We will meet at 9:30 at The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 

900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 763-DINO

Hours: 9:30 am - 5 pm daily 
I just saw this so plan accordingly:

"Due to construction, access to our parking lots on Bill Robertson Lane from Exposition Blvd. is temporarily blocked. To access our lots, take Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. to Bill Robertson Lane and head north, or consider taking the Metro Expo Line, which drops off in front of the museum. We apologize for any inconvenience." 
Bring toned paper and a normal white paper sketchbooks, white Prismacolor, pencil, pens etc.

Sketches from Class.

We will meet at The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 

900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007
at 9:30am

Hours: 9:30 am - 5 pm daily 

Some More Foliage Sketches

From the Fullerton Arboretum today. If you have toned paper bring it this Saturday. Along with a white prismacolor pencil.

Some Relevant Sketches

I'll add more as I find them. These are really good reference for what we will be doing at the Natural History Museum.

Syllabus

This is an overview and I keep it flexible but it gives a pretty good overview. I'll print it this week for class on Saturday. I'll add some images soon.

Fall 2017- Materials and Examples

I encourage students to text me images if you have questions. If you hit a wall or want some feedback text me a cell-snap of it and I'll respond as soon as I can.
Materials list: Get a reasonably sized sketchbook, we talked about this, spiral bound works good. Roll of sketch/trace paper. We will do finished projects on this paper. It's inexpensive and a roll lasts forever.
Pens: Uniball Vision, Pilot G2's for water soluble technique. Pitt Pen sets are great if you like a fiber-tipped pen and they come with a brush pen. Pentel Brush pen, this is more expensive and not a requirement, you can try mine to see if you like it. It's a much higher quality that the usual over the counter brush pen.
This Saturday bring pencils, kneaded eraser, roll of trace paper, sketchbook, your ten sketches, and something to draw on. Also have a clear direction as to your project.
Below is a pic of my everyday bag and it's contents. I have everything I need in it to do color, pen, pencil, tonal drawing etc. I always have it and I know I always have everything I need sketch-wise. If there are any tools you want to try let me know. I probably have it and you can try it in class before you invest in it.

For this week: Find the architectural style you will base your design on. Create at least 10 pages (front and back) of reference sketches. I would suggest you do more. You need to have a strong understanding before you can create a fantasy version.
I would start off with small sketches to start getting a feel for the subject. You'll find interesting details and ideas as you go along. That's the idea. Explore those ideas. Write down notes. Let your mind develop a story. 
This is the download site for the sketch PDF: http://files.faso.us/33270/3893.pdf

Some thumbnail sketches, I'll be adding images as I find them: