Art 116 FALL 2018 schedule UPDATED 11/04

Professor Zeggert
Week 4
09/17-Crit. Paint stick, In class- 8 x 10 .2 study- Consider distance and level.
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.
09/19- 8 x 10 study.3 in class
Homework: Complete an 8 x 10.4 oil study. Select two objects, correctly illuminate the still life with the goal to paint your objects with sculptural weight. 2-3 hour painting. Due next class.
Bring two objects to class on 9/24 to be used as props for an in-class project.
Bring to the next class, a (16 x 20 inch canvas.1)
(pre-ground or toned ground your canvas, review paint definitions)

Week 5
9/24- Class 1: Start the Skills painting in class for a grade

due at the end of class 10/1- (review assessment form)

9/26- Class 1: Complete the Skills painting in class for a grade

due at the end of class 10/1

(pre-ground or apply a toned ground to your canvas, review paint definitions)

Week 6

10/1- Class 1: Complete the Skills painting in class for a grade
due at the end of class 10/1
Bring to the next class, a (16 x 20 inch canvas.2)
10/3 Class 2: (Drape): 30 minute lecture, (take notes)

Colors:  Raw umber and white, objective is to match value, chair drape including gravity and half-lock folds

Bring toothpaste tube and 8 x 10 re-use to next class.

Week 7

10/08-Class 1: NO SCHOOL

10/10-Class 2: Complete drapery study-studio and/or begin toothpaste study-8 x10 re-use
Prepare for next class: Bring a (16 x 20 canvas .3-for color chart)- toned ground canvas-strive to achieve a middle value-Mandatory attendance.

Week 8
10/15- Class 1: Palette lecture, note taking and mixing exercise entire class-Mandatory attendance

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 Portrait assignment:

This project includes a painting and two written statements, (typed and printed) to be completed for a grade.

(each element worth 100 points)

Due at the beginning of next class: First statement-based on study/research of French painter, Chardin, 1699-1779.  Type a 400 word statement profiling Chardin's life and work. Investigate and describe something you discovered about the artist related to still life painting and how it could be applied to your next assignment. 

Second Statement (reflective) due  at the beginning of class 10/29 and it must be typed/printed, min. 300 words. 

Content should include and define choice of objects, and how the they represent you. Decribe the paint process, use of color temperature, value and the physical properties of the paint.  Discuss problems, solutions, successes and failures and what adjustments you'll consider making for your next painting.

Bring pre-grounded or toned grounded (20 x24 canvas.1) to next class 

Color scale assignment:

Create color scales of your modified Zorn palette- use the palette page as reference-

16 x 20 inch canvas.3

Goal: First, mix the color in your palette, then paint the scale-

Due for a grade-Monday 10/17 at the beginning of class-

10/17- Class 2: Four Possessions, in studio paint day

Week 9

10/22-Class 1: Four Possessions, in studio paint day  

10/24-Class 2: Four Possessions, in studio paint day

Week 10
Week 10
10/29-Class 1: Four Possessions, in studio paint day (Painting due at the end of class)
Bring to next class (16 x 20 canvas .4)- toned ground
Also, bring your (16 x 20.3) color scales
10/31-Class 2: Bread and Water study-Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna plus White- Begin exercise in adapting colors.
Objectives: Color scales
Paint opaquely
Push the development of color options, examine warm vs cool, light vs dark.
Be aware of your mixture, devise a recipe-quarters, thirds, etc.-you decide- just know how to get to a color if requested.

Week 11
11/5- Bread and water oil sketch, in studio exercise completed at end of class
Assign Bread and Water narrative
Research: Thumbnail sketches and begin creating your reference photo board
Bring 22 x 28 canvas to next class plus three thumbnails for approval-(graded)
11/7- Bread and water, Narrative
Prep Museum visit: 
https://museum.cornell.edu/
https://www.arnotartmuseum.org/
https://www.metmuseum.org/
https://www.binghamton.edu/art-museum/
or suggest a museum for approval