Course Syllabus

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Student Learning Outcomes: ART 136A

After successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Appraise and solve illustrative problems effectively and creatively by developing ideas, working with visual references, planning, doing preliminary sketches, and color studies.
2.  Use technical skills to create an illustration using wide range materials such as pen and ink, markers, watercolor and gouache paint, and color pencils.
3. Demonstrate ability to graphically communicate ideas informed by the assigned text/literature.
4.  Distinguish principal areas within the field of illustration, its history, contemporary issues, and current trends.
5.  Evaluate and revise own work. Analyze works of peers during class critiques using acquired knowledge of the principal processes of illustration.

Student Learning Outcomes: ART 136B

1. Synthesize learned illustration processes (research, concept development, problem-solving, execution, and presentation)into personal work.
2. Integrate technical skills acquired in Introduction to Illustration course to create artwork using a variety of materials(e.g. ink, markers, paint, color pencils).
3. Create illustrations that are based on unique ideas and exhibit expressive characteristics such as mood and emotional states.
4.  Produce a coherent body of illustration works that communicates complex ideas effectively and explores a range of learned illustrative approaches and techniques.

Student Learning Outcomes: ART 136C

1. Integrate expressive typography into the layout, so the text and image work together seamlessly and effectively.
2. Apply a variety of advanced illustrative approaches and technical skills as part of an experimentation with content
3. and formal issues of an illustration.
4. Create a coherent body of work that demonstrates the ability to develop personal style and produce a self-directed
5. work that communicates complex ideas clearly and reflects an understanding of historical and current trends in illustration.
6.  Analyze, problem-solve, and critique one's own work and works of others in a clear and constructive manner using professional vocabulary and presentational skills.

Class Meetings

• This hybrid class meets face-to-face every Wednesday from 12:10- 3pm, 52.5 hours total, 3 hours per week for a 17.5 week semester. For the online part of the class student should expect to spend 3 hours per week working with online materials, total of 52.5 hours, for a 17.5 week semester.
• Students may interact with the instructor via course email, during face-to-face meetings, and/or office hours.

Instructor Contact

Inna Razumova

Email: Please contact me via "inbox" feature of Canvas. In case when Canvas is down or there is some technical issues, you can use this email irazumov@ccsf.edu

CCSF Phone: (415) 239-3459

Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am -12pm; Wednesdays from 11am-12pm; and by appointment. Office is in Visual Arts, room 126 

The instructor will respond to all course email within 48 hours Monday-Friday, exclusive of school holidays. 

Course Web Site

Students will use the Canvas Learning Management system [for assignment instructions, viewing lectures, watching video tutorials, and viewing grades]. You can check out previous student works here

Required Software

You will need the following software for this course. 

• Adobe Reader
• QuickTime Player
• Flash Player
• Update your browser

Required Materials

(Note: Cold press watercolor paper has texture and the hot press paper is smooth)

• Required Materials

  (Note: Cold press watercolor paper has texture and the hot press paper is smooth)

  • 1 roll of tracing paper
  • 1 Illustration or Mixed media Board, 24 ply 16X20”  or 15X20" (Cresent N0 100 or Strathmore brand,  Cold Press)
  • 1 Mixed Media or Watercolor Board, or Arches watercolor paper 140lb, 20”x30” (for the final project) Hot press
  • 1 sheet of Arches watercolor paper 140 Hot Press 22”x30” (good for 2 assignments when cut in half, Blick’s item# 10011-1042)
  • OR 1 sheet of Strathmore Imperial 500 Series Watercolor Paper, 140 lb, Hot press, 22”x30” (Blick item#10006-2012)
  • Sketch book, your choice (no smaller than 9X12), spiral bound is the best.
  • HB - 4B range of drawing pencils
  • Sakura Pigma Micron Pens Black: set of 3 Point Sizes — 01, 03 and 05 or any similar markers that are waterproofed
  • Eraser
  • Gouache paint: ivory black or permanent black, titanium white or permanent white, + one color of your choice (designer’s or artist quality only). Recommended brands: Holbein or Winsor & Newton
  • Brushes: Please have at least 4 synthetic watercolor brushes Princeton brand recommended (filbert size 4 and 8,   and round brushes size 6 or 8 and 12 ).
  • Palette: covered plastic palette for water based paints about 6X12” or a little smaller
  • Art box (Easily transportable box for storing and carrying art supplies)
  • Set of watercolor paints (based on your budget). Optional.

   

 Art Supply Stores 

BLICK ART MATERIALS, 979 Market St, (415) 441-6075 http://www.dickblick.com/stores/california/sanfrancisco/
Store Hours: M-F 9am-8pm, Sat 9am - 7pm, Sun 10am - 6pm

UTRECH ART 1930 Van Ness Ave., (415) 409-1359 http://www.utrechtart.com/
Store Hours: M-F 9am-7pm, Sat 10am - 7pm, Sun 11am - 6pm
and 466 Townsend St., 415 908-3811

FLAX ART AND DESIGN, ·  Fort Mason Center 2 Marina Blvd, Bldg D, San Francisco, CA 94123 .

415-530-3510

 http://www.flaxart.com
Store Hours: M - Sat 9:30am - 7pm

UNIVERSITY ART, 128 Spear St. (415) 974-1444 http://www.universityart.com/sf.htm
Store Hours: M-F 8:30am - 6pm, Sat 9am - 5pm

AARON BROTHERS, 5600 Geary Blvd, (415) 876-0150 http://www.aaronbrothers.com/
Store Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10am - 9pm; Sunday: 10am - 6pm

SCRAP, 801 Toland St, enter Newcomb Ave, (415) 647-1746 http://www.scrap-sf.org
Store Hours: Monday through Saturday, from 9am to 5pm

SOME ONLINE ART SUPPLY SITES

Daniel Smith http://www.danielsmith.com/

Cheap Joe’s http://www.cheapjoescatalog.com/

Jerry’s Artarama http://www.jerrysartarama.com

 

Important Dates

Check out Instructional Calendar for details. 

http://www.ccsf.edu/en/student-services/admissions-and-registration/academic-calendar.html 

Dropping the Class

If you decide to discontinue this course, it is your responsibility to officially drop it to avoid getting no refund (after 10% of course length), a W symbol (after 20%), or a grade (after 60%). Also, for several consecutive, unexplained absences, the instructor may drop a student.

Instructor Announcements and Q&A Forum

The instructor will post announcements on the “Instructor Announcements” page in Canvas throughout the semester. Canvas notifies students according to their preferred Notification Preferences as soon as the instructor creates an Announcement. A “Q&A Forum” is also on Canvas to ask for assistance of your classmates or of instructor.

Attendance

Students who do not attend a first face-to-face class session and who do not login to participate in an introductory discussion forum within the 48 hours following the first face-to-face class meeting will be dropped by the instructor in order to free up spaces for those students that are on the waiting list. Students who do not complete all required course work by the Census date (the last day to drop a full-term coursework units without a “W”) will be dropped by the instructor. Two unexcused absences are allowed during the semester, but not two (2) consecutive ones are allowed and not at the beginning of the semester. If a student misses  two consecutive classes at the beginning of semester, the instructor has right to drop that student from the class. It is students’ responsibility to login to the course weekly and check all assignments and due dates. Missing an online class session means that a student would not be able to complete an online assignment by the due date.

Late Policy

All weekly online preparatory assignments (reading, viewing galleries, watching videos, taking quizzes, participating in discussion forums, etc.) are due at 12:10am on Wednesdays. Students are expected to come to the face-to-face sessions on Wednesdays fully prepared.

Due dates for projects (assigned approximately every two weeks) will be announced at the time of handing out of the assignment. All work submitted one class after the due date will be downgraded one letter grade. Submissions more than one week late are only accepted with prior arrangement with the instructor.

Methods of Evaluation

Projects, after the lecture and video quizzes, individual and group critiques.

Critiques

There will be group critiques after completion of each project, including midterm and the final critiques. These critiques are mandatory to attend.

Grading Policy

Visit the “Grades” in Canvas to keep track of your grades. I grade after each in-class group critique and post grades and comments on the online Canvas gradebook.

Grades will be assigned as follows:

A	90%	90 points or more
B	80%	80 to 90 points
C	70%	70 to 80 points
D	60%	60 to 70 points
F or FW	<60%	SEE NOTES BELOW

If taking Pass/No Pass you need at least 70% of the total class points and complete the

midterm exam and the final exam to pass the class.

An “F” grade indicates that a student attended, participated and completed the course but failed to master the course curriculum.

An “FW” grade indicates the student stopped attending a course after the “last day to withdraw” deadline and subsequently did not submit any work or participate in any exams. Please check with your counselor and financial aid advisor for possible implications of the FW grade on residency and financial aid status.

Standards of Conduct

Students who register in CCSF classes are required to abide by the CCSF Student Code of Conduct. Violation of the code is basis for referral to the Student Conduct Coordinator or dismissal from class or from the College. See the Office of Student Affairs and Wellness.

Collaborating on or copying of tests or homework in whole or in part will be considered an act of academic dishonesty and result in a grade of 0 for that test or assignment. I encourage students to share information and ideas, but not their work. See these links on Plagiarism:

Encourage Academic Integrity and Prevent Plagiarism

Citing Information Sources

Special Needs

If you need classroom or testing accommodations because of a disability, or have emergency medical information to share with me, or need special arrangements in case the building needs to be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. My office hours are xxx. Students seeking disability related accommodations are encouraged to also register with Disabled Students Programs and Services located in Room 323 of the Rosenberg Library (415) 452-5481. Please see the DSPS website for more information and alternate locations.

List of assignments

Note to students: To view all course content, go to Modules.