A study of color and its boundless capabilities is the focus of this course. Students study how color relates to and affects forms, space, light and emotional content of painting. Color as a decorative tool is also explored. Subjects consist of still life, portrait and figure from a live model. This class is for more advanced students who have had prior drawing and painting experience.
Students work in oil from a live model.
The same principles explored in academic painting will be studied as they relate to the human form. Students paint on location at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate. Landscape genre is studies as a venue for a unique emotional expression. Students learn to express plasticity, space, light and air through color relationships. This class emphasizes tonal and value-based drawing techniques.