Experimental Drawing: Examples and Inspirations

Here are a few images from artist Larry Rivers to inspire you with your current assemblage drawing.

Int. Painting: Mediated Landscape Examples

Here are a few of the images I showed in class that relate to possible strategies for the mediated spaces project.


Paul Noble and "Nobstown" - use of isometric perspective


David Schnell - use of linear perspective and abstraction


Mickalene Thomas - use of collaged photo elements as a reference


Mary Iverson, use of linear perspective to add elements into a landscape


Will Cotton - Construction of still life that acts as landscape


Neo Rauch - use of expanded spaces that work non-linearly

Sam Noble Museum Week and Reading

A reminder we will be meeting at the Sam Noble Museum on Campus both Tuesday and Thursday of next week.  The Museum does not open until 10 am, so we will meet there at 10 am and get to work.

Please bring either your sketchbook or drawing pad and some drawing materials.  I'd bring the following:

• Pencils - at least a few, HB, 2B, 2H
• Eraser 
• Vine Charcoal and Compressed Charcoal
• Paper Towels (just fold up a few and bring them with you in your pocket or drawing box

I will go over instructions at that time, but you will be collecting sketches and drawings for use in a "hybrid" drawing we will work on after break.  

To give us something to think about regarding the objects and images we are looking at and potential affective meanings, I'd like you to read the following article from Hyperallergic.

http://hyperallergic.com/266784/identities-nations-and-histories-painfully-stitched-together/

Reena Saini Kallat, “Hyphenated Lives (Ti-khor)” (2015), gouache, charcoal, ink, and electric wire on handmade paper (all images courtesy the artist and Nature Morte, New Delhi) (

The article discusses images stitched together and combined, similar to the project we will be working on post-spring break.  

Have a read through over the weekend and plan on being able to discuss briefly on Tuesday.  

Momentum OKC Volunteer info

Hey everyone, I mentioned in class on Tuesday the opportunity to gain some professional experience, make some good contacts and help out a great organization that does a lot to support the arts in this state.  Here is the link to the Momentum OKC 2016 volunteer signup page.  There are lots of times available and lots of different areas to help with from painting walls to hanging art.  Check out the link below:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050549a8aa2ea31-momentum

Beginning Drawing - Contour Project Examples

Here are few examples of student work from previous semesters of this current project.

Use these as inspiration, but please use the assignment guidelines creatively to create your own composition and method for applying these marks.


Elise Gordon, Beginning Drawing - Spring 2015


Sarah Million - Beginning Drawing - Spring 2015


Tuoc Nguyen - Beginning Drawing - Spring 2015

Experimental Drawing: Palimpsest Inspiration

Just dropping some images of these Jenny Saville Drawings here for you to look over.  Great energy and vitality to the mark making.  There is an interesting hierarchy to the drawn marks where they can be read together as a whole image but also others coalesce and tighten up into more detailed passages.
 

Intermediate Painting - Color Layer!

Today we take the plunge and start adding color to our completed Grisaille Portraits.  This works best if you begin by using a "half-paste" (meaning a semi-transparent) layer of color allowing some of the nice grey to peek through.  You can see this in the image below of Francis Cotes' portrait of Frances Vernon.  Lots of grey in the darker mid-tones and shadows.


Thinner application of color in shadows and dark mid-tones.  You can and will add more opaque passages in the lightest areas.  And Below another detail from a painting Ingres.



We will add more Opaque passages and transitions in subsequent layers - for now get some thin layers of color developing.  Think about color temperature - warmer colors in mid-tones and highlights (warm pinks, oranges, etc.) and cooler in shadows (blues, greens, etc.).