ART 223 / Section # 1013
Mendocino College, Lake Center
Instructor: Lorraine Brady Arthur
(instructor reserves the right to make changes to the schedule)
Aug. 20 Class Orientation: Instructor slides and discussion on composition and negative & positive shapes. Homework: Draw layout out for Assignment 1, paint pg.'s 1-2 (transparent pigments) in Watercolor Pigment Techniques Book (Assign. 1).
Aug. 27 Assignment 1: complete pages 3 - 5 (opaque pigments).
Sept. 3 Assignment 1: complete pages 6 - 7 (staining pigments).
Sept. 10 Assignment 1: complete pages 8 - 9 (green mixtures).
Sept. 17 Assignment 1: complete pages 10 - 12 (each painting is dominated by: greens, neutrals, and an emphasis on all three pigment groups).
Sept. 24 Assignment 2, page 1, W.C. Sketchbook: Four studies for a portrait (Assignment 3)
Oct. 1 Assignment 3 Portrait, 1/4 sheet of stretched w.c. paper
Oct. 8 Light: color in light, form. Class: Tonal still life. Assignment 2, page 2: Bags and boxes - values, form. Homework: Assign. 2, pg.’s 3 - 4 Paint compositional thumbnail studies of eggs still life.(include eggs, lace, silver, and a glass)
Oct. 15 Assignment 4: Eggs still life. Homework: complete for homework
Oct. 22 Assignment 5: Snow scene- either landscape or landscape may be secondary. Thumbnails completed first in Assignment 2, page 5 W.C. Sketchbook. Assignment 2, page 6 paint 1 plein air landscape.
Oct. 29 Rapid direct method: ‘alla prima’. Assignment 2, pages 7 - 8 paint 4 plein air landscapes during class. Assignment 6: plein air landscape, 1/4 sheet of w.c. paper
Nov. 5 Assignments 7: Large close-up floral portrait from a photo, 1/2 to full sheet Assignment 2, pages 9 - 10 paint 2 plein air landscapes
Nov. 12 Glazing in combination with the three pigment groups. Assignments 8: Glazed sky and water in a landscape, 1/2 sheet stretched paper.
Nov. 19 Assignment 9: Animal or Bird portrait, focus on the eye. 1/2 sheet stretched paper. Finish for homework.
Nov. 26 No class. Work on Final (Assignment 11) first draw / paint thumbnail roughs, Assignment 2, page 11 - 12.
Dec. 3 - 10 Assign. 10: Still life in class, full sheet stretched paper. Work on Final.
Dec. 17 Final Critique. Potluck. |
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