Jack B. Yeats - Grief 1952
Jack B. Yeats - About to Write a Letter 1935
Jack B.Yeats - Chairoplanes 1937
Wayne Thiebaud - Three Sandwiches
Wayne Thiebaud - Gumball Machines
Wayne Thiebaud - Cakes
Wayne Thiebaud - Lipsticks 1964
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13th September 2011
Module: Painting
Module Code: L32577
Level 6
Units covered:
Unit 1 – Painting techniques and presentation
Unit 3 – Research and evaluation
Brief:
Students will explore a personal theme/themes of their choice, and select source material as a basis for their finished paintings.
Students are asked to observe, record, anaylse and interpret a variety of subjects including:
- The manufactured environment
- Still life objects
- Portraiture
- The natural enviroment
- The human figure
All research work including preparatory sketches, collected imagery, photographs, samples, painting techniques and notes, and critical written analysis of art movements covered within the project should be contained in an A3 notebook.
General Aims:
To explore shape, line, colour and texture through creating a series of paintings
To discover your creative potential and creativity, self expression and visual awareness through painting
To feel confident with painting as a means of communicating and generating ideas
To develop observation, recording, manipulation and application skills
To relate your own work to other artists work and understand the historical context of this work
To research colour theory and its uses in communicating ideas through the medium of painting
To present a body of work that is visually and conceptually stimulating
To critically analyse work of your own, of your peers, and of famous artists
