Explore the use of composition, spatial relationships, color and paint application as it relates to the urban environment. Students work primarily from the village campus classroom views, employing selective observation to develop a thorough understanding of structure, form, light and perspective. A review of art history and contemporary artists support the in class curriculum. Both beginners and advanced students welcome. This class provides students with a broad-based introduction to abstract painting and gives them the skills necessary to develop their own unique abstract visual language.
Weekly assignments highlight the commonalties between abstraction and representational painting.
Emphasis is placed on technical and formal concerns such as color composition and process as well as more thematic and conceptual issues. The course will also explore the diverse forms of contemporary abstract painting as well as its historical context as a way of thinking about two dimensional picture making that began with Cezanne. While a new medium to many, fresco painting dates back to the earliest images on walls. Explore the traditional and innovative applications of fresco. Students work on portable panels of fresh lime plaster and pure pigments, which enable them to learn the technique that can be transferred to any scale.