Homework Due THIS CLASS

  1. Writing: Spend 10 minutes writing about your favorite song; describing it in terms of pattern, line, shape, variety. Consider how some sounds repeat to create rhythm. Do these observations affect how you understand the meaning of the music or the intention of the composer/songwriter/artist?
  2. Pattern Squares: While listening to your favorite piece of music rework/refine your 24 Pattern squares.
  3. Texture Squares: Using a soft graphite pencil on several pieces of tracing paper, create 24 squares of unique relief rubbings of different textures to represent the sounds you hear in your favorite piece of music. Go out into the world to find textures!

Materials needed for THIS CLASS

Opening Tonight

opening announcement

BLACK / EXCELLENCE is the story of visual artist, Khary Randolph’s multifaceted illustration career. This month long solo exhibition is free and open to the public. Randolph’s bold style breaks from comics tradition, drawing on influences such as Saul Bass, Norman Rockwell, and HIP-HOP. He maintains throughout his diverse body of work a clear artistic voice and unapologetically addresses issues of representation, race, class, and diversity in a medium historically dominated by one dimensional white male power fantasies.

Visual Library (15 min)

Let’s take a look at your new Visual Library posts!

Vocabulary Review (15 min)

Pattern, Repetition, Rhythm, Variety, Texture, Scale

How to check your grade (15 min)

Your grade and feedback is delivered in two places.

  • In a private comment on your Project #1 post.
  • In the OpenLab Gradebook for COMD1100.

If you need extra help finding your grade, please see me after class.

Writing (15 min)

Spend 10 minutes writing about your favorite song; describing it in terms of pattern, line, shape, variety. Consider how some sounds repeat to create rhythm. Do these observations affect how you understand the meaning of the music or the intention of the composer/songwriter/artist?

Critique (15 min)

Present your pattern and texture squares to your critique group. Share the song you are working with and discuss whether or not the patterns and texture reflect the sound, mood, feeling of the music. Are your pattern squares too complex? Can you imagine laying them out together on one page? Can you imagine arranging them in particular order?

Pattern & Texture Lab (60 min)

Review & Reflect

In your sketchbook, you should have drawn at least 24 squares of unique patterns and created at least 24 textured rubbings to represent the sounds you hear in your favorite piece of music.

These should have varying line weights (thick and thin), spacing (tight and wide), and value (light and dark). The rhythm of music should influence the look and feel of your patterns and textures.

Based on feedback from your critique, choose 6 patterns and 6 textures that reflect the sounds you hear in your song, but also those that will work together as elements in a composition.

Edit & Refine

Using (2) pieces of sketchbook paper draw 6 squares per page.

  • Textures: One page of 6 squares for Textures.
  • Patterns: One page of 6 squares for Patterns

Lightly redraw the 6 patterns and 6 textures, one in each square. Using a hard pencil (2H) to outline elements and a soft pencil (6B) to fill in solid areas, refine and finalize your patterns and textures. These should look neat and clean.

inked layout
  • Top and sides: 1″ margin
  • Bottom: 1.5″ margin
  • Squares: 3″x3″ with 7/16″ margin between each square.

Homework for NEXT CLASS / Thursday

  1. Finish your 6 refined patterns and 6 refined textures on sketchbook paper. These should look neat and clean.
  2. Find and/or print out at least 5 examples of grid-based designs in web design, magazine layout, poster designs, book designs, etc.
  3. Read Pentagram’s story about MOMA’s Grid Layout system.
  4. If you didn’t contribute to the Visual Library yet this week, do so! Consider adding an image that demonstrates Repetition or Pattern.

Materials needed for NEXT CLASS / Thursday