IL338 / SPECIAL TOPICS: DIGITAL
PAINTING CLASS SCHEDULE
WEEK
1
Friday. 8/21 In Class: Hand out Syllabus
and Schedule. Introduction to Digital Painting Class. Break. Introduction to
Digital Painting - Photoshop basics, custom workspace, essential tools &
windows, and beginning techniques. Set up blogs for process posts.
Homework: Research digital painting to find
several varying examples of painters whose work you admire. Document your
research on your blog, and compile it into a PDF to be emailed to me by 8am on
the morning of 8/25. Give a brief 5 minute presentation to the class explaining
why you have selected the digital painters and paintings you have. You may
elaborate on style, color palettes, brush strokes, subject matter, and anything
else you find relevant.
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WEEK
2
Friday 8/28 In Class: Digital Painting
Presentations. Break. Exercise: Paint Fifteen Objects Lunch. Paint Fifteen
Objects Faster. Break. Create Fifteen Objects PDF. Review Fifteen Objects
*Label PSD file
“IL338_Lastname_Firstname_15objects.psd”.
*Create Folder
“Lastname_Firstname_Digital_Painting_Work” inside your folder on the server.
Copy PSD file for 15objects into this folder.
Homework: Post 5 to 10 of your Fifteen Objects and include at least a couple
from each timed exercise. (Images should be saved for web in RGB) Important - Study Andrew Loomis and
Jack Hamm selections on anatomy. Practice if possible.
*Create
PDF containing all of your Fifteen Object Paintings.
Open
PSD file in Photoshop. Choose Export – Layers as files – Choose jpg format -
and create a new folder for these files. Select all of these files and create a
PDF labeled Lastname_Firstname_15objects.pdf. Place a copy of this file in your
Digital Painting Work folder.
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WEEK
3
Friday 9/4 In Class: Digital Life
Drawing/Painting Session.
*Label
PSD file “IL338_Lastname_Firstname_Digital_Life_1.psd”.
*Create
PDF containing all of your Digital Life Drawing/Painting files.
Open
PSD file in Photoshop. Choose Export – Layers as files – Choose jpg format -
and create a new folder for these files. Select all of these files and create a
PDF labeled Lastname_Firstname_Digital_Life_1.pdf. Place a copy of this file in
your Digital Painting Work folder by 8am on 9/11.
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WEEK
4
Friday 9/11 In Class: Critique: Digital Life Drawing/Painting
Exercises. Break. Demo: Painting
Textures. Lunch. Begin Texture Painting Exercises.
Homework: Post 5-10 examples of your Digital Life Drawings/Paintings with
notes about your experience and feedback during critique. Continue Texture
Painting Exercises.
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WEEK
5
Friday 9/18 In Class: Continue Texture
Painting Exercises. Lunch. Review Texture Painting Exercises. Break. Demo: Four Portrait Techniques.
*Label
PSD file “IL338_Lastname_Firstname_Textures.psd”. Create one jpg file of each
texture sheet and label “IL338_Lastname_Firstname_Texture1.jpg”. Give each
sheet a different number. “Texture1.jpg, Texture2.jpg, etc…” Place in Digital
Painting Work folder.
Homework: Post one of your texture exercise sheets with a description of the
exercise. Shoot several interesting self-portraits in full color and post to
your blog. Make sure the composition is dynamic and there are multiple
textures.
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WEEK
6
Friday 9/25 In Class: Work on Four Portraits
Assignment.
Homework: Finish Four Portraits Assignment.
*Label
PSD file “IL338_Lastname_Firstname_4portraits.psd” and create a high resolution
jpg file with the same name, but with jpg extension. Place both in Digital
Painting Work folder by 8am on 10/2.
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WEEK
7
Friday 10/2 In Class: Critique: Four Portraits Assignment.
Break. Demo: Master Copy Exercise.
Lunch. Continue Master Copy Exercise.
Homework: Post process images of Four Portrait Assignment. Finish Master Copy
Exercise.
*Label
PSD file “IL338_Lastname_Firstname_mastercopy.psd” and create a high resolution
jpg file with the same name, but with jpg extension. Place both in Digital
Painting Work folder by 8am on 10/9.
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WEEK 8
Friday 10/9 In Class: Critique: Master Copies Exercise.
Break.
Demo: Landscapes/Cityscapes/Perspective. Lunch.
Work in class on Landscapes/Cityscapes/Perspective Exercise.
Demo: Landscapes/Cityscapes/Perspective. Lunch.
Work in class on Landscapes/Cityscapes/Perspective Exercise.
Homework: Continue/Finish Landscapes/Cityscapes/Perspective
Exercise.
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WEEK 9
Friday 10/16 In Class: Finish
Landscapes/Cityscapes/Perspective Exercise. Lunch.
*Label
PSD file “IL338_Lastname_Firstname_landscape.psd” (or “cityscape”) and create a
high resolution jpg file with the same name, but with jpg extension. Place both
in Digital Painting Work folder by 12:30pm.
Critique: Landscapes/Cityscapes/Perspective
Exercise.
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WEEK 10
Friday 10/23 In Class: Digital Life
Drawing/Painting Session.
*Label
PSD file “IL338_Lastname_Firstname_Digital_Life_2.psd”.
*Create
PDF containing all of your Digital Life Drawing/Painting files.
Open
PSD file in Photoshop. Choose Export – Layers as files – Choose jpg format -
and create a new folder for these files. Select all of these files and create a
PDF labeled Lastname_Firstname_Digital_Life_1.pdf. Place a copy of this file in
your Digital Painting Work folder by 8am on 10/30.
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WEEK 11
Friday 10/30 In Class: Critique: Digital Life Drawing/Painting
Exercises. Demo: Drawing from
combined reference and imagination. Break. Demo:
Special Effects.
Homework: Post 5-10 examples of your Digital Life Drawings/Paintings with
notes about your experience and feedback during critique. Compare and Contrast
to first session. 500-word Proposal for Final Project with sample images
emailed to instructor by 8am on 11/3.
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WEEK 12
Friday 11/6 In Class: Work in class on
Final Project
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WEEK 13
Friday 11/13 In Class: Work in class on
Final Project
Homework: Finish Final Project. Post Final Project.
*Label
PSD file “IL338_Lastname_Firstname_finalproject.psd” and create a high
resolution jpg file with the same name, but with jpg extension. Place both in
Digital Painting Work folder by 8am on 11/20.
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WEEK
14
Friday 11/20 In Class: Critique: Final Project Last Class.
*Create
one final PDF containing all of your files from this semester and label it
“F15_ IL338_Lastname_Firstname_Digital_Painting.pdf”. Place it in your Digital Painting Work folder.
“F15_ IL338_Lastname_Firstname_Digital_Painting.pdf”. Place it in your Digital Painting Work folder.
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WEEK
15
Friday 11/27 No Class: Thanksgiving Holiday
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WEEK
16
Liberal Studies
Exam Week. No Studio Classes.
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WEEK
17
Mon. 12/7 All Academic Work Due. Digital
Painting Reworks Due in folder by 9am.
Create folder called “reworks” within your Digital
Painting Work folder.
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