Hwk: 8/26 COMPOSITION!

Hwk: 8/26 COMPOSITION!

We have begun to talk about our STILL LIFE PAINTING. These will be done in acrylic paint (full-color, NO BLACK) on panel. They must incorporate at LEAST 4 objects, and a background. I want you to build a Think hard about WHAT you want to say and how you want to say this. 

Your homework for Thursday is three-fold:

1) Make sure you have all of your supplies for STRETCHING PAPER by Thursday and for PAINTING WITH ACRYLICS by Tuesday.

2) We are talking about NARRATIVE and COMPOSITION: Go through these links and think about your STILL LIFE PAINTING. What are you hoping to impart to your viewer, and how to you plan on achieving this?

http://willkempartschool.com/the-secret-of-good-composition/

http://painting.about.com/od/paintingtipscomposition/a/10TipsCompositn.htm


3) Find three examples of well-done still lives. POST YOUR FAVORITE (with an artist statement if available) and answer the following questions:

1) What is the medium? Surface? Technique used?
2) What are the OBJECTS or SPACE being portrayed and what is the condition of said objects/ space? What does this say about the socio-economic, age, education, religion, etc of the artist? Does the viewer need to know these things to be able to read the piece?
3) What is being portrayed? What is the narrative?
4) What are three compositional techniques used to help tell this storyline? Where is the focal point? Is there grounding? Foreground, background?
5) Who is the intended audience? Is this readable to a larger audience? Should the artist consider audience?