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Acrylic

Acrylics are pigment suspended in a polymer binder which can be dissolved in water before they dry. After the surface of the paint has begun to congeal, the areas which are dry to the touch are permanent and can no longer be dissolved.

Additional support material can be read below.

Manipulating the Paint

Notes on Acrlic Painting

Preparation of the Ground

Subconscious Reality

Acrylic Evaluation Form

Acrylic Assignment Rubrics

Mixed Media and Image Development

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Oil

Painters use this method to build up multiple layers of paint and medium to achieve some desired visual effects. Titian, Rembrandt and Rubens are among the great painters who constructed oil paintings with the simple technique of applying three distinct layers.

Additional support material can be read below.

Drying Oils

Gamblin Colors

How to in Oils

Notes on Oil Painting

Oils and Varnishing

Old Masters Palettes

Expressive Portraits : Sensual Expressiveness

Art as Testimony

Oil Painting Evaluation Form

Oil Assignment Rubrics

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Tempera

Egg yolk creates the binder for this type of painting. The yolk of the egg contains albumen; a substance which when applied to a surface creates a strong permanent transparent layer.

The process of preparing the egg yolk for use as a painting binder has been written about in historical texts.

Additional support material can be read below.

Cadavre Exquis

Introduction to Tempera Painting

Making Egg Tempera Paint

Tempera Evaluations Form

Egg Tempera Assignment Rubrics

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Watercolor

Paint is made from pigment and a binder. The pigment is the color: burnt sienna, cobalt blue, etc. The binder is the element that holds the pigment to the surface. In the case of watercolors, it is Gum Arabic. Gum Arabic is a gum from the larch tree.

Additional support material can be read below.

Watercolor Paint

Watercolor Manipulation

Transparency in Watercolor

The Field

Figuraive Portfolio

Watercolor Evaluation Form

Watercolor Assignment Rubrics

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Drawing

Drawing media will be used during the class during the painting process and during the figure drawing portion of the class. During this portion you will use the following supportive material:

Figure Drawing

Human Anatomy

Oil Stick Media

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