“Illusionist Painting” is an atelier style course,focused on contemporary representational,practices, with an emphasis on creating the,illusion of form from the live figure. Students,will have extended class time to accomplish,paintings from the live model. The course will,include an observational approach to painting the,human figure and will develop skills in,proportion, perspective, modeling form and,illusion. The beginner class will emphasize,materials set-up, preliminary drawing and,proportions, and clear color and color value,planes on the objects and models. We will cover,contemporary methods and materials, and,traditional methods in panel painting, canvas and,chassis, ground preparation, pigment preparation,,varnishes and mediums, and mural painting among,other methods and processes.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: DIL 159