FINAL CRIT!

For our last day-

~ Final blog entry due at 9am

~ Sketchbooks at 9am (dry figure studies inside, wet figure studies can stay out and go on the wall)
Museum visit
studies for narrative series
figure studies
studies for final crit paintings

~ On the wall:
Texture painting
Narrative Series
Figure Day 1 (longer painting from that day)
Figure Day 2 (longer painting)
Final Crit paintings
Any paintings from before the miderm to which you have made alterations for a higher grade



****Come on time or early to hang your work vertically on the big wall.

(Bring snacks or drinks to share)

Painting: Last two classes

For Tuesday:
- Bring in prepared ground, painted one color, ready to go. You will NEED cotton rags. Also, two sheets of canvas paper. We'll do two studies and one longer painting.

- Bring in your final crit paintings, half to 3/4 finished

- ***Sketchbook for grading (including museum/gallery visit)!***


For Thursday - Final crit and cleanup:
- All paintings since midterm

- Any paintings from the first half that you changed/improved


One last blog entry:
Lucian Freud and other figure painters of note: read the article and look up their works.

Lucian Freud

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/arts/lucian-freud-adept-portraiture-artist-dies-at-88.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0


Alice Neel

Ivan Albright

For Monday 8/11: Elizabeth Murray and Gary Stephan

Watch the following videos-

Follow the link to watch Elizabeth Murray in her studio:

http://www.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/segment-elizabeth-murray-in-humor


Gary Stephan's video "Danger Bridge Out"

  Also, LA artist Allison Schulnik's claymation video. She is also a painter.

Recommended Exhibition! Rothko to Richter: Mark-Making in Abstract Painting

http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/story/rothko-richter-mark-making-abstract-painting-collection-preston-h-haskell-class-1960