Summer Session 2008 | Figure Painting Atelier

Students will be working from life, looking at still life’s and spatial set-ups including models. The focus will be on color and how color becomes light affecting form and space. We will be discussing value, intensity, contrast, temperature and all the complexities connected to color relationships.

Students will be encouraged to paint the interaction of shape and form across the plane to set up a spatial tension that resonates from edge to edge. Scale is important and the possibility of achieving a monumental composition by studying ordinary objects is one of the ultimate goals of the class. We will be discussing the physical aspect of paint, the fleshiness of it and how it can be used to create surface volume and weight. The "touch" or brushstroke and how it is used to set up a rhythm throughout the painting influencing the whole will also be part of the discussion. There will be discussions and informal critiques over the course of the five weeks. A review of the work will take place on the last day of class and everyone will be expected to participate along with the instructors.

The cost for this atelier is $3,125