Selfie was introduced into the Oxford English Dicitionary in 2013, and the photographic self-portrait has become an important part of how contemporary people present themselves to the world. But artists have been making selfies since the beginnings of art. Rembrandt, Courbet, Van Gogh and Picasso are some of the more famous selfie painters in art history, but most artists have made a self-portrait at one point or another in their life. YOUR TIME WILL BE NOW! For this project, you will draw 30 self-portraits. In each of them you will experiment with style and drawing materials in an attempt to explore the broadest range of creative possibilities you can think of. You will then choose your “best” 20 drawings and mount them into a creative art book. The drawings and the book making will be marked completely separately, but both projects are of equal overall value in your final grade for this course. (They are both worth 20%) This project is due on February 6th.
materials list
Acrylic Paints (I recommend Golden or Liquitex) – titanium white, yellow ochre, cadmium yellow medium, cadmium red medium, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, burnt sienna, burnt umber
Canvas Six small canvas (8x 10 – 16 x20 inches) One medium small canvas (16x20 – 24 x 30 inches) Two medium large canvas (30 x 36 – 48 x 60 inches)
Brushes You want a good range in scale of white, soft bristle brushes. Store starter packs are a good start, but make sure to add a couple of #1 or #2 soft bristle detail brushes. You also want one larger, house painting-ish brush
A cup for water An hb pencil
White, Styrofoam plates make good palettes, but the school might have those fancy tables with the glass palettes already on them.
A note book
Canvas Six small canvas (8x 10 – 16 x20 inches) One medium small canvas (16x20 – 24 x 30 inches) Two medium large canvas (30 x 36 – 48 x 60 inches)
Brushes You want a good range in scale of white, soft bristle brushes. Store starter packs are a good start, but make sure to add a couple of #1 or #2 soft bristle detail brushes. You also want one larger, house painting-ish brush
A cup for water An hb pencil
White, Styrofoam plates make good palettes, but the school might have those fancy tables with the glass palettes already on them.
A note book
Welcome to our class!
All of the required "readings" (some of them you only have to watch) are located on the side panel here. I will post links to various painting related activities going on in Toronto throughout the semester. Feel free to post responses in relation to any of these things as an enhancement of our in class discussion! I'm looking forward to an awesome semester!!!!!
Janet Jones opens at Katzman Kamen Gallery
Howard Lonn opens at Nicolas Metevier Gallery
David Urban opens at Corkin Gallery
Cecily Brown talks at Georgian College in Barrie
Sarah Morris Talks at the Power Plant
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