when the sketchbook will be available for pick up after the
return date.
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