MASTER COPY/ MASTER STUDY

Painting I- OLIVER

Assignment 4

(Due: Tuesday 10/21)

MASTER COPY/ MASTER STUDY

Materials: oil on (2) OPEN SURFACE CHOICE (suggested canvas boards), EACH 18” x 24” (minimum)

OBJECTIVES: To ask you to delve into the individual components that create another artist’s aesthetic (brushwork, palette, image choice, composition, narrative/ audience response, etc). You will be replicating the work of a master artist, AND creating an ORIGINAL second piece IN THE STYLE OF your master artist.

This is a THREE-PART project. EACH panel is 18”x 24”, and these two paintings will work together to act as a set. They MUST read as if they came out of the same artist’s studio, and done by the same hand.

PART 1 (MASTER COPY): You will be asked to choose work from an artist to research and replicate using skills developed in class. The easiest method for replicating this is by using the grid technique we employed earlier in class. This is an oil painting assignment, and will be in color. You will be asked to present both the original image you have chosen, as well as your own.

PART 2 (MASTER STUDY): You will create a SECOND, original work in the style of your master. This is to be done from life, and seem as if it came from the same studio (aesthetic).

PART 3 (artist statement): Copy and paste a version of an artist statement OR interview of your master talking about PROCESS or their work. Include a link if possible.