Art 328 Watercolor - Schedule Fall 2015
The following schedule is a preliminary schedule for the term. Always bring paint supplies unless otherwise noted.
Yellow = due date
Green = reading assignment quiz Blue = homework
Blue Text = Lecture
Date
Activity
Paper
Purpose
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1)
1/29
• Review syllabus and supplies
Introduction
• PP - on watercolor
• Due - 328B Students Only - Project form, bring 10 examples of your work
328B – proposals
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2)
2/5
• First day to paint in class – have supplies
• Lecture - C Theory
• Demo and paint - C wheel with primary, secondary, tertiary
Global
C mixing,
use 3 properties
of color
Global
C mixing and
control of color
Lunch
• How to mix black – demo and practice
• Grey scale of black and of each color from tube
• Secondary C mixing, 1 p each – O, P, G
• PP - World of Shape
• Homework – finish all work from today
drawing for World of Shape on Arches
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3)
2/12
• Quiz - “Day 3 World of Shape” textbook p 32 – 35
• Demo - Complimentary C mixing – R G, B O, Y P
• Intensity chart - prim & second c + H20, + blk, + comp c
• Jewel c with neutral grey around it
• Show me your drawing for world of shape
Global
3 properties of c,
properties of pt
Lunch
• Paint on world of shape in class
Arches
Shapes, scale,
do not adhere to local c, let it become abstract
comp, intensity
vary hue and intensity
abstraction, c
have full value range 0% – 100%
pattern c by repeating it throughout comp
• PP - Texture
• Homework – finish all work from today
Bring supplies for Texture, boards and materials
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4)
2/19
• Due - World of Shape
• Quiz - “Day 10 Texture” textbook p 72 – 79
• Texture, have all texture supplies, see syllabus
Lunch
• Texture, have all texture supplies, see syllabus
• PP - Washes
• Homework – finish all work from today
Bring images for wash painting
Boards
texture tech
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5)
2/26
• Due - Texture Boards
• Quiz - “Day 6 Washes” textbook p 50 – 55
• Demo - 8 washes (2 per page)
Flat wash – wet on dry, slant
Flat wash – wet on wet, clear H2O first
Graded wash dark to light – wet on dry, slant
Graded wash dark to light – wet on wet, clear H2O first
Graded wash color to color – wet on dry, 2 c
Graded wash color to color – wet on wet, clear H2O first, 2 c
Graded wash color to color – wet on wet or dry
pt flat wash 1st, let dry, pt grade wash on top w 2nd c
Any one of your choice
Arches (4)
c mixing,
wash tech.
Lunch
• Paint over a wash, subject – use objects or photo
Arches
apply wash,
• PP - Wet-in-wet
see shift bg
• PP - Gouache
• Homework – finish all work from today
Bring objects and light for still life next class and images of master works
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6)
3/4
• Due – Wash Painting
• Due – Wash practice pieces (eight)
• Quiz - “Day 7 Wet-in-wet” textbook p 56 – 67
• Quiz - “Gouache” textbook p 116 - 121
• Wet in Wet - Paint (2 per p) of the following same still life
Direct wet in wet
Wet in wet with pencil line
Wet in wet with ink line
Wet in wet with shapes, float clear H20
Arches (2)
wet in wet
techniques
Lunch
• Gouache painting influenced by master works
Arches
gouache
• Lecture – Still life setups
• PP – Color Plans
• Homework – finish all work from today
Bring objects and light for still life next class, warm and cool
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7)
3/11
• Due – Wet-in-wet Painting
• Due –Gouache Painting
• Quiz - “Day 4 Color Plans” textbook p 36 – 43
• Four color plans in Global book
• Warm color plan still life w light source, pt w full palette
Global
Arches
hue shift, c plan,
c mixing
Lunch
• Cool color plan still life w light source, pt w full palette
Arches
hue shift, c plan,
• PP - Rendering
c mixing
• Homework – finish all work from today
Bring natural organic object for rendering
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8)
3/18
• Due – Warm Color Plan Paintings
• Due – Cool Color Plan Paintings
• 328B Students Only – Midterm review, bring all work done to date
• Enrich the shadows, light and shadow patterns
• Demo - B&W sphere w light on it (7 elements of light and shade)
• pt geometric solids with enriched shadows & reflect lights
use sphere, cube, cylinder &/or cone
Object Shadow Reflected Lights
1.
