In this course, students take on the role of the reportage illustrator and visual essayist by developing a series of images in a sketchbook journal, on site, with empasis on observation, documentation and investigation of non-fiction subject matter. Finished art will be created for a number of the investigative assignments as well as a completed stand alone visual essay of a self-generated topic. The long tradition of illustrative reporting will be examined and discussed, as will the contemporary manifestations of journalistic art in print and in digital formats. Emphasis is placed on authorship, concept, and drawing skill development afforded by working on site are also a focus.
Email: flynch@risd.edu
Office: ISB 113
Illustration majors: required sophomore studios
Non-majors & Brown students: instructor permission
Editorial illustration, reportage, graphic novels, book illustration, visual essay, scientific and archeological illustration
OPEN MEDIA: drawing/painting, digital