*Aims and Objectives:
The aim of this course is to deal with the practicalities of using color in painting and to encourage confidence in personal and informed choices of color. The time will be divided into 3 areas of subject matter & will be spent painting from what is there & mixing colors one sees, then moving towards an emphasis on choice of color, from reality towards a more personal expression. The final work will be from the students own invention in composition but with reference as to what has been learned; the consideration of color.
*Content:
- Week 1-3 (life model): Setting out of the palette, using a canvas or board and painting what is there, the colors one sees; taking the time to pay particular attention to mixing according to the actuality of the colors. Being aware of the subtleties and complexities within what one sees (i.e. a red is never just a red).
- Week 4-6 (still life/objects): Using a canvas or board with the criteria of day 1. This is an attempt to study and record what you see. It is crucial not to be complacent as to what colors are truly there. Reality is never as it first appears.
- Week 7-10 (using the 1.5 x 2 canvases or board): From what has been experienced in the former weeks, paint an inventive piece of work with allusion to the completed canvases. You may use forms & special areas within these previous canvases as inspiration for the chosen composition and the painting can become abstracted in content if this is desired. The emphasis on this exercise is sensitivity to color and therefore critical evaluation of one’s choices is crucial. Harmony and balance are valuable but risk is an element too.
Faculty Information:
*Suggested student preparation requirements:
- Canvases or boards; 1 x (1.5×2ft) & 4 x (2×2.5ft) approx. All primed ready for oil painting. It is suggested that students attempt both board & canvas during this course to experience both surface qualities. The preferred allocation to each project is up to the individual.
- Suggested Paints: Titanium white, raw umber, burnt umber or Vandyke brown, cadmium red, lemon yellow, naples yellow, cerulean blue, ultramarine, olive green, violet, yellow ochre.
- Mediums: liquin for flow of oil (Windsor & Newton), artist’s medium gel (Roberson), these are not compulsory but for those wishing to experiment with materials this is an ideal opportunity to find mediums that prove beneficial and exciting.
- White spirit (three jam jars)
- Brushes: 4 bristle brushes, sizes from 1-5, flat or round head. (Size 5 if one is looking for broader marks) and (size 1 comes in a pointed end version which is good for more detail).
2 soft acrylic brushes, also good for oil, sizes 00 (for small detail/line if required) and size 4.
- 1 palette.
- Several pieces of rag for cleaning.
Course dates: Tuesdays, 9.01.07 - 20.03.07 (half term break on 13th Feb).
Other Activities:
We offer a range of sculpture and painting courses: from short courses, evenings, and weekend courses, to part-time and a Diploma course.
Facility Information:
*Teaching strategy: Instruction & demonstration by the tutor.
Notes:
Materials are not provided, however Painting Packs are available from The Art Academy for £35.
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