Assignment #1
Mixed Media and other Techniques
This project’s focus is on examining our ideas of what painting can be, and how it can be approached.
We will look at how artists of the past have used everyday found items in their work to create paintings.
Look at –
Hannah Hoch
Robert Rauschenberg
Pablao Picasso
Ellsworth Kelly
Techniques to look up -
Glazing Collage Relief Mixed Media
Scumbling Impasto Taped Edges Combine
Check for vocab at -
http://www.aliceville.com/artdic_0.htm
Requirements for this project are as follows:
- Minimum size 18 x 24 inches
- Each painting must have a “Sketch” in paint, these can be done on
18 x 24 inch Strathmore Drawing Paper
- You must have 3 to 5 ideas sketched out in your sketch book, including
written statements about what the basis is for your use of the collage items
Minimum of 1* painting due at the beginning of class on, September 19th , be prepared for the group critique.
*You should be creating more than 1 painting, however we will only critique 1 on that day, pick your 1 (of many) that rocks.