Advanced Painting: Constructing our UNIQUE Shaped Canvas and working in OILS with FIGURATIVE WORK! – REMEMBER the THEME OF THE SEMESTER – DIFFERENCES!
How have you chosen to go about making your ground and then constructing the shape. The approach is UNIQUE to YOU and the FIGURE needs to be included into the idea of the composition. Keep that in mind.

Alice Neel was the greatest American portraitist of the 20th century. Her work continues to astonish. – Let’s READ THIS ARTICLE (on your own) and then share our thoughts on it 5 bullet points from the article you thought were important! – 10 PLANNING POINTS!
Intro to Painting: GENRES in ACRYLICS
ACRYLICS are upon us and we are going to be exploring the techniques they have to offer.

Red Still Life 1967
© The estate of Mary Fedden – The TATE
We are going to create our own composition and then break it down to these steps. The SPHERES are a GREAT way to learn the PROCESS and TECHNIQUES AND you ALSO need to develop the process and techniques of developing strong compositions.
What GENRE have you chosen and what is your PLANNING for the process. There are a million ways to begin this and the ideas are ALL UP TO YOU!
Art Foundations: The Still Life is SO WIDE OPEN – Literally in our compositions!

The STILL LIFE is upon us and the DRAWINGS have begun. What is the stage you see yourself at?

Remember that we are using values that range from 0 – 10! We are also using all of the mark making techniques we have learned about: Shading (modeling / chiaroscuro), Hatching and Cross Hatching, Stippling, and Scumbling.
Still Life ASSIGNMENT!

Advanced Digital art and Photography: What is your plan for your poster?

Plinio Codognato, Fiat 509, 1925
Poster Design is upon us! We all see them, use them, love them or hate them. We are going to talk about MAKING them. There is a great history of the poster – and who knows where it is headed. Think about the moving posters of today’s digital age… Incredible work. Let’s dig in and see how they have developed and communicated messages that affect us all.
MILTON GLASER Article HERE… This is GOOD TO READ! – Let’s Read it ALOUD in class – this should only take a minute or 5.

Introduction to Digital Art and Photography: BOOK DESIGN and Adobe Illustrator
ABC Collaborative Book in Illustrator and Adobe InDesign
This is a COLLABORATIVE PROJECT and YOU ARE ALL GOING TO LEAD THIS! I am here to help and guide AND YOU ARE WORKING THIS AS A TEAM!
Planning and Procedure are in your hands. We will check in with one another this week to see the process and stages you are at!