Paintings using coloured underpainting

April: Working in Clay BAS RELEIF

Students will create a two dimensional image

March Still Life Fragmenting

Students will complete their Fragmented paintings similar to the style of Angus Wilson.  Using a still life set up students will sketch their scene and the cut that drawing, displacing one piece students will then draw out their still life fragments onto their canvas & outline in black.  Students will determine what colour they want to paint and then they will paint the canvas in the complimentary colour . When complete they will paint lightly over the complimentary colour the originally planned colour.

Victoria Ellis Carves Fine Bas Relief Figurative Clay Mural

Painting using blocking in

The students are learning 5 ways to underpaint their artworks:
1. Sepia tone
2. Black shapes and colourful transparent paint (purple.blue/red)
3. Blocking in large shapes in dark neutrals
4. Blocking in the shapes in same colour of painting
5. Drawing- concise and accurate

This is the blocking in lesson students used

March 15 Still Life

Like the Artist Angus Wilson, Students will fragment their colourful paintings of A Still Life

Mar 8th Leonardo's last principle

Leonardo's Last Principle - Connessione

Observations of connections - ripple effects: of water literally and in the world...
Leonardo's dragon (creative recipe of combination and creation)
landscapes and the interconnections
We will use self assessment and exercise from the book and create unrelated links in art

Feb Break -homework based on "How to think like Leonardo da vinci" book

For the month of February students will complete Part three of "How to think like Leonardo da vinci" book.  The Beginner's DaVinci Drawing Course

Although most of these elements have been covered in previous classes this Completes the study and prepares them for the next three months of art class where art creation will be a major focus.  Students will need to assess their own needs and be prepared to paint images they have chosen for 2018.

Jan 25th - last lesson before break

Corporalita  Leonardo's 6th Principle

Corporalita  - the physique figure, anatomy  (we covered much of this)
aged, emotional, postural, active ...
You will be painting yourself in pose, paying close attention to your own anatomy!!
painting in various physical positions (using your other hand)

Jan 18th -Leonardo's Art Science Principle

- Arte/Scienza - Balance

Think Like Leonardo Lesson :
- Your brains capacity for colour, dimension, synthesis, rhythm and image
- right and left brain dominance
self assessment pg 175 and mind mapping exercise pgs. 176-189

Art Flo Painting substitution day