Intermediate and Advanced Painting
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What is Painting?
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How to paint | |
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Painting as Thinking |
Painting as Making |
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Painting Studio
Critiques Discussions Trips |
Independent Studio Readings Guest Artists Index of Painters |
Learning Contracts
Intermedeiate Contract
Advanced Contract
/ Log / Statements
| Painting Portfolios | ||
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Intermediate Painting |
Advanced Painting | |
| Learning Contract / Log / Statements Rudimentary paintings 3 or 4 suites of paintings (1 or 2 suites identified as primary) |
Learning Contract / Log / Statements 2 or 3 suites of paintings (1 suite identified as primary) |
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| A suite of paintings should be a substantial body of work that is consistent in media and materials, scale, conceptual approach, and context of presentation. The quantity of pieces in each suite is variable (depending on scale, level of detail, and involvement of process). Each suite should have a short written statement describing its context. It is your responsibility to put together a good presentation. | ||
| Primary Suite Intermediate Painting | Primary Suite Advanced Painting | |
| This is one (or two) suites identified by you for special emphasis. This should be the work that demonstrates the clarity and focus of your individual practice in painting. It should demonstrate more work than the other suites. | This suite should be the main focus of your portfolio. It should demonstrate more work than the other suites. This should be the suite that demonstrates the clarity and focus of your individual practice in painting. It should be work towards your thesis project. | |
| 1. | Individual Responsibility for Learning | Evidenced by: |
Intermediate
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Advanced
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| a. WORKING with the structure of the class. | Attendance, punctuality, organization and completion of studio work. |
20
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20
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| b. INDIVIDUAL motivation and drive in work and discipline | Intensity, regularity, and dynamic of engagement in work in class and out of class. |
20
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20
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| c. CONTRIBUTION to group's understanding of painting | Contribution to studio organization, energy, critique and discussion. |
10
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10
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| Subtotal 1 |
50
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50
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| 2. | DEMONSTRATION of understanding of course content through studio process, discussion, and finished works and portfolio | Evidenced by: | |||||||
| a. DEVELOPMENT and refinement of practical and experiential knowledge of the plastic elements of painting, and the dynamics of composition. | Quality of the paintings in the portfolio. |
20
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10
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| b. DIVERSE practical and experiential knowledge of painting media and materials, and varied scales, conceptual approaches and contexts of presentation. | The diversity of these qualities among the suites of paintings in the portfolio. |
20
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10
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| c. FOCUSED individual understanding and identification of the relationship between thinking and making (ideas and painting) and painting to other making. | The clarity of focus and level of engagement within each portfolio suite, with special emphasis on the primary suite in the portfolio. |
10
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30
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| Subtotal 2 |
50
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50
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| TOTAL |
100
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100
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| Week | Tuesday | Thursday |
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| 1 | 1/11 Studio Organization |
1/13 Studio Renovations |
| 2 | 1/18 Studio |
1/20 Discussion Studio |
| 3 | 1/25 Studio -Sue Coe Critique (afternoon) |
1/27 Trip |
| 4 | 2/1 Studio |
2/3 Discussion Studio |
| 5 | 2/8 Studio Individual studio contract review |
2/10 Critique 1 |
| 6 | 2/15 Studio |
2/17 Discussion Studio |
| 7 | 2/22 Studio |
2/24 Critique 1 Studio |
| 8 | 2/29 Studio Individual studio contract review |
3/2 Critique 1 Studio |
| 9 SB | 3/7 Spring Break |
3/9 Spring Break |
| 10 | 3/14 Studio |
3/16 Discussion Studio |
| 11 | 3/21 Studio |
3/23 Trip Studio |
| 12 | 3/28 Studio |
3/30 Critique 2 Studio |
| 13 | 4/4 Studio Individual studio contract review |
4/6 Critique 2 Studio |
| 14 | 4/11 Studio |
4/13 Discussion Studio |
| 15 | 4/18 Studio Individual studio contract review |
4/20 Critique 2 Studio |
| 16 Finals | Final Critique | |
Sources of Information on Painting Materials and Techniques:
Painting:
Art Studio Chalkboard by Ralph Murrell Larmann
http://www.saumag.edu/art/studio/chalkboard/paint.html
The
Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, by Ralph Mayer, Fourth Edition,
copyright 1981, Viking Press, N.Y., N.Y.