course organizer document arts 2316 &2317 acrylic painting

Dates

Creativity

Assignments

Craftsmanship

Assignments

CHILDPLAY
& INNOVATION

Composition

IDEAS

Concept

IDEAS

Color

IDEAS

U NIT 1      8/24 –9 /17

Formalism

STEP OUT OF THE BOX, DESIGN A MANDALA

Examples

You can paint with anything

Using Plastics and wraps

SHAPE

organic

geometric

pure color

Creative transformation

You can paint on anything

(hand-out)

experimental

ACRYLICS

line

ABSTRACTION

Color Theory

black & white

monochromatic

analogues

complimentary

 

Everything you want to know about color!!

contour drawing with geometric design

mixing up your surface

(Demo)

gluing objects

size

ART FOR ARTS   SAKE

UNIT 2     9/22 -10/6

Space/value

Create space and value painting

Realistically

WALK IN NATURE

After Walking ten minutes - Write what you felt and saw

  1. special effects

  2. Painting

  3.  from

  4. Photos

create veil over bright panting with medium

use ink and paint to finish

SPACE

SURREALISM

view from window or door

edges

painting around white

TONE

social & political

change a day scene into a night scene

texture experiments

POUR THROUGH TEXTURES

TEXTURE

life

split compliment

UNIT 3     10/8 – 11/3

Figures and Portrait

juxtapose dissimilar objects

transfers
&  stencils

scrifitto

MOVEMENT

time

grisle

LET MUSIC  INSPIRE YOU

old Masters glazing

using fluid acrylics

SYMMETRY

SPIRITUAL

triadic

make a connection between object and person

oil like blending

rice paper collage

UNITY

RECORD & COMMEMORATE

local color

6sections interrelationships

differences but related

metallic and marbleizing

paint wet into  wet

VARIETY

ROMANTIC IDEALS

 

high key

U NIT 4 11/5 -12-1

Narrative and Non Narrative

animals point of view

resists

new piece from old

RHYTHM

personal narrative

low key

collage within squares

using silkscreen

collage with transparency

plastics and Plexiglas

EMPHASIS

JOURNAL/BOOK-WORDS

double compliment

List of words with emotional connotation use some in artworks

using stamps

use Elmer’s glue drawing

CONTRAST

OUTSIDER

arbitrary color

paint collage design

using colligraphic

foil & Salt

HARMONY

UTOPIA/ DYSTOPIA

Your choice

presentations AND final critique