Assignment 3: Canvas Painting
Read the following information for your next assignment and watch to demo videos of how to assemble a canvas. You can also download the PowerPoint version by downloading the link below.
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Cave dwellers were the earliest artists. Colored drawings of animals, dating from about 30,000 to 10,000 B.C., have been found on the walls of caves in southern France and in Spain. Many of these drawings are amazingly well preserved because the caves were sealed up for many centuries. Early people drew the wild animals that they saw all around them. Very crude human figures, drawn in lifelike positions, have been found in Africa and eastern Spain.
Many factors have influenced the history of painting. Geography, religion, national characteristics, historic events, the development of new materials—all help to shape the artist's vision. Throughout history, painting has mirrored the changing world and our ideas about it. In turn, artists have provided some of the best records of the development of civilization, sometimes revealing more than the written word
After World War II, the United States became the world center of painting. Arshile Gorky (1904-48) and Jackson Pollock (1912-56) were among the leaders who helped to create a new style called action painting or abstract expressionism. Instead of trying to represent specific objects, they were interested mainly in color, design, rhythm, and new ways of applying paint. Pollock experimented with flinging and dripping color on his canvases from sticks dipped into buckets of paint. Such a bold technique is just one example of the 20th-century artist's search for originality and freedom of expression. A painting always describes something. It may describe the artist's impression of a scene or person. It also describes the artist's feelings about the art of painting itself.
•The history of painting is a never-ending chain that began with the very first pictures ever made. Each style grows out of the styles that came before it. Every great artist adds to the accomplishments of earlier painters and influences later painters.
•We can enjoy a painting for its beauty alone. Its lines, forms, colors, and composition (arrangement of parts) may appeal to our senses and linger in our memories. But enjoyment of art increases as we learn when and why and how it was created.
•The history of painting is a never-ending chain that began with the very first pictures ever made. Each style grows out of the styles that came before it. Every great artist adds to the accomplishments of earlier painters and influences later painters.
•We can enjoy a painting for its beauty alone. Its lines, forms, colors, and composition (arrangement of parts) may appeal to our senses and linger in our memories. But enjoyment of art increases as we learn when and why and how it was created.
Assignment
Assignment:
Create a canvas painting with an interesting composition using only a set of complimentary colors. What are complimentary colors? They are colors directly opposite of the color wheel! |
Grading Criteria:
1.Show a complimentary color theme 2.Use the entire canvas space with a balanced, intriguing composition 3. Clean lines, craftsmanship with multiple layers of paint application 4. An un-copied image that is unique to you in some way 5. Show value (shading) |
RED and GREEN are opposites on the color wheel, therefore they are complimentary colors.
PURPLE AND YELLOW are opposites on the color wheel, therefore they are complimentary colors.
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*Absolutely NO logos, album covers or mainstream cartoons. Do not copyright images you see online. Create from your own mind.*
HOW to Create YOUR CANVAS
Step 2. Applying canvas |
(Skip to 4:00 minutes in, watch the canvas wrapping demo) Use a stable gun to very carefully apply the cotton canvas to your frame. You can use a canvas pliers if you like other just pull tightly with your hands. Pliers are located in the corner cabinet near the sinks. Please return them.
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Step 3: Apply primer |
After you assemble your canvas, apply 2-3 layers of white primer (also called Gesso, which is essentially the same thing) to the front of your canvas. This will make your canvas white and then you are ready to start painting your design once it’s dry. Watch the video below. Do worry about their “fancy” products. Just use the white primer paint in the gallon buckets. Also, do NOT paint the back of your canvas. It is not necessary. Write your name with a sharpie on the back of the canvas. You can draw your design with a pencil or piece of charcoal before you use start painting.
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Step 4: Apply paint |
Once the assemblage of your canvas is complete you can begin to paint. Mix colors constantly. Don't just use the color that is directly from the tube. Fuse it with various tints, white, or black to make things appear darker or smaller. You will be using the acrylic paint in the cabinets above the sinks. Always clean you brushed with soap and put the paint jars back in their assignment spot. Do not throw paint down the drains. Wipe your painters palette with a paper towel first and throw the paint away in the garbage. Acrylic paint is very bad for the sinks! Be respectful of how much you are using. A little goes a long way. You can also use saran wrap to cover your painting palette if there is paint you want to keep for a week. Saran wrap is located in the drawer next to the sink towards my desk. Return all materials back to their original spots.
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