Su Kaiden Cho

This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image.

Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis.

Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.

This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image.

Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis.

Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.

This class will begin with an introduction to the basics of ink and brush painting (Sumi-e), learn how to use tools, materials and developing ideas and techniques for creating paintings. An introduction to the Eastern philosophy of Zen will be made as well as the basic practice of Zen meditation, concentration, self-reflection, and inner strength building. Students will develop basic skills of the ink medium; they will be encouraged to explore their creativity through meditating and experimenting within the possibilities of the ink medium.

Two slides presentations will be given for the class: Slides presentation A: A brief history of bamboo paintings. Study of works by old masters: Wen Tong (1018-1079), Ke Jiusi (1290-1343), Zhen Xi (1693-1765, one of eight eccentrics of Yangzhou School, his theory and practice) Shi Tao (1641-1707, a master of Huang Shan School), Pu Hua (1836-1911, a Shanghai master of the late 19th century. Slides presentation B: An introduction of comparative study to Chinese modern and contemporary ink painting. Works by Qi Bai Shi (1863-1957), Lin Fengmian (1900-1991), Li Jing (born: 1958), Chai Yiming (born: 1965) and others artist's works will be showed and discussed.

Besides weekly assignments, a body of work (approximate 10 pieces in fair sizes) and an artist statement are needed to be presented at final critique.