Final Crit Time!

To mark the end of the semester, our last class meeting on Wednesday will take the form of a group critique--with Painting II-- of everyone’s body of work from this semester.  You will all put up you own work for the group to discuss in turn.  Much of your work we will have already seen, of course, and as such I imagine that most of the discussion will be directed toward The Final Project and other work we have yet to see.

In addition to discussing painting, our final critique will also be a POTLUCK DINNER!  That means that everyone has signed up to bring a dish to pass, and we’ll eat and drink while discussing art.  What could possibly make a better afternoon?  If you for some reason missed class last week and you didn’t sign up for a food category, bring something anyway.  If you have a culinary specialty, we’d love to taste it!

Project Checklist (bring these paintings)

1.       Still-life

2.       Landscape

3.       Self portrait

4.       Abstract (Ab-Ex class)

5.       Abstract (hard-edge home)

6.       Figure (from in class)

7.       Open Final

Final Project!

Final Painting

You are to make a painting of any subject or genre for your final outside of class assignment.  Your painting may be any size appropriate for the subject/approach, and on a non-commercially produced support.    This is your capstone project, and therefore more important than your other projects. 

This painting is to be done outside of class, and it is due at final critique.

Helpful hints: 

--Choose a subject with color!

--Take some time to research some artists that might specialize in whatever genre you choose.  Whatever the genre, do some research!

--Make sure your painting is formally strong.  That is, make sure it is visually balanced, has interesting surface qualities, interesting visual rhyming scheme, etc.