SOURCES-looking at work and technical terms

1.  We need a commitment for the University trip to the Figge Museum of Art, Davenport: Thursday, OCT 28
http://uima.uiowa.edu/ui-student-bus-trip/

2.  http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/uima/   :  Spend at least an Hour looking at images of Drawings(under sample searches) and choose 1 to copy(sketch) at the size of 8.5"x11"- and record the pieces title, size, Artist, year to share with the class, and what drew you to draw this piece and what you learned from doing so.

3.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro

4.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_space

5. Ben Shahn mentioned in 'Art & Fear : Observations On the Perils(and Rewards) of ArtMaking by David Bayles & Ted Orland, check out some of his work in the below google search...
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=ben+shahn&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

6.  NEGATIVE SPACE HOMEWORK:  materials necessary:  scissors, glue stick, white paper 8.5"x11", non-white paper 8.5"x11", pencil, eraser, pencil sharpner=  draw the negative space around the scissors(look at the negative space while drawing, draw a line on the inside of your drawn line(you will have 2 perpendicular lines ), cut out the negative shapes, glue the to the other paper(your choice-white or non-white) arrange so positive shape of scissors appear, decide on placement of page and amount of negative space used around object...glue,sign, bring to class tuesday September 28.  See you there.


and remember, tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding.