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 6

Week 6 recap - this week students participated in a drawing workshop with visiting artist James D'Andrea on Tuesday, while finishing up their warm/cool painting projects on Thursday. A Limited Earth color palette demonstration was given on Thursday as well.

Composition and Block-in

First Pass Limited Earth colors

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 218 Painting 2 Week 1-2

Week 1-2 Recap - Students were assigned painting projects 1 and 2 for this semester focusing on an object series (#1) and a portrait (#2).  Demonstrations included both the Grisaille method approach (drawing with paint) and the Wipe Out method (Burnt Umber).  Next week will focus on the portrait series and some palette choice approaches for skin tones and color balances.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 16

Samantha Smith

Week 16 Recap - Final working lab and Final Critique...See you all next year!

FA 202 Intermediate Drawing Week 16

Daniel Adel - Artist Research Style Copy

Week 16 Recap - This week students finished their assignments for our final critique on wednesday. Have a Happy Holiday!

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 14

Week 14 Recap - students should finish their final palette project piece before starting their final piece. Cast/Portrait will count this semester as extra credit.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 13

Portrait Demo - Ethan

Week 13 Recap - Student should be finishing up their palette project pieces and starting on the Portrait and Final projects. Demonstrations included an abstract landscape and an Incamminati style portrait.

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.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 9

Palette Project #1 - Shellac, Glaze, Vanitas

Week 9 Recap - This week students finished up their Color Box paintings while being introduced to the Palette Project.  Students are tasked with creating 3 paintings using the Style, Palette, Subject Matrix.  One choice from each column are required as follows (Style - Shellac, Palette - Mud, Subject - Vanitas). Demonstration #2 will be a Wet in Wet, Mud Palette, Portrait.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 8

Limited Earth Palette - Sam Smith

Week 8 Recap - This week we held critique for painting projects 1-5.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 7

Color Box Demo

Week 7 Recap - This week students began painting #6 Color Box.  Students were asked to now use a full compliment of primary and secondary colors to highlight the color influence created by placing objects in a color box still life.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 6

Limited Earth Palette finished Demo

Week 6 Recap - This week students worked on project 5 Limited Earth Palette.  Students using only the 4 colors (IB, RS, AC, TW) created a still life painting of simple subjects.  Next week students will begin project 6 Color Box.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 5

Limited Earth Palette Demo Week 5

Week 5 Recap - This week the Limited Earth or Dead Palette project was introduced.  By using only Ivory Black, Raw Sienna, Alizarin Crimson and Titanium White students will create a color wheel to find all colors and values of this limited palette.

 

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 4

Warm Cool still life demo part 2

Week 4 Recap - This week students worked on painting two small still life set ups, one warm version one cool version of the same color.  The starting approach for this fourth project of the semester is drawing on canvas before applying paint. See the demo video here.

FA 209 Painting 1 week 3

Wet in wet oil demo

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 3

Week 3 Recap - This week students worked on two exercises, wet in wet (burnt umber and white) and monochromatic warm cool painting.  Students will continue to work on these still life pieces the following week as well. 

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 2

Grisaille Demo stage 2

 Week 2 Recap - On Tues students continued working on the grisaille painting exercise.  Focusing primarily on fading out the initial paint drawing and paying more attention to edges and values.  On Thurs students made a Burnt Umber Imprimatura wipe out painting.  Students strove to recreate a full value picture using only the various shades of umber.

Wipe Out Imprimatura Demo

FA 218 Painting 2 Week 9

Caravaggio Style portrait demonstration

Week 9 Recap - This week students continued working on their East vs West, Cyr Mixed Media and Photo Reference projects.  On Thursday students were also asked to submit a paragraph about the subject, palette, approach and technique they plan to use for the final project.

FA 218 Painting 2 Week 8

Limited Earth palette demo

Week 8 Recap - This week students were asked to submit any additional work done to the midterm critique projects.  Students should be working on projects 3,4,5 at this point.