FA 209 Painting 1 Week 5

On Tuesday students continued the wet blend painting, now dry students can add richer values in both the lights and shadows. Students should now work towards adding detail and harder edges. Thursday demonstration was given for stage 1 of the Warm Cool Palette project. Using only Ivory Black, Transparent Earth Red and Titanium White students will create a double image panel that has one painting leaning towards the warm earth red end of the three color spectrum and the other side should lean towards the cool black side. This project will continue through next week and we will hold a critique for the first three paintings on Thurs Sept 29.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 4

This week students worked to finish up their Wipe out painting project while having a demonstration on the Wet in Wet blending technique. Creating a light tan base layer students will sgraffito draw into the wet paint to create a loose compositional layout. Then students will use Burnt Umber to begin blocking in the drawing and values of the piece as each stroke will begin blending to the wet under layer. Students should pay close attention to edges between strokes and work to add both darks and lights to the piece with burnt umber and white.

FA 218 Painting 2 Week 3

Tuesday students began the transparent Imprimatura (Wipe Out) using only burnt umber. Demonstration continued on completing the wipe out and beginning both Rembrandt and Caravaggio portrait demos. Thursday students completed the wipe out while demonstration began with wet in wet style still life.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 4

This week students finished the wipe out paintings while beginning the wet in wet blending project. Demonstration for the wet blend was completed.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 3

On Tuesday students finished their Grisaille paintings while there was a wipe out demonstration made before attending the Coincidental Correspondance lecture. Thursday students began the Wipe Out project while demonstrations for both wipe out and wet in wet painting techniques were made. 

FA 210 Digital Painting Week 7

This week students had lab time to finish creating a photo collage for painting in Photoshop/myPaint. Students should use at least a bit of both to complete this image. MyPaint should especially be used for blend edges and making transitions between planes. This will be our last project due before mid term . 

FA 210 Digital Painting Week 6

On Tuesday students reviewed collaging an image and transform tools for the wet blending project. Students also submitted their wipe out painting with a process notebook. Thursday students continued work on the blending project as some approaches for working in myPaint were provided. 

FA 210 Digital Painting Week 5

This week students finished work on both the brush creation exercise and the wipe out project. The wet in wet blending project was introduced as students will need to use myPaint to complete the project.

FA Painting 2 Week 3

This week students should have started painting two of the Union/separation project. Portraits for Caravaggio and Rembrandt styles were started. Wipe out demo was completed and the wet in wet project begun.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 4

This week students continued working on both the wipe-out and wet in wet pieces. Warm/Cool split panel painting is next.

FA 209 Painting 1

Tuesday students continued working on finishing the Grisaille painting before attending the Richard Deon workshop/lecture. Thursday students began the burnt umber wipeout painting exercise. Next week students will begin the wet in wet painting technique. Homework #1 will also be due.

FA 218 Painting 2 Week 4

Tuesday students worked on their first few projects and had demonstrations starts for both the wet in wet still life and the Caravaggio style portrait stage 1 (burnt umber imprimatura). Thursday the wet in wet painting was revisited after drying and completed. Students should have all of the first 4 paintings started and critique will probably be during week 7 est. March 6th.

Sgraffitto block in

initial shadow block in

Burnt Umber and White end day 1

day 2 shadow block in

final details end day 2

Caravaggio Style Umber Block in

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 4

Week 4 recap- on Tuesday students finished work on the Wipe out imprimatura while a Wet in wet demonstration was given. Thursday students made wet in wet paintings. Homework #2 - draw 4 new composition thumbnails using Landscape, Circular, Portrait and Irregular formats. Plus reading in the texts

Wet in wet demo - skull, grapes, birdhouse

Detail - Wet in wet demonstration

Apple (Glaze), Bottle (Scumble), Hand (Velatura)

FA 218 Painting 2

Week 4 recap- this week students finished up their second painting and started the third. Demonstration included more portraits and a Wet in wet still life demo with burnt umber and white oil paint.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 10

Wet in Wet - Mud Palette - Portrait Copy

Week 10 Recap - This week student worked on finishing painting 1 of the palette project.  Students should look to plan out the other two as time in the semester is short.  Students were also invited to begin their final project which has only the requirement that it is 18"x24" or larger.  Students will choose the subject, style and palette.