Monday, November 30, 2009

Letter to Santa (from an Art Student)


Dear Santa,
Instead of socks or underwear some art supplies would really be nice. I could even paint a picture for the family room! Here is a list of possible things I could use:
First choice could be an oil painting kit of some kind or you could get individual colors as follows: KITS RUN AROUND $50
OIL PAINT 1.25oz to 6.75oz.(200ml) The bigger the tube the longer it lasts.
WATER SOLUABLE OIL PAINT-ARTISAN BRAND
There are many sets available. Good OIL brands are Winsor& Newton (best),Daler-Rowney, van gogh.
Grumbacher,
COLORS:
· Cadmium yellow
· Alizarine crimson
· Cadmium red
· Cerulean blue
· Cobalt blue
· Ultramarine blue
· Titanium white (2)
· Yellow ocher
· Dioxazine purple
· ODORLESS TURPENTINE
CANVAS PANELS options:
Pre-stretched canvas 8x10, 11x14,18x24
· ARTIST EASEL..The most versatile is the Winsor& Newton Travel easel in some stores for $95 but I have seen it on line for much less.
· OIL PASTELS 12 and up Sakura “expressionist” cray-pas are a good brand
· WHEN YOU BUY THE “HUE” OF A COLOR IT IS CHEAPER!• 4-6 brushes in a variety of sizes #2, #4, #6,#8, #10."Filberts"and"Rounds" are the styles of brushes I like to use.(You should still have brushes from last year)
• Toolbox or paintbox to put paints in
• 3—5 ebony or sketching pencils•
White eraser•
Oil pastels ( last years)
• Apron or old shirt


***A portfolio case, plastic or zippered- 18x24 or next size up or down

Where to find: MICHAEL’S(Bel Air),A.C. MOORE (White Marsh), PLAZA (york rd.across from Recher theater AND Barns & Noble Towson) THE ART ROOMS(Havre de Grace)
ON LINE :jerrysartarama.com , magicmountain.com , dickblick.com

Monday, November 23, 2009

"LEFTOVERS" Sketchbook assigment due nov.30

Fairfield Porter (detail)
How would you interpret the word LEFTOVERS?
1. Color a 2 page spread with dirty paint water, ink, coffee of tea.
2. On one page try out different ideas
· Dishes on table?
· What’s left of the turkey?
· Food on a plate?
· People?
AGAIN….How would you interpret "LEFTOVERS"?
3. On facing page, sketch your idea with A SINGLE LINE black pen (no shading needed)
OR YOU MAY USE OIL PASTEL

5 POINTS EACH
____ interesting view
---------- interesting idea
____ use of “the formula”(have something lead the eye into your picture)
_____ realism is achieved
_____ line is dark and image is clearly recoginized

Friday, November 20, 2009


Wednesday, November 11, 2009

LAYERS -

Our next class assignment will be manipulating a
mirror and light in interesting and unexpected ways to create self portraits that have emotional impact.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

SKETCHBOOK GRADING CRITERIA

· Unique S-V-P . 5pts· Dramatic lighting. 5pts· Composition touches 3 sides . 5pts· Map your shapes and have strong dark to light values. Or strong lines. 5ptsSketches can be in pencil, ballpoint pen or oil pastel. DUE ON MONDAYS WITH WED. BEING DO-OVER DAY FOR A BETTER GRADE. 0 GRADE AFTER THAT