#20 “Clear sight makes clear art.” Observation lies at the heart of the art process. Whether your art derives from mimicking nature or extrapolating a mental construct, your powers of observation are critical. Unless you can see what lies before you, you cannot describe it. Train yourself to eliminate preconceptions and received understandings when observing anything. Try to see what is before you, not what you think you see or want to see. Kit White 101 Things to Learn in Art School.
Studio Art 360: PORTRAITS and COLOR THEORY
What are two things you think the PROCESS is going to do to help you in the creation of this artwork? How is this going to be a skill that can help you in the future with OTHER ideas and assignments (in or out of art)?

What is it that you especially enjoy about the image you are creating in your painting? How do the ideas and colors RELATE to you?
Painting: Portraits and OILS
Which direction have you decided to go in regarding the use of colors while using oil paints? What kind of mood / feeling do you hope to incorporate into the idea of your painting?

Have you decided HOW you are going to break apart the space that you are building in the painting? Are you emphasizing the new SHAPES or are you developing the LINES that you have in the portrait? Oil Painting Close Up: Elizabeth Peyton:
Drawing: Portraits and Colored Pencils
This is it folks – Second to last day – Every square inch needs color. What’s holding you back? What has propelled you forward in the process?

Are you taking pencils home? Where are you going to work on the drawing? What has been the HARDEST PART of the drawing? Mohamed Hanchi
AP: Not Portraits – Concentration Work (ONLINE TOO)
DON’T LOOK AT YOUR WORK – Set it out and step back… go get it – step back… Now… turn around and LOOK! What are three things that you see as working and NOT working in the art? GO Get TO WORK!

You had a lot to think about today… What did you take a away? Look at the ORIGINAL WORK and look at your SERIES of works… what’s happening?