Week 4
Bring to the next class, a (16 x 20 inch canvas.2) (pregrounded, review paint definitions)
02/17- Class 2: Studio still life (drape): 30 minute lecture, (take notes)
Colors: raw umber and white, objective is to match value
Newer concepts: use (3 x greatest dim.) as a guide to help determine distance from the still life. Avoid pit-falls like level change and easel shift- (mark the floor to match the position of the easel). Measure the distance from the floor to the surface of the still life and match the strength or power of your light source. Bring to the next class, a (16 x 20 inch canvas pregrounded.3)
Bring to the next class, a (16 x 20 inch canvas.2) (pregrounded, review paint definitions)
02/17- Class 2: Studio still life (drape): 30 minute lecture, (take notes)
Colors: raw umber and white, objective is to match value
Newer concepts: use (3 x greatest dim.) as a guide to help determine distance from the still life. Avoid pit-falls like level change and easel shift- (mark the floor to match the position of the easel). Measure the distance from the floor to the surface of the still life and match the strength or power of your light source. Bring to the next class, a (16 x 20 inch canvas pregrounded.3)
Week 5
02/22-Class 1: (30 minute lecture, take notes-drape cont.): raw umber and white, objective match value, easel position or distance from still life (3 x greatest dim.), avoid level change, mark easel position, etc.
02/24-Class 1: (drape cont.): raw umber and white, objective match value, easel position or distance from still life (3 x greatest dim.) avoid level change, mark easel position, etc.
Bring all your tubed paint to next class. (must take notes)
Week 6
02/29-Class 2: Palette lecture with handout, mixing exercise entire class
HW: Bring to next class four Possessions, a crate size box, drape (color, size) your choice and your clamp light (optional). (Pit-fall to avoid: If you forget any of the items, you will be marked absent).
Four Possessions assignment: Includes a painting and written statement to be completed for a grade, due 03/14. Statement due at the beginning of class and it must be typed, min. 300 words. Content should include and define choice of objects, the paint process, use of color temperature, value and the physical properties of the paint. Discuss problems, successes and failures. (the statement is worth 25 % of your grade)
Due next class: study/research French painter, Chardin, 1699-1779. Type a 300 word statement explaining who Chardin was and analyze one of his still life paintings. Describe something you discovered about him related to still life painting and how you could apply it to your next assignment. Due at the beginning of class 0302 Bring pregrounded (16 x 20 canvas.4) to the next class (worth 100 points)
03/02- Class 2: Four Possessions, in studio Paint day
Week 7
03/07- Class 1: Four Possessions, in studio Paint day
03/09- Class 2: Four Possessions, in studio Paint day. Due at the end of class
03/09- Class 2: Four Possessions, in studio Paint day. Due at the end of class
Week 8
03/14 -Class 1: Four Possessions, in studio Paint day. Due at the end of class
Bring pregrounded canvas to the next class (16 x 20 canvas.5)
03/16- Class 2: One day bread study, In studio Paint day.
Use Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Blue plus white
HW: Develop an inventive narrative inspired by bread and water. The image of the physical bread/water still life staged in class needs to appear in the final painting. The other aspects of the narrative for this assignment can be realized through the use of photo reference and props.
Objective: Create a unified painting based on observation and concept
Bring to next class (20 x 24 canvas) .1
03/14 -Class 1: Four Possessions, in studio Paint day. Due at the end of class
Bring pregrounded canvas to the next class (16 x 20 canvas.5)
03/16- Class 2: One day bread study, In studio Paint day.
Use Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Blue plus white
HW: Develop an inventive narrative inspired by bread and water. The image of the physical bread/water still life staged in class needs to appear in the final painting. The other aspects of the narrative for this assignment can be realized through the use of photo reference and props.
Objective: Create a unified painting based on observation and concept
Bring to next class (20 x 24 canvas) .1
