Saturday, March 14, 2009

Art Centre: March 9-13, 2009

Art Centre: March 9-13, 2009
Central Technical School Art Centre:
Year Two: Week Twenty-three


Monday – Art History


Baroque power point dominated the class time. That and examples of the cultural art, music and style poster due soon. Two of us have done exactly the same era – The Sixties, Peter Max and the Beatles. Had discussions about my proposals for the Sculpture Garden and for the Intervention Project (with a partner).

Baroque Links
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque
WebMuseum - http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/baroque/
ArtLex.com - http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/b/baroque.html
WorldWide Art Resources - http://wwar.com/masters/movements/baroque.html

youtube videos: There are numerous – here are a few….
Baroque Art - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kDg9PZvwXs
Baroque and Rococo Art - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-a-PYpfqV8&feature=related
Essential Baroque - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5HFNvi3ZwU&feature=related
Gianlorenzo Bernini - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX0KOPcMC3Y&feature=related
Caravaggio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYstF1ohbA0&feature=PlayList&p=F80178CE16ED989F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3

Rembrandt Himself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKc-EDHwGN8&feature=PlayList&p=F80178CE16ED989F&index=5

Wednesday Painting Class


This is the composition of the setup that I worked on in class. After the break we’ll begin to block in the composition with paint.

Links:
http://emptyeasel.com/art-tutorials/ - painting and drawing tips

We were shown a number of examples by the great Spanish painter, Sarolla.

Joaquin Sarolla - http://www.saint-andre.com/thoughts/sorolla.html
Wikipedia on Sarolla - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquín_Sorolla_y_Bastida

Wednesday Photography Class

Presentations on photographers – Photographers presented so far…..

Nadar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadar_(photographer)
Eadweard Muybridge - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge
Philippe Halsman - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Halsman
Arnold Newman - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Newman
Robert Doisneau - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Doisneau

Thursday Sculpting Class

Presentations on Sculpting – Figurative work in various eras and contemporary sculptors whose work reflects those eras – Presented so far…

Baroque - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_sculpture
Pre-Columbian - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_art
Cycladic - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ecyc/hd_ecyc.htm
Celtic - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_art

Here are the notes for putting a base on the hydracal sculpture head and the pictures of the process.
Notes: http://astralsite.com/Art/sculpture-base.pdf
Pictures http://astralsite.com/Art/waste-mold4.html

Friday Life Drawing Class

These are the drawings produced in class.


2 minute gesture drawings

three 20-minute studies

Next week – March Break and the blog will be back the following week.



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