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September

We will focus on the figue, color, and Watercolor techniques. While producing color studies and anatomical studies, we will generate your first real painting for the class. The visual journal will be started and the artists we will discuss are:

Tom Wesselmann

Phillip Pearlstein

Milton Avery / Mark Rothko

Robert Motherwell

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October

Our new focus will be on egg tempera. You will be mixing your own paint from egg yolks and powdered pigment. Studies in iconography and tempera techniques will drive a contemporary icon image you will create. The visual journal will continue and the artists we will discuss are:

Hung Liu

Francis Bacon

David Salle

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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November

Our theme will revolve around the use of acrylics. You will be making and stretching your own canvas. We will create two large scale images for this unit. You will be given the portfolio assignment to complete by midterm outside of the class. The visual journal will continue and the artists we will discuss are:

Willem de Kooning

Francesco Clemente

Frida Kahlo

Georg Baselitz

Mimmo Paladino

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December

Finally, we will delve into the world of oil painting. Work will focus on the techniques and studies for the final painting. You will be working the portfolio assignment to complete by midterm outside of the class. The visual journal will continue and the artists we will discuss are:

Philip Pearlstein

Casimir Malevich

Lucian Freud

Jennifer Bartlett

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January

Finishing your work for the semester and preparation for the final portfolio review will be stressed during these couple of weeks. You will be working the portfolio assignment to complete by midterm outside of the class. The visual journal will continue and the artists we will discuss are:

Frank Stella

David Hockney

Francesco Clemente

Cy Twombly

William Wright the Elder

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