Final Reflection.

Create a post in which you reflect on the PROGRESS you've made this term in the following areas:
1. Use of color
2. Use of composition
3. Your ability to create the illusion of different surfaces and textures
4. Your ability to create the illusion of space and depth.
Be sure to use specific examples from your paintings in your description.

This is it!

This is the last week of class.

To do:
1. Make sure paintings are finished.
2. Write final reflection on your blog.
3. Use the end of term checklist to make sure you've done all the posts on your blog.
4. Clean materials and take them home or arrange for their storage.
5. Clean off you shelf.
6. Make sure any still lives you've built are cleaned up and the objects are put away.

On friday we will have a major clean-up.

this is week 11.

this is the second to last week of the term. 8 more days of class left after today.

there will not be a homework assignment this week. i expect you to use this time to update your blogs. make you've made all the required posts and have included images when appropriate.

keep in mind that i'll be assessing your paintings and your blogs to check your understanding of color, composition, how to create the illusion of surface and texture, and how to create the illusion of space and mood. if you feel you know more than you've demonstrated up to this point you'll want to either create a fourth painting (the self-portrait assignment), work on older paintings, or reflect on these concepts in your blog.

Observations on the History of Oil Painting.

Use your research from this term and concepts and terms we’ve discussed in class to make some general observations about the history of oil painting.

Use these questions to guide your writing:

Who have been the major players throughout the history of oil painting? Why is this so?

Who seems to be missing from the history of oil painting? Why is this so?

Where in the world did most oil painting taking place?

Where did all these oil paintings go? Why? How does where these paintings “live” affect who learns about them and why?

How has subject matter changed over time? Why?

 

Be sure to use specific examples to back up your opinions (some of these examples can be from your own personal experiences).

This is week 10.

This week you should get started on your Sense of Place paintings. Select your locations, make sketches, and get going. 

Don't forget to post a photo of your location on your blog and to describe the mood you've decided to communicate and how you will do so.

Additionally, there is a new homework assignment to do on your blog and, if you haven't already, post your notes from the critique of your first two paintings.

Why oil paint?

Do a little research on the history of oil paint.

Where does it come from? What is it made of? When was it invented?

Using your experiences this term, the concepts and terms we’ve discussed in class, and examples from art history to back up your opinions answer the following question:

WHY OIL PAINT?

With all the choices of materials out there for artmaking, especially in this day and age, why do artists still turn to oil paint? What does oil paint do that other materials don’t do?

This is week 9.

This is week 9.

I'll introduce the Sense of Place assignment so that you can begin your next painting as soon as possible. Your goal should be to finish the Surface and Texture painting and have your Sense of Place painting started by the end of the week. 

On Wednesday I'll be out for a meeting.

During your double block this week we'll have a critique of your finished White Objects paintings and your Surface and Texture paintings at whatever state they're in.