Art Students work to produce large scale works- Part 2

Part 2 - Throughout the winter of 2008 and early in 2009, all classes worked on larger scale paintings.
(High School Art)



PhotoRealism. Yep.

Take a common everyday object about 10 cm or 4 inches. Something you can hold in your hand. Bring it to class; we will do a simple photo set up with harsh key light. Then we will manipulate the photo in Photoshop.

Print it out on letterhead at 2-3 times scale. Grid it and then scale it up to a meter wide canvas. Paint with only magenta, cyan (blue), yellow and white. Maybe later add a little black.

Focus on the shapes, values and color for 5 to 7 weeks until you wanna cry. Blend a gaseous background using a lot of white a bit of your color and three brushes at once. Paint for only 45 minutes at a time. Come sometimes on Wednesday and Friday for 1-1/2 hours ... and watch what happens.

3 out of 30 declared today hat they were finished. We sat for a time and just looked to query...were they really done or just sick of it?... the results in fact, are awesome!!!

See photos here and on the facebook page.


Thanks TR