white
cool
warm
2.
warm
cool
warm
3.
cool
cool
warm
4.
warm
warm
cool
5.
cool
warm
cool
6.
your choice of a mixture we have not yet done
Note: p 46 in Steps to Success in Watercolor by Swenson
Global
c variation,
Shadow & light
patterns
Lunch
• Rendering
Arches
blending tech,
• Demo - blending = soft edges (wet in wet, blot, blow dry
layering, washes
or watch it, glaze c/layer); thin layers = luminous;
use small brush for details; think in veils, frisquet or
save whites by painting around them
• PP – Skin Tones
• PP – Self Portrait
• Homework – finish all work from today
Bring four photos of heads w different skin tones and a mirror
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3/25
• Spring Break, no class
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Brk)
9)
4/1
• Due - Rendering Painting
• Quiz - “2nd Half of bk, Day 4 Self Portrait” textbook p156 – 161
• Demo - skin tone practice, 4 eggs/heads
Global
skin tone, c
layering, washes
Lunch
• Self Portrait looking in a mirror, no working from photos
Arches
observational
• PP – Fortune Cookie
ptg, head study,
• Homework – finish all work from today
Prepare board for Fortune Cookie project
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10)
4/8
• Due - Self Portrait
• Fortune cookie project and thumbnails
Global
composition
Lunch
• Painting - 7” x 20” with 1” boarder taped off all around, leaving
Board
concept
5” x 18” surface to paint – Fortune Cookie
put it all tog.
• Homework – finish all work from today
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11)
4/15
• Due - Fortune Cookie Painting
• PP – What is abstraction
• Abstraction thumbnails for abstract ptg. noted below
Lunch
Global
composition
• Abstraction painting
Arches
c as concept
Choose from one of the following titles to paint an abstraction
formal elements
Fall, Winter, Thunder Storm, Swing Music, Me & the
Moon, Cows in Pasture, Fog Horns, Seagull Motif
• PP – Plein Air and Repoussoir, supplies and protocol
• Homework – finish all work from today
Bring all plein air supplies for next week
Review Final Project information and begin researching and writing
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12)
4/22
• Quiz – “Day 13 Landscape Components” textbook p 90 - 95
• Quiz – “Day 12 Three Zones of Landscape” textbook p 84 - 89
• Botanical Gardens – practice Landscape Components and thumbnails
Global
technique
Lunch
• Botanical Gardens - Paint a Repoussoir composition
Arches
composition
• Homework – finish all work from today
put it all tog.
Bring in ideas, materials and reference for final project, be ready to draw
Continue research and writing for Final Project
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13)
4/29
• Due - Abstraction
• Due – Plein Air Repoussoir Painting
• Sketches and thumbnails for Final Project
Global
composition
Lunch
• Begin work on Final Project
Arches or
show me all
• Homework – work on Final Project
Board
you can do
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14)
5/6
• Work on Final Project
Arches or
Board
Lunch
• Work on Final Project
• PP – Careers in the Arts
• Homework – work on Final Project
Color copy any good thumbnails for Final from Global
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15)
5/13
• Due – Global Book (make sure you copied Final Project comps)
• Work on Final Project
Arches or
Board
Lunch
• Work on Final Project
• Homework – Finish Final Project
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• 328A Due – Final Project
• 328B Due – Final Portfolio bring in all the work you did this term
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F) 5/20
8 – 10 a.m.