Hi All,
It's high time I've posted what you're to be working on over Christmas and New Years! You'll remember that I told you to investigate/reasearch Tom Nozkowski much like you were to do Tomma Abts. In the same way, "forge" a Tom Nozkowski painting in your sketchbooks (be sure to let them dry completely before you close them!). Even though they are both abstract painters and they work at a fairly small scale, note how both painters' similarities and differences.
Here are some links to starting points for your research:
http://www.pacegallery.com/artists/337/thomas-nozkowski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_YqtaAUuUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHj4amcDZAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4Vq5KGxu4
Good luck!
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Week of 12/16
Hi All,
So we WILL be meeting this coming week--December 21--but we will not be meeting on December 28th. Then we will resume in the new year on January 4.
This week at home you will research the artist Tomma Abts, and then "forge" a Tomma Abts painting in your sketchbooks. This forgery is NOT a copy of an existing painting. Instead you are to make a new painting that could be mistaken for an Abts painting. In the research phase, you job is to discern what is indicative about her work, and then apply that piece of intelligence to your painting.
What we know: she is a hard edged abstract painter that only makes 15x19 paintings. Her paintings are very carefully crafted. Each painting has a fairly limited color scheme (so choose 3 or 4 colors that look good together) There is often the illusion of parts of the paintings jutting out and the viewer. We know this because there is often a suggestion of shadows being cast from some forms.
Here are some links to her work:
http://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/tomma-abts/
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/abstractexpressionism/Tomma-Abts.html
http://www.artspace.com/tomma_abts
http://www.gclass.org/lessons/plans/tomma-abts-abstract-painting (feel free to do the lessons in this one!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomma_Abts
Good luck!
So we WILL be meeting this coming week--December 21--but we will not be meeting on December 28th. Then we will resume in the new year on January 4.
This week at home you will research the artist Tomma Abts, and then "forge" a Tomma Abts painting in your sketchbooks. This forgery is NOT a copy of an existing painting. Instead you are to make a new painting that could be mistaken for an Abts painting. In the research phase, you job is to discern what is indicative about her work, and then apply that piece of intelligence to your painting.
What we know: she is a hard edged abstract painter that only makes 15x19 paintings. Her paintings are very carefully crafted. Each painting has a fairly limited color scheme (so choose 3 or 4 colors that look good together) There is often the illusion of parts of the paintings jutting out and the viewer. We know this because there is often a suggestion of shadows being cast from some forms.
Here are some links to her work:
http://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/tomma-abts/
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/abstractexpressionism/Tomma-Abts.html
http://www.artspace.com/tomma_abts
http://www.gclass.org/lessons/plans/tomma-abts-abstract-painting (feel free to do the lessons in this one!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomma_Abts
Good luck!
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Week of 12/7
Hey All,
This week at home you are to, like we did in class, choose a neutral colored (beige) object. Light that object with warm light from a lamp, and invent color that corresponds to the temperature of the color structure that you observe. Remember, it's the temperature that matters, not the hue. Wherever the warm lamp light hits is warm, wherever it doesn't hit (barring reflection) is cool. Make sure the values make sense as well. The warm lights should be lighter than the middle tones as well as warmer.
Don't neglect the negative space! In order for the lights to look light, the negative space should be substantially darker.
Every square inch of space should be covered with paint!
Good luck.
This week at home you are to, like we did in class, choose a neutral colored (beige) object. Light that object with warm light from a lamp, and invent color that corresponds to the temperature of the color structure that you observe. Remember, it's the temperature that matters, not the hue. Wherever the warm lamp light hits is warm, wherever it doesn't hit (barring reflection) is cool. Make sure the values make sense as well. The warm lights should be lighter than the middle tones as well as warmer.
Don't neglect the negative space! In order for the lights to look light, the negative space should be substantially darker.
Every square inch of space should be covered with paint!
Good luck.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Week of 11/30
Hi all,
Like we did in class, you are to make a painting of an object focusing on color temperature. Choose a white(ish) interesting object, light it with a strong warm light source, and paint it using warm oranges and yellows for the lights, and cool blue-grays and purples for the shadows. Note what happens to reflected color--it tends to turn warm! DO NOT neglect the negative space. In order for the the lights to look light the background must be much darker. Fill in every square inch of your page with paint. Good luck!
Like we did in class, you are to make a painting of an object focusing on color temperature. Choose a white(ish) interesting object, light it with a strong warm light source, and paint it using warm oranges and yellows for the lights, and cool blue-grays and purples for the shadows. Note what happens to reflected color--it tends to turn warm! DO NOT neglect the negative space. In order for the the lights to look light the background must be much darker. Fill in every square inch of your page with paint. Good luck!
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