Friday, September 24, 2010

FA 209 Painting 1


Week 5 Recap - This week we held critique of projects 1-5 on Tues as well as watched a Shawn Barber video. Thurs we began the color box painting which will run through class on Sept 30. 3 different compositional Sketches of the still life will be due also on that date. A brief demonstration on glazing and velatura was given on Thurs as well. Students should in the next 3 weeks glaze and velatura a passage in their wet in wet and wipe out paintings.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 5

Week 5 Recap - Tues was the critique of project 2 color interaction and project 3 Color Field Theory was introduced and continued on Thurs. This project will be due on Tues

FA 211 Printmaking Week 5

Week 5 Recap - Both Mon and Wed we had lab time to work on Project 2 Color Redux - Theme: Ancient Flora/Invisible Fauna. Students should have your design finished and start printing next week. Grades were given on project 1.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

History of Painting Technique Week 4

Pete paints in egg tempera

FA 104 Figure Drawing 2 Week 4

Week 4 Recap - This week we looked at landmarks and proportion on Tues and began our anatomy lectures on Thurs with the Torso. Please remember to bring your sketchbooks each class, as we will make sketches in fig space or anatomy each class. This image is the torso lecture notes containing 12 muscles to know.

FA 209 Painting 1 Week 4

Week 4 Recap - This week students used both sessions to paint a still life with a limited earth palette. The colors used were black, white, alizarin crimson and raw sienna. All the colors can be used to set up a value based primary secondary palette system of colors commonly used by the old masters.

FA 106 Color Theory Week 4

Week 4 Recap - students submitted project 1 color matches, and started project 2 Color interaction. See Demo reel.