Schedule

Legend

• = Art project
• = Written assignment or exam

Date	Due	In Class
Week 1
	N/A	Morning Introduce: Syllabus and course Discuss: Point, Line, and Plane Afternoon Discuss: Gestalt and Composition Introduce Assignment: Dot and Line Stories Studio Time: Dot and Line Stories
Week 2
	N/A	Morning Demo: How to Photograph Your Work and Get It in Google Slides Introduce Assignment: Gestalt Studio Time: Gestalt Afternoon Studio Time: Gestalt
	Assignment: Gestalt (9am) Exam 1: Gestalt, Composition, Dot, Line, and Plane (11:59pm) Exam: Know Your Syllabus Exam (11:59pm) Assignment: Dot and Line Stories (11:59pm)	Morning Discuss: How to Participate in a Critique Critique: Gestalt assignments Afternoon Introduce Assignment: Composition Thumbnails Studio Time: Composition Thumbnails
Week 3
	Assignment: Composition Thumbnails (9am)	Morning Critique: Composition Thumbnails Introduce: 10,000 Marks Afternoon Studio Time: 10,000 Marks
	Assignment: 10,000 Marks (9am)	Morning Critique: 10,000 Marks Discuss: Color Theory Afternoon Introduce Assignment: Color Grids Studio Time: Color Exercises & Color Grids
Week 4
	Assignment: Color Grids (11:59pm) Bring the works to class so we can at least see them in person prior to the online critique.	Morning Discuss: Red + color matching exercises Bring color painting supplies and mixed-media paper for exercises. Introduce: 3D-2D Color Space Afternoon Studio Time: 3D-2D Color Space
	Exam 2: Color Theory and Elements of Design (11:59pm) Critique: Color Grids (11:59pm) Assignment: 3D-2D Color Space (11:59pm) This one exists digitally, so you won’t bring physical work to class	Morning Discuss: Yellow Demo: Photopea—adding transparencies Introduce Assignment: False Transparency Afternoon Studio Time: False Transparency
Week 5
	Critique: 3D-2D Color Space (11:59pm) Assignment: False Transparency (11:59pm)	Morning Discuss: Blue Introduce Assignment: 80% Afternoon Studio Time: 80%
	Critique: False Transparency (11:59pm) Assignment: 80% (11:59pm)	Morning Discuss: White Introduce Assignment: Color-Matching Collection Afternoon Studio Time: Color-Matching Collection
Week 6
	N/A	MEMORIAL DAY: NO CLASS
	Assignment: Exam 3: Color Theory and Elements of Design, part 2 (11:59pm) Critique: 80% (11:59pm) Assignment: Color-Matching Collection (11:59pm)	Morning Discuss: Black Introduce Assignment: Final Project Introduce Assignment: Aesthetic Tennis Afternoon Studio Time: Aesthetic Tennis
Week 7
	Critique: Color Matching Collection (11:59pm) Assignment: Final Project Proposals (9am) Assignment: Aesthetic Tennis (11:59pm)	Morning Discuss: Gray Sign up for individual Meetings for Final Project proposals Afternoon Studio Time: Final Project
	Critique: Aesthetic Tennis (11:59pm)	Morning Exercise: Bad Art Morning Bring paint, brushes, paper, cups/jars, scissors/X-actos, etc. for bad art making Afternoon Studio Time: Final Project
Week 8
	Critique: Final Project (in progress) (9am) Bring your project in-progress for critique in class.	Morning Discuss: Wrap Up and Trajectories Afternoon Studio Time: Final Project
	Final Project (11:59pm) Portfolio (11:59pm)	No class, and no final exam. Ignore the university finals schedule for this course. Just submit your final project and portfolio by 11:59pm.