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| SYLLABUS: Third Semester Painting
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Students who have completed the first semester of painting may select any painting medium.
Suggested supplies by medium:
OILS: - Materials used in 1st semester
- MEDIUM: 8 oz each of damar varnish, pure gum turpentine, cold-pressed linseed oil
ACRYLICS:
- COLORS, BRUSHES, PALETTE, RECEPTACLES, CLEAN UP, SKETCHBOOK: same as oil paints.
- MEDIUM: 8 oz. Acrylic Gel Medium
BOTH: these supplies are for both media. - GESSO: 1/2 gallon white acrylic gesso
- CANVAS: 2 yds. 48" wide
- MASONITE BOARD: 2- 18" x 24"
- GESSO BRUSH: 2" house painter brush
- WOOD: 2- 6' sections of 1"x 2" firring, 2- 6' sections 1" quarter round.
- SUPPLIES: wood glue, 1" brads
- STAPLE GUN: and staples
OTHER MEDIA: Will be discussed individually.
THIRD SEMESTER PROJECTS Third Semester Students:
This to be a transitional semester in the painter's development, and this will be a semi-directed term with some assigned elements. The intention is to create a cohesive visual vocabulary and foster self-motivated working habits. Experimentation and an emphasis on developing a visual "style" will dominate course work.
Third semester students will be required to submit a proposal of intended work and a schedule of personal deadlines, attend weekly briefings, meet individually with the instructor once a week, and make a portfolio of all finished works. There are four thematic elements which must be incorporated into the proposed intended work. They are:
- the political/social issues
- the human figure
- the still life
- serial progression
After a student has met these thematic elements, the semester is open to self-directed expressions of painted imagery. Any media, scale, etc. This semester there will be an emphasis on the idea "symbolism of materials ." It may manifest itself in the choice of research topics, materials, subject, scale, etc.
Pigment Report
Write a two-page paper on the attributes of a common pigment used in painting. A list of pigments from which to pick will be provided. The paper should examine the physical, artistic, and applied characteristics of the pigment and should be done with bibliography and appropriate citations. Students should examine the pigment's attributes when used in a number of different media.
Portfolio
We will be creating three portfolios for during the course of the semester to document our collections of paintings. Each student will create a digital, online and physical collection of work from the semester. This will be done through the use of digital cameras, some introductory computer work, and the framing of at least one of the paintings done during the semester. Making a slide portfolio is recommended. |